RAOC Gazette - page 200
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Material type | Journals |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1983 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1983 |
| Late date | 1983 |
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their journey to Africa. Private Purves, seen loading the boxes, and Lance Corporal Nauyokes were then treated to Kaffee and Kuchen by the staff of the school as thanks for a job well done. TO LUNCH WITH FOUR GENERALS OUR photograph was taken at a farewell luncheon given by ACGS(Trg) MOD, to say goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Clayton a Staff Quartermaster of the Corps, who has recently retired after eight years service as Staff Officer to the Director of Army Training (and others holding the equivalent post under different titles). The lads loved the little chap and the photograph tells all from his point of view. Our thanks to Mr Gustav Hcidemann for taking the picture and others which are now among young Christian's treasured possessions. HERALDIC R U G A HOME MADE RUG was recently presented by Mr Sandy Morrice of the Ordnance Company BATUS to the Mayor of Medicine Hat. Sandy and his wife Anne spent four and a half months making the rug and as our photograph shows it is an exact replica of the City of Medicine Hat Coat of Arms. The presentation was made at the annual convention of the St John's Ambulance of which Sandy is a past chairman. The mayor in acceptance said that the rug will be hung in the new City Hall which was opened in September of this year. Lieutenant Colonel Clayton well escorted into retirement. The officers in the photograph are Major General Walsh, Major General Woodford, Major General Rougier and General Sir Michael Gow. Lieutenant Colonel Clayton is in the centre of the photograph. We wish him a happy retirement. A N A R R O W ESCAPE WOULD you howl with terror if you had been run over by one of the huge barges that steam up and down the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Germany? Most people certainly would, but nine year old Christian Lauf, the son of Frau Lauf a typist at Dulmen, did not. He swam out of his predicament and smiled and shrugged off his fright. He deserved a treat for his bravery and he spent a day at Dulmen doing all the things little boys find fascinating in the Depot. He went on the small bore range, he drove the fire engine, the Tugmaster, the tractor train and the RSM held no terror for him at all when the Sergeants Mess gave him lunch. Mr Sandy Morrice with the Medicine Hat rug. EXOTIC TOURS MAJOR CHRIS MORTON, formerly RAOC, now serving in the Sultan of Oman's Navy, was recently elected Chairman of the Gulf Rugby Football Union. This Union has affiliated clubs from all the Gulf States including Cairo, Kuwait, Bahrein, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Sharjah, Muscat and Dhahran (Saudi Arabia). The Gulf season runs from September to April and includes a fully and competitive League and Knock Out Cup Competition. Clubs field both first and second teams. Besides these fixtures four main competitions take place including the lucrative Dubai Sevens, from whom the winner, (who must be a Gulf Team) represents the Middle East in the Hong Kong Sevens. Clubs tour as far a field as the Far East, Africa and the Mediterranean. Travel for fixtures is mainly by air, so large fund raising exercises exist! Incoming tours to the Gulf for the coming season include Kenya, a team from Zimbabwe and also the US Eagles. As teams are mainly made up of expatriates working in the Gulf some of whom are ex-British Forces, or still serving on secondment, it may be that teams may wish to consider a tour to the Gulf. Any Rugby organisation wishing to obtain further details should write to Chris Morton, Chairman Gulf Rugby Union, c/o Muscat Rugby Club, Naval Headquarters, PO Box 6804, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Cctting over the shock. — 1 |
| Book number | R0406 |