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David Edwards, YO, 23Bty Sometime in 1987, the regiment (2/15 Field Regiment) held a direct shoot competition at Pucka. From memory it was around Tehans Hill and involved lie rounds (obviously). It would have been in the middle of the year as we were all pretty rugged up. As one of the Bty LTs I … Read more
David Edwards, 2LT (YO), HQ Bty 2/15, sometime in 1996 at Pucka First weekend in Arty. Rocking up with pack, webbing and rifle expecting it to be like the grunts and getting told to throw that stuff (not rifle) in the truck. Enjoying Blazing Saddles on the 8mm with a sheet hanging off the F1. … Read more
David Edwards, GPO, 23 Bty It was a particularly wet and miserable weekend at Pucka. Both 2 Fd and 23 Fd Bty’s were live firing with deployments. On the Sat night we had to move into a new position and fire quite a few rounds of Illum before the ranage closed at midnight. 23 Bty … Read more