RAOC Gazette - page 192
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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rl ck iTiym Exercise Monte Bianco looking brown and well 'stei-i. The Data Communication Centre Equipment has been ^stalled at last, and should be working soon. Oh, and twenty ,Mir of the.Unit went to Amsterdam to visit the Amstel 3rewery. M : That's not work, Sir. OC: I suppose not. Captain David Chilton has arrived, take over as 2IC from Captain Brian Mobley who is going the School of Ordnance, M ; We'll wish him luck there. He'll need it. OC: No doubt he wilL Congratulations to Lieutenant "allan, who returned to us a married and possibly a wiser man. talking of wives, didn't I hear something about a visit to BFBS7 M : Yes Sir, seventeen of the ladies went down to Cologne Can I mention the train- [0 visit them and had a great time. ing cadres which are now being organized once a month to keep all the Army skills up to standard? OC: By all means. And don't forget to congratulate Corporal Dawson on gaining substantive rank and to wish Lance Corporal Foltyn all the best in civilian life. Exit minion backwards knuckle to forelock. STORES SECTION 51 STATION WORKSHOP CONGRATULATIONS are in order since our WOIC John • pal' Hickey now has the magic (Cdr) after his name. Rumour has it that he spent several hours at the microfiche checking the origins of his Conductor's badge, After weeks of preparation during which white lines in the storehouse were made whiter, desks were given their annual polish and our resident 'Putzfaau' Charlie almost put on a new pair of jeans, the event of the year; the Annual Technical Visit was postponed again. Had it not been for a visit by the DOWO we would have thought that perhaps 3 Armoured Division really didn't want to visit us at all. The REME personnel breathed a sigh of relief as ' PaP has just gone on three weeks leave. The runs three times a week conducted by our resident Conductor were beginning to get them down. Since fifty per cent of our military staff are on leave, the remainder, Sergeant Armour, is trying hard to disprove the theory that the Stores Section can run without any military help at all. (Division Editor's Note: We did want to visit him but un- fortunately have other fish to fry. He should not despair, his turn will come, I guarantee it!) 4 t h Armoured Division ORDNANCE COMPANY THE Unit went on its Summer Camp to Bavaria. Two enclaves resulted just out- side Kempten. The whole Unit had a great time. Exercise Alice was carried out just south of Immenstadt not far from the RAOC Ski lodge. It consisted of an initiative test to cover eighty kilometres in forty eight hours, locating three characters from Alice in Wonderland on the way. These characters got so many weird looks that the mad hatter, dressed in top hat, tails, shorts, piimsols and bow tie, thought he was going to be locked up! A walk up a mountain finished nearly everybody off on the final day except our guide, a German from the local Jaeger Battalion, leaping from rock to rock. fc The Sound of Music' was nothing to him. Whilst the Unit was leaping from rock to rock our intrepid parachutists were leaping in another way. Out of planes and helicopters. The party consisted of Sergeants Duncan Leitch and Paul Ladley, Corporals Dick Carr and Martin Moorhouse. The weather was not all that helpful for the first week, the second week was a great improvement and the group were able to make between eight and nine jumps each. Sergeant Leitch and Corporal Carr obtained their Silver Wings (twenty jumps plus) and Sergeant Ladley and Corporal Moorhouse their bronze (five jumps plus), 39 FIELD REGIMENT WORKSHOP SINCE our last notes appeared we have all enjoyed a good three weeks leave and we are now getting back into the joys of work once again. Now that we are all back together again I will introduce you to the members of this Section. Our boss is WOl John Witter who keeps flitting between office and storehouse changing locations, The Supply Clerks are the Chief Clerk Staff Sergeant John Sexton, Corporal Steve Ball in charge of the accounts assisted by myself, Private Keith Howes, of whom I am not empowered to write. The Supply Specialists are headed by Sergeant Sean Moore our pools wizard. Corporal Taff Sebburn manages to keep the issues flowing to the Workshop whilst Lance Corporal Jock Strathie is fitting in a spot of driver training. Our last Supply Specialist is Private Glyn Caunt who at the moment is en- joying a spot of re-engagement leave. Lastly we come to our two drivers. Private Ron Holden has been moon-lighting up and down the countryside collecting all kinds of goodies, whilst Private Jimmy McDonald has been trying his hand at driving instructing with no serious mishaps to date. Farewells go to Sergeant Roy Skyrme and his family, and welcomes go out to Sergeant Sean Moore's wife Jane from Cyprus and Corporal Taff Sebburn's wife Karen from Bielefeld, STORES SECTION 4 ARMOURED DIVISION ENGINEER REGIMENT WORKSHOP A DAMP but enjoyable week was spent with the Chief, W02 Fred Dippnall, in the Harz Mountains, canoeing, sailing and treking. Private Jock Calderwood managed to visit most Guest- houses when treking and Private George Drury somehow stumbled on checkpoints and came in first. Private Ian Mellor, with his recently obtained driving licence, was the man in the driving seat. Corporal Clive Walker returned from an Op Banner Tour in time to go on exercise with the Regiment. Our congratulations to Corporal Clive Walker and Lance Corporal Steve Watts on promotion and farewell and best wishes to Corporal Mac McKiernon. PS—-After the adventure training the Chief is going on R and R to St Tropez! Combat Supplies Battalion TO continue the Company Camp saga in the Battalion, 44 RP Company spent a couple of weeks at Lamper- theim near Heidelberg in the US zone. In between a plethora of semi US accents it was more of a holiday—not so much a camp, more a way of (US) life. All that with extra LOA. Addi- tional rates of exchange were one Brit beret mit cap badge = 1 USA Jeep; short term loan only as cap badges are expensive. I've been asked to emphasize that the decline in the dollar has nothing to < do with 44s return. Lance Corporal Bickell spent an interesting night at the barbeque, or so Corporal Taylor tells us! 43 went to the Eifel and frightened the life out of the CO when he went for a ride round the Nurburgring with that Grand Prix Circuit's resident expert. Despite a rather wet time they managed to enjoy themselves and build up quite a liaison with the local Bundeswehr. Some people didn't get to camp this year but Captain Geoff Cox made up for that when he and his team won Exercise Parashot outright. His Second in Command was Corporal Skid Kidd late of RAC Para Squadron fame and working the radio was Corporal Yorky Coates whose qualifications for that job were not in dispute considering the time he has spent with 216 Signals. Private Yorky Nisbett provided the expertise on the parachuting side of things and the team set out with an open mind. That was much nicer than saying they hadn't a clue what they were in for. (A report and picture is in ' For the Record'). Captain Ian Jones, Lance Corporal Stevens, Private (Daisy) Adams and Lance Corporal Palmer have all married and joining us have been W02 Calvert, Staff Sergeant Goodrum, Sergeant Brathwaite, Corporal Travel!, Lance Corporal Palmer, Privates Wallis, Gandy, Rainford, Taylor (168) Rutherford and Bowlder. The Battalion is going from strength to strength if not in numbers at least in spirit. DEAD-LINE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF COPY WILL ALL contributors kindly note that the deadline date for receipt of copy at THE GAZETTE Office really is the 29th of the month for publication a month later. |
| Book number | R0247 |