Have started most of the proccedings the GS Wagon being used needed a lot of work it infact needed a 75% rebuild. So the two months prior to Op Rampion was spent cutting wood painting and putting on the final touches.

Here you can see the GS Wagon stripped down during the rebuild. Notice the boxes in the back of the wagon, these are what the coffin board will sit on.

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Op Rampion II
Background
Approximately 115 kms from the Belgian border in French Flanders is a tiny provincial town of Fromelles. On the 19th and 20th July 1916 the Battle of Fromelles saw the Australian 5th Division incur its largest loss of life in any single military action. At the same location, the British 61st Division also suffered heavy casualties.
When the battle ended, 5533 Australian soldiers and 1547 British soldiers were listed as casualties, with Australian and British...

Many a time Ive been on exercise and though to myself how I miss those comforts of home like a roof and walls, but you make do with a poncho and a good doss bag and once you have got your admin on the ball it all comes together!
for those of us that are lucky and have a CVRT, APC and a cab to sleep in it is almost home from home! As low ranker you have to grizz it in a shell scrap doing stags every few hours at crazy times.
Once your up doing a Sgts job you can sit back sort out admin...

With the onslaught of another winter upon (Well those of us that live in the northern hemisphere)
I thought it would be good to share with you some of the pictures form last years during CROWs final exerscise in Breacon.



CROW in the snow, Notice the not too good spacing and alert patrol position!


Ah the joy of stagging on and...

As the United Kingdom has just lost its last two WW1 Veterans Harry Patch and Henry Allingham within a few weeks,I find it fitting that
I found myself driving a British gereral service wagon made it 1914 that survived the First World war and is still owened by the army.

GS Wagon


one size of uniform fits all lol
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