RAOC Gazette - page 189
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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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SUPPLY COMPANY PETROLEUM PLATOON. There has been too many arrivals and departures to name them all and a few transfers within the theatre as well. We have finally managed to prise Corporal Neil Willis off our coastal tanker and he is now settled at one of the outstations. Corporal Brian Poole spent a week on the tanker and has now changed his name to Hughie. A special welcome to Corporal Scouse MacDonald as he is our first TA Pet Op to join the platoon. Our congratulations also go to Lance Corporal John McGrath on getting his promotion on his last day here. AMMUNITION PLATOON. The main happening since the last report was the overnight transformation of one of our am- munition stacks into a tractor park. Unfortunately the driver decided to park on top of the ammunition instead of moving it first. Once it was realised the unknown driver was not coming back to claim the vehicle we moved it off the site and handed it over to Faircloughs who, after changing a wheel, took it away. GeH-ing on fop of the job! The comings and goings looks more like a who's who in the platoon with farewells to: WOl Mitchell, Sergeants Trent, McGrath, Stewart, Corporals Tressler, Mansell (on promotion), Dart, Wise, Lance Corporals Brown, Daly, Privates Dunhill, Beswick, Causer, Peake and Haggart. Welcomes to WOl Ferguson, W02 Thynne, Staff Sergeant Honeysett, Sergeants Pritchard, France, Hurry, Corporals Hawkswell, Besley, Clark, Heddon, Thomas, Lance Corporal Davidson and Privates Puckrin and McCheeney, quite a few turkeys for slagging on. Oh yes, Major Carey is still here with no replacement nominated —any takers? Finally Lance Corporal Gabriel has given up looking for W02 Thynne's belt which the latter insists was on the bar when he started drinking. Never mind Denis now you know that Falklands brew eats belts! RATION PLATOON. W02 Brian Scott and Sergeant Bruce Watson were part of the Company team in the Inter Unit Quiz Competition. They put up a creditable performance although there was an embarrassing moment when Sergeant Bruce, after listening to Saturday Night Fever Music and being asked who played it, answered 'John Travolta!' Members of the Ration Platoon are beginning to get away on adventure training. Privates Douglas Murton, Scouse Lowe, Tarn Collins and Paul Hargate have all recently spent a week hill walking in the Hill Cove/Mt Adam area. Those who weren't able to manage a whole week took a Saturday off and made a twenty five kilometre round trip to Port Stanley — Sapper Hill — Mount William — Tumbledown — Goat Ridge—Two Sisters—Moody Brook—Port Stanley. Most of the area around Two Sisters had only just been cleared by the Sappers and caused some concern amongst the walkers. The order of march went Captain Paul Arnold, W02 Brian Scott, Corporal Peter Hockaday, Privates Cabbage Needham and Jock Brown. The final two were Sergeant Vic Bennett and Corporal Ian Balfour who were both catching the ship home the next day and were leaving nothing to chance. The walk was quite pleasant taking in the Royal Engineers and Welsh Guards monuments as well as Argentinian positions and a few roped off minefields. All the walkers managed to get back in time for Major David Clare's farewell drinks in the Cathedral Hall bar. Sergeant Paddy Steele is the original member of the South Atlantic Swimmers Club and has been joined by Private Michael Pilgrim both qualified after taking a dip after visiting ships of ill repute but excellent entertainment. Major Ray Carey appeared to be about to join but held, or was held, back. In the recent Falkland Islands inter unit volleyball com- petition Supply Company entered three teams all managed by Lance Corporal Briddon. A Ration Platoon team made the final against RAF Stanley on board the recently commissioned Coastol Safe Espiria. It was a close final with the Ration Platoon being narrowly beaten. The team, all of whom won a set of darts, was WOs2 Jimmy Utterson, Brian Scott, Sergeants John Fleck, Chris Dunning, Paddy Steele and Private Doug Murton. W02 Brian Scott, Lance Corporal Jim Strang, Privates Douglas Murton and Alex Phillips are currently enjoying an eight day cruise to South Georgia and back on LSL Sir Lancelot. ASU. After a twenty four hour delay due to a technical fault in the Hercules the last of the old crew of the ASU departed the islands for the UK, Captain John Ore and Sergeant Brian Jenkins, we wish them well and ask for their forgiveness for laughing when informed of the delay. We welcome W02 Steen, Sergeant Gudgeon, Privates Haden and Campbell and yours sincerely, who is missing his fishing in Scotland. The ASU continues to function out of ISO containers, we count them regularly because there is a tendency for them to sink in the mud, the weather has deteriorated considerably to the extent that Christmas Day was celebrated on the 25th of June. To all our friends within the Corps who have yet to visit these sunny shores we send greetings and a most sincere " Wish you were here." HEADQUARTERS BRITISH FORCES FALKLAND ISLANDS OUR Superintending Clerk, WOl (Cdr) Ged Mead and the new Chief Clerk G1/G4 W02 Steve Sambles arrived to the sheer delight of WOl Mick Charlesworth and W 2 Ralph Gothard. The smiles on their faces told the whole story. We wish Ged and Steve all the best in their tours with us and also our best wishes go with Mick and Ralph on their respective postings to Rheindahlen and Wulfen. Other members of the staff in G1/G4 are Staff Sergeant Mel Kingston, Corporal Geoff Tue, Lance Corporals Graham McKay, Mark Keymer and Private Jim Galloway. Mel, Mark and Jim can be heard crying, ' Days to do etc' North East District, Maastricht and Bicester beware. Over in G3 we have Sergeant Pete Dawson, .Lance Corporals Ray Bailie, Ronnie Russell and Private Wayne Allingham. Hidden, but not forgotten in Command Secretary's office is Private Richard Hicks. On 10th July we all moved from our respective accom- modations to the new Lookout Camp and all in all it is a world apart from our previous kipping joints. Of course, morale will boost when the WRAC arrive at the end of the month, but unfortunately they will not be in the Camp. Mention must be made in this note of a new NATO Branch to be established especially for BFFI and that is G9. This branch covers ANY disasters, chaos and anything that everyone else does not want. Staff Officers contribute regularly to this branch! TERRITORIAL ARMY 55 Ordnance Company(V) AND so to camp. A quick summary of the first week might read:—"A good week on the Ranges and only three hospital — 158 — |
| Book number | R0406 |