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Final Barbeque - November 1970
Maj Torrance addressing company & guests, final BBQ in Nui Dat Nov 70. Guests are wearing JG uniforms, W3 personnel are in dark green dacron uniforms with lanyard & medal ribbons [Ure]
final BBQ Nov 70 - another view. The female left centre in photo is NZRC member Isobel Beaumont [Ure]
Maj Torrance welcoming visitors [Ure]
Red Cross nurses receiving gifts & thanks [Ure]
CO 2RAR Lt Col John Church [dark glasses] chating with CO 3 Cav Regt Lt Col HJ Coates [Young] ?? Moran, Lewis, ?? ??[Young]
from right - Padre ??, Sgt Hemana, sitting Cpl Binning, Cpl Butler, Lcpl Edwards, ?? Pte Compton, Pte Bullock, standing behind Butler Kahaki, Hatton, Cherry, Welsh, Haig-Clarke, etc [Young] Compton, Binning, ?? Bullock, Sgt Burton, probably Wally Goodman [Young]
Waka Haig-Clarke, Paul Moana, Danny Campbell [Young] Kupe, Ryalls, ?? Wolfe, Brown [Young]
from right Nesbitt, Moran, Ryan, Bennett, ?? Auld, Stock, Padre, Hemana, Binning [Young] Joe, Isobel Beaumont [Red Cross], Joe Yandall, Newson [Young]
from left ?? Harris, Ryalls, ?? [Young] from left, Shields [?], Stock, Isobel Beaumont [Red Cross] [Young]
party afterwards - those not in dark green dacron uniform were visitors [Ure] fm left standing: Joe, Harris, Lynch, Brooker, sitting: ??, Rowsell, Ryalls, 2x Red Cross [Young]
The Other Ranks mess hall was partly demolished during the party following the official BBQ.  A number of inebriated soldiers discovered that if you rammed the wall with your head from the inside the boards & nails would slide out of the wall.  After considerable success the demolition stopped after one more than enthusiastic drunk tried the same technique from the outside.  The wall won.

For the record the mess hall was due to be demolished as part of the W3 withdrawal & the unorthodox demolition attempt was officially condoned.  The headaches were thought punishment enough.  Rear party notes

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 Taken some days after, the demolished Other Ranks mess hall [Henderson]

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