RAOC Gazette - page 47
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1968 |
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| Early date | 1968 |
| Late date | 1968 |
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There has been considerable change in personalities within the Directorate. We welcome Capt. A. Rose from 3 BOD. who arrives to plan the Ord rundown, also Capt. B. Hooper, who has relieved Capt. W. Croft, who is soon off to join Edinburgh University OTC. The world of combat supplies will soon have new faces and surroundings. The ADOS, Colonel P. W. H. Jay, has left to become ADOS Combat Supplies in BAOR, whilst Major M. Hogg is posted to the School and Capt. S. Portman to 4 SPRD. Our Food and Petroleum Branch moves fully ten yards to another dingy attap hut to allow the CATO the luxury of an air-conditioned office together with, dare we say it, a newly thatched, but unpainted, hut. Congratulations to: Sgt. and Mrs. G. Bailey on the birth of a son. RAOC Singapore District HQ: Our CRAOC, Lt-Colonel H. M. A. Knight, is at present engaged in Ex Picot and will shortly be going to Gong Kedah to take an even more active part as CRAOC HQ 10 FMA. He is also a member of the Beachcombers polo team, one of the four teams fielded by the Singapore Polo Club. A most success- ful tournament was held recently and all three trophies were won by the Polo Club—a most praiseworthy effort particularly as strong competition was met against teams from Johore. Pahang and other West Malaysian States. The PA to the GOC, S/Sgt, Eric Ward, is due to RHE in the next few months and has still not heard to which unit he has been posted. I keep telling him that he is destined for the corridors of power in Whitehall but he will not (or does not want to) believe me. Cpl. Jimmy Groves, the Post NCO, returned from the Cameron Highlands, but subsequently had a relapse. It has now been decided that he should be medevac to UK and is due to leave Singapore on 5th May—our best wishes to him for a speedy recovery, The cricket season is now well under way but, unfortunately, the Corps can only produce two players for the HQ side. They are SQMS George Rump, who is an opening bat, and Sgt. Mike Atiard, who wields a useful piece of willow and is also the second wicket keeper. When not playing for the HQ side the latter officiates at other matches. Congratulations to: SQMS Harry Vaughan, who left this HQ last year, on his recent award of the MBE. Comings: Capt. K, A. Walker from 15 ABOD (Rear) as S/Capt. Ord. « CROASCAR " STORES SECT ATT 10 INF WKSP: The offices and storesheds are now empty, the staff is scattered to the winds and the accounts have been furtively left with the Command Secretary. In fact, with surprisingly little difficulty we have brought the Stores Sect in Singapore to an end—a victim of the Army's rundown. HQ London District will greet the Chief Clerk, SQMS Mac- Farlane, in June, Sgt. Mitchell has already settled dawn at 443 BAD, the MORs have been swallowed by 3 BOD and the OC is preparing to report to HQ BAOR at the beginning of July. The demise of this unit is a sad occasion for the civilian staff, all of whom have given the Corps long and loyal service over the years. Our name lingers on in Brunei, where Sgt. Boswell and Cpl. Keppie will continue to support the Wksp detachment. 42 LIGHT AD BTY STORES SECT: This is a hail and fare- well letter, as by the time it is published we will have gone our separate ways and the unit will have returned to 22~ Lt AD Regt in Tonfanau. We have been in Changi since February, 1967, having previously spent a year between Tengah and Tampin, To introduce ourselves. Firstly, there is Pte. l Ginger " Kemp our driver and tiger hunter, who should be in Chilwel] by now. Pte. A Geordie 1 Robinson, our Clerk, played football and bad- minton for the Battery and is now wending his way to 10 OFP. Cpl. Larry Walker, our Storeman and anchor man, is Kineton bound after four years with the Section. L/Cpl. Douglas Burt, our rugged rugger man. will be the sole survivor of the Section, which he is taking with him to Tonfanau. Cpl. ' D o c ' Halliday, newly transferred from pen pushing to nail bending, having previously tried gravel bashing, is still in Singapore with 3 BOD. That leaves SQMS Jim Bridle who, between representing the Battery at hockey, cricket, golf, badminton and SMG shoot- ing, found time to run the Stores Section. He goes to 3 BOD to finish his FARELF tour. 17 Div/Malaya District I HQ RAOC: Having scanned the list of missing persons at the time of writing, it is established that CRAOC was last seen in an eastbound helicopter, DADOS in a southbound hospital bed, and the Chief Clerk inside a westbound MFO box. Rumour has it that the contracts staff have declared themselves in sympathy with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and that the FOWO and DFA are manacled to their desks for attempting to leave the country, It is further rumoured that the Adjutant and Contracts Officer has a horror of the Underground and a phobia about umbrellas! The peak period is upon us again. It only lasts twelve months in each year, but we are all now qualified for posts as travelling representatives for any concern that feels it can support us in the manner to which we are accustomed. The future shows that in the coming months HQ RAOC will be under almost entirely new management. No less than five of the Officers and Senior Ranks will have been replaced by the middle of October. Having thus achieved such near perfection in dispersion, it is open to speculation which member of the present staff will be left moving in ever-decreasing circles? Incidentally, can anyone tell us what transcendental meditation is? We believe there are people out here who practise whatever it is during the exercise season. Perhaps it is an aid to better planning! 1 SUPPLY DEPOT: As we go to press we are engrossed in supporting two exercises, All Black and Picot. The former sees our neighbours, 28 OFP, and the C Sup PI of 3 Sqn RCT in the field. We look forward to their return to Terendak in order to maintain our fairly large population of RAOC cap badges. We also look forward to the return of Sgts. Sarsfield and Paston who are somewhere in Malaya on Ex Picot. Since our last newsletter we were pleased to welcome to the unit two members of SDD Terendak, namely SQMS Cooper and Cpl. Biddle, who are now administered by us. vSQMS Cooper now joins the bicycle club, which is already ably sup- ported by SQMS Lawson and Sgt. Spalding, Their main problem now is finding adequate parking space in the Depot, Whilst speaking of unit affiliations we should mention that we also administer 123 Army Fire Bde (FSO III Walker), OIC Bks Terendak (Capt. D, Jowett) and the range liaison staff Asahan, the latter having a number of Corps MOR members as its permanent staff. In future newsletters we hope to give a write-up on each in its turn. Our MOR Section must not be forgotten as we have a special occasion to record; Cpl. Ahmad Zuki Bin Yeop Shukor has been awarded his LS and GCM. Cpl. Zuki, who' has been with 1 Supply Depot since 1961, is our senior MOR and also our senior MOR Baker. We are now awaiting a date for the medal to be presented. We have had our share of the redundancy list as S/Sgt. Gaskin (our Master Baker) has been selected to leave the Service in September of this year. He is also due for RHE next month and we take this opportunity to wish him and his family every success in civilian life. We are attempting to write a history of 1 Supply Depot. We know that it commenced life in Kuala Lumpur in 1945 as 5 British Supply Coy, but there are gaps in the history, particularly of personalities! Is there anyone who can help to fill in the gaps? Any contribution to our history, no matter how small, would be greatly appreciated. Details to OC 1 Supply Depot, Terendak Camp, c/o GPO Malacca, Malaysia, please! Our last two departures include Sgt. Lomas (19 OFP/C Sups Pi) and L/Cpl. Freeborn (49 Sup Coy). STORES SECT 2 INF WKSP: 2 Infantry Stores Section, as it goes, I'll try to introduce in verse or prose. When you read I'm sure youMl say: It'll never rhyme any way. If you swim, play water polo and all that. Leave it to the OC, he's called Major Pratt. Stamp collectors of the world can rejoice! In this Section we have ' Q ' Joyce. Now ' Q T Connolly he's on a d i e t - Boil it. braise it, but please don't fry it. Staff Finder is in PC and A; He'll swap with anyone any day. Sgt. Dear'ove says it's been a lumber Now recuperating on leave in Kuala Lumpur. |
| Book number | R0238 |