Reflections on Nui Dat

From Brian Jerry Meyer
Great to see in the latest RNZA Newsletter, the photo taken at the opening of the mess in Nui Dat.
Many of course now deceased;
Col Bob Smith who was Force Comd, Maj Red Potts who was BK, WO2 Ivan Trueman who was BQMS , Ssgt Steve Day who was ERE helped Ivan in the Q store
Sgt John Brand who was the Pay Sgt at Force in SAIGON Sgts Colin Ryan and Bob Wirihana who were Gun Sgts on C & D
WO1Darcy Pollard who was BSM, Sgt John Lynch who was Cook Sgt, Sgt Dave Roberts who was Sigs Sgt and Sgt Matt Hotere who was E Gun Sgt.
Sgt Owen "Shorty" Geldard was there with a team of Engrs putting up messes etc and had just done the Sgts Mess ( He lives here in AUSTRALIA).
Up until then we had a combined mess in an IPP tent.  The US Sgt was there because they had a relay Stn to 2FFV in LONG BINH from 1 ATF.
2Lt Gordon Stevenson I think was the LO with Col Bob Smith for his visit.
Others: Ssgt Don Potter was Bty Clk Sgt Terry Hughes was A Gun Sgt Trevor Pilcher was B Gun Sgt Danny McCort I think was F Gun though the memory is slipping and I would have thought Fred Biggwither was still there. Sgt Bill Giles was BCs Svy Sgt, I was CP Svy Sgt, WO2 Steve Parker was BG now lives in the UK or did when I visited him in 2003.  Maj Harry Honnor of course was BC.
Sgt Pipi Boyd RNZSigs was Tpt Sgt, Sgt Bruce McKenzie was EME Sgt though he was a Veh Mech not a Gun Fitter which was the Sgts slot. He lives here in AUSTRALIA.
45 years ago, it seems like yesterday. The present Col Comdt was the GPO