RAOC Gazette - page 141
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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RAOC in the Falklands LOGISTIC BATTALION HEADQUARTERS. It's all change in Battalion Headquarters since the last GAZETTE Notes. We have changed CO's, 2IC's, RSM's and Chief Clerk's. We say good bye to Lieutenant Colonel Brown who leaves us to command the RCT Depot in Aldershot. Major Nevill who leaves to take up an appointment on the staff in Brunei. WOl (RSM) Warren to the RPC Depot in Northampton and the Chief Clerk Staff Sergeant Davies to ETS Blackdown. By some quirk of the posting system the Headquarters is now all RAOC. We welcome Lieutenant Colonel Norman-Bailey, Major Thompson, WOl (RSM) Flowers and Staff Sergeant Bartram. At last we have a QM Captain Cross AAC, who has just arrived from being curator of the AAC museum and is trying desperately to come to terms with Logistics. We also welcome Sergeant Maddison SG, Corporal McDonough RPC, Lance Corporal Strafford RCT, Lance Corporal Doughty RAOC and Gunner Home to the Orderly Room. Staff Sergeant Allan Schiller receives the Hong Kong Individual Ten Pin Bowling Championship Trophy. evening and the Blackdown Wives' Club Committee deserve many congratulations for their organisation. The unit military team in the Dragon Boat Festival was confident after regularly beating the depot civilians and other civilian teams during the preceding three weeks of workouts, really felt on top of everything until the day of the races. They are now checking the rules for submariners pay as they were given a ' bum-boat' for their heat and failed to stay on top of the water. WOl (Cdr) Ron Foster, the non-swimmer of the team, can now pass the Army swimming test! Before welcoming new arrivals, we welcome back our very own Captain Ken Jackson, from the longest leave scheme yet recorded—the JDSC! Our congratulations list this month is to: Mrs Molly Keating and Mrs Anne Davison on winning the Ladies Doubles in the BFHK Tennis Championships; Staff Sergeant Taff Davis and W02 Alan Coulbeck for winning the Regimental Doubles trophy in the same event, but only after beating our second pair of Staff Sergeant Spook Anderson and Sergeant Alex Ramage in the semi-finals (shame!); Staff Sergeant AJan Schiller, winner of the HK Bowling Cup; Sergeant Steve Hill on his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; to Corporal Jerry and Mrs Denise Burchell on the birth of their daughter; Sergeant and Mrs Tsang Ming on the birth of their son,—and all those unit members, too numerous to mention, who have been selected for substantive promotion. Apologies and very special congratulations go to our honours and awards recipients. Apologies because we failed to mention our New Year's Honours recipients, a fact which was only noticed when the Queen's Birthday Honours for 1983 were made. BEMs were awarded at the New Year to Staff Sergeant John Holmes and Mr (Albert) Kong Chui Yee, both of the Ammunition Sub-Depot, while Staff Sergeant Jamiat Singh Army Depot Police—now retired after more than thirty three years service—and Mr Au-Yeung Wun received Commander British Forces Testimonials. In the Birthday Honours Mr Au- Yeung Wun of Depot Civil Admin was further honoured by the award of Honorary BEM and Mr Lau Kit Wing of RSG received the CBFs Testimonal. Well done to you all. Welcome to: Major Colin Tennant complete with walking stick, minus cartilage; Staff Sergeant Alan Plater REME, Lance Corporal Tomo Thompson, Sergeant Stu Smith, Corporal Ian Lawton, Lance Corporal Duggie Kyle, Sergeant Mick Kemble and their families, and Second Lieutenant Richard Maybery and Lieutenant Julian Simpson on supernumary attachments. Bon voyage to: Major Hugh Mundy, W02 Eric Davies REME, Sergeants John Skerritt and Jim Gilfillan, Corporals Fred Scarborough, Don Sedgwick and Lance Corporal Roy Tillman and their families. REMEMBER THE DEADLINE— THE 28th OF EACH MONTH STORES COMPANY. Winter is coming in again in Port Stanley. Mercifully it has not, yet, been as cold as last year and the calm days meant that we have kept the pace of life going. The continuing equitable weather led to general agree- ment that MV Tor Caled-Onia, our floating home, should go for its winter cruise. After some discussion it was decided to circumnavigate East Falklands, spending a day in San Carlos. Despite rumours to the contrary, the engines were not seized up and started perfectly first time. The trip went very well and the stores remained in their proper locations. However, one or two of the Sup Con Section found working on the ocean waves too unsettling and retired to their beds—we will not mention their names. At San Carlos the company met up with its furthest flung outpost: the Kelly's Garden Laundry Detachment. Sergeant Hancock and his team: Lance Corporal Irwin, Privates Meek and Fulton lost no time in coming aboard to escape the mud and cold food of Kelly's Garden. Also in San Carlos at the time was Staff Sergeant Burnett who was trying to find out exactly where a container of binning had gone to (actually it had returned to Port Stanley—but he got it back again) so we could reorganise the Rapier Battery we have. R and R trips to South Georgia continue: Today (2nd June) Corporal Ravenscroft, Privates Phillips and Ruddy are off to see the snow covered mountains, the mountain glaciers, and the seals and just check on Staff Sergeant George's stories of the place. The only drawback to the trip is that it takes two and a half days by LSL each day. Travelling in an LSL, as many readers will doubtless know is like living in a tumbledrier at the best of times. In the South Atlantic it is much worse. The rapid flow of departures and arrivals continues un- abated. W02 Burnett, who guided the company through stock- age support conversion, Staff Sergeant White, who never failed to construct a little ' Wendy House' whenever his section ended up on the ship and Sergeant Robinson who set up the Kelly's Garden Laundry Detachment. Our thanks for all they have done and we welcome WOl Tanner, Staff Sergeant Dobbing and Sergeant Hanncock in their place. ASU. It's a pleasure to write a few notes for THE GAZETTE, especially on this occasion. The next months will be submitted by others who have yet to arrive. We have already bidden farewell to Staff Sergeant Snell and Sergeant Poulton. Captain Ore, W02 Hogg and Sergeant Jenkins leave in the next three weeks. We heartily welcome W02 Hassall and Sergeant Clydesdale. Others will be arriving in the next three weeks. During this period of change, another three camps have been partially equipped and the first Married Quarter occupied. We are now equipping and handing over the second accom- modation barge. A third will arrive shortly. We! Bid farewell to the Falkland Islands. To those of you still to come we trust you will have a pleasant stay in the accom- modation the ASU FI has equipped and scaled with your comfort in mind. SUPPLY COMPANY. The Arctic winter has at last arrived with all its problems. Sergeant Steel, he of the unsure feet, fell over outside the newly opened Globe (he had not been drinking) to be followed by Sergeant Fleck. Again Sergeant Steel after a Regimental Dinner night missed his footing when leaving on the ferry and went for a midnight swim in the harbour. |
| Book number | R0406 |