RAOC Gazette - page 124
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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We hear from the Staff here that they are seeking a Major, or if pushed a Captain, to replace him. Well done, Staff! It may relieve you to know that, for purposes of THE GAZETTE Notes, we shall continue to use the British Army appointments titles since we all have only just got used to CCRAOC instead of DDOS! We welcome Major Tony Patrick who has arrived as S02 Combat Supplies and Private Paul Holmes in the Orderly Room straight from training. Tony brings a studious eye to proceed- ings here after his tour with the Ordnance Board and Private Holmes' feet haven't touched yet. Major Dan Putt's departure became more imminent when he received the great news that he is to command the Apprentices College from July. Many congratulations, we hope you will enjoy being ' Big Daddy.' With departures in mind, Headquarters RAOC held an excellent party in a ' local' last week to say farewell to Mr Frank; Booth (the Corps Adviser) who is going as ' Chief' to Headquarters UKLF, Major Bob Fitzsimmons who is off as SATO Cyprus, Major Joe Hastings who goes down the road to command the Corps Stores Company and Staff Sergeant Barrie Fisk who comes over all Scottish on his way to 51 Company (Volunteers) as a PSI. We also said farewell of course to Jessie, Jackie, Liz and Hazel their wives. W02 George Mathers organised the excellent occasion for us. The husband of Brigadier John Skinner's PA, Isabel, is Conductor George Vickers who works up the corridor. He was overjoyed at being medically upgraded recently but his face fell a mile (sorry three miles) when CCRAOC invited him to join him on their BFT. Life goes on apace and with great en- joyment. G3 (STAFF DUTIES) AND Gl (AVIATION RAF) AT the moment G Air or G3 (Aviation RAF) as it is now known, is in the process of a change over between the clerks. Corporal Rick Kendal has been posted to the Training Battalion at Black- down and in his place is Corporal Steve Kemp who has just moved from an office down the corridor. Meanwhile Lance Corporal Andy Blathenvick is trying to educate himself before being posted to Headquarters NORTHAG on promotion in early March. His replacement who is, at present, working in Headquarters RAOC (or Supply as it is now known) is Lance Corporal Tony Baillie. In SD, or G3 (Staff Duties), we have had some changes over the past six months since our last report. Corporal Heather Jones has left us for civvy street and is now happily beavering away in the PRI office. Heather has been replaced by our current beauty Lance Corporal Jan Tate. It was interest- ing to see the amount of visitors to SD increase in the period just after her arrival. However, she is now happily engaged to Kevin, so lay off chaps. Private Mick O'Hara has also left us and is now working for Gl, G4 and G5 Plans, good luck Mick. O'Hara has been replaced by Private Graham White- house who is by all accounts working well and enjoying SD? Corporal Mick Hopkins is walking around with an air of self satisfaction for, not only has he been posted, he is to be pro- moted. Well done Mick and good luck in your new job. Staff Sergeant Gerry Trottier, the Chief Clerk is still with us which is surprising as we did not expect him to survive the change from single to married life but he seems to be managing quite well so far. Well we must get back to pushing out the paper to keep the rest of the Headquarters happy so until our next instalment. Away from G3 (SD) and G3 (Aviation RAF) we would like to congratulate W 2 John Thomson and A/Corporal Bob Shiels on their recent promotions, and Lance Corporals John Heath and Mark Gore on passing their RPC2 course. We bid farewell to WOl Frank Linnane to Headquarters Detmold Garrison, Sergeant Tony O'Doherty to 85 Supply Depot, Corporal Gary Middleton to sunny Naples and Private Paddy Burnett to Combat Supplies Battalion. Good luck to you all. Our new arrivals are Sergeant Dave Forsyth, Privates Geordie Atkinson and Paul Holmes. Welcome and good luck in Corps Head- quarters. A <®3S§^0^ 1st Armoured Division BRONZED and fit, lean, langlauf-loving, Major Myles Greenhalgh narrowed his eyes and gazed into the bitter dusk. " There'll be snow," he whispered. And there was, since when like a school boy anxious to escape lessons, he has fled the office at lunchtime and end-of-play to emerge almost at once as a red-topped pixie to float over the snows. His enthusiasm is in marked contrast to that of Major Jeremy Baines or our FSO 1, Mr Stan Talbot whose garages are at the foot of one in three slopes! In our new NATO-style livery, 1 Armd Div Sup greets the New Year. Only DOWO and Assistant DOWO have escaped unscathed—probably because WOl Pete Osborne and W02 Pete Roberts are so rarely here that no one knew we'd got them. Morale is pretty high here—all the officers having had the. postings they wanted—Lieutenant Colonel Clive Pickard to RARDE, Major Jeremy Baines to Bielefeld, Major Myles Greenhalgh to Berlin, Captain Tim Cross (last year) to Cyprus and Major Buz Busby extended for a year. They won't hear a word said against AG9! Meanwhile, and at near immediate notice our FS02, Mr Bob Bygrave has left with our very best wishes, for CAD Longtown. Somewhere in UK as I write this, Lance Corporal Paul Ranger has just completed his Bl course and is on leave. He sent us this discouraging card: To the Suppliers: PROGRESS: Completed Course RESULT: Passed (Naturally) WEATHER: Awful PRICES: Expensive SOCIAL LIFE: Disastrous FINANCES: Bankrupt PROSPECTS: Nil We are also without Corporals Bill Winchester and Jock Falconer who are on RPC1 course and leave respectively, but have been pleased to welcome Lance Corporal Dave Cook. In the Regiment Sergeant Pete Potter has arrived on promotion to take over from Sergeant Bob Harrison who has gone to the Transport Regiment. We wish them all the best in their new appointments. Finally we welcome Fiona West our new typist and say farewell to Mrs Margaret Green who has departed to the Homeland. We wish our S03 Sup(Coord), Captain Wilson Brewer the best of luck in his staff college exams and look forward to having him with us in spirit as well as body soon. LATE PRESS. Congratulations to Captain Wilson and Joan Brewer on the birth of their daughter Elizabeth. ORDNANCE COMPANY THERE is a rumour that CSM Patchitt has approached the Winter Olympic Committee to include Snow clearing as a recognised sport. To this end he has been training a Company team but is currently having problems with the snow shovels that are constantly being broken. He has recently developed a Mark II snow shovel but due to a sudden thaw he must now wait until the next snow fall before troop trials can begin. Major Ron Brown was wheeled out of the company in style on a stores barrow when the company said their fond farewell. We wish him luck in his new appointment at JDSC. It was also farewell to Corporal Pearson who joins 48 AMF(L) Company. Corporal Pearson will be sadly missed as custodian of the Divisions Cleanliness in the Field. His bath unit made international fame especially with the never for- gotten mixed bathing of a US Army Unit. We also say farewell to Lance Corporal Johnston REME. All members of the Company welcome our new OC Major Malcolm Gilbertson and his family. Also welcome to other new arrivals Second Lieutenant Cousins, Staff Sergeant Young ACC, Lance Corporals Coward, and McGaughy, Privates Brocklebank, Buckley, Muldoon and Craftsman Mathews REME. Also Private Wark on attachment. Belated congratulations to the new OC, Major Malcolm Gilbertson, on receiving the MBE in the New Year Honours List. 79 SUPPLY DEPOT SERGEANT KEITH MARSHALL and Corporal Pete Wadding- ton have gone off to Bavaria on Exercise Snow Queen where we also have W02 Gary Divers as an instructor for the next two months. At the time of going to press we have had no reports of any broken bones or other misfortunes from our intrepid skiers. Our Potted Sports have had to be neglected somewhat, owing to the weather, but everyone had been building up their strength awaiting the arrival of the sun. (If the moratorium allows it). STORES PLATOON 7 ARMOURED WORKSHOP WE finally said a fond farewell to Corporal Jackson RNZAOC who, on his departure presented the platoon with a quart bottle of New Zealand beer. Five thousand miles and four months in a suitcase confirmed our suspicions about New Zealand beer. We still await the return of our half of the exchange, Lance Corporal John Mooney. Rumours of his antics at Boogie Street are still strong. — 345 — |
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