Bravo Coy 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC)


Unofficial B Coy crest/badge	Bush goodies. (Pte Tony Freeman).
A rifle company, although in itself an entity, consists of some five separate groups. Each of these groups - the three platoons, company headquarters and company rear developed it's own personality and character. Some of the company characteristics for which each group of B Company was noted, are listed below. COMPANY HEADQUARTERS WAS NOTED FOR: Pipe stops instead of smoke halts. "You know very well when I say east I mean west". Biscuit's fear of his scar fading before returning home. Logarithms on the boat patrol frequency.
4 Platoon

4 PLATOON WAS NOTED FOR:
- The Phantom, Zeke and The Rat and his Q Store.
- An affinity for ants and hills and chocolate milk.
- Andy and Humphrey B Bear.
- Finding pipes.
- Using a marker balloon.
- HMAS 2 1.
- Lack of practice in the squatting position.

RMO Capt Paul Trevillian checking over B Coy member in the field (L/Cpl Frank Bernhardt and Bdr Floyd).

Where do you reckon we are? (Cpl Zeke Tradjos, Ptes Peter Hunt and Ray Caldwell).

Posed by Pte Jim McGovern, Cpl Harry Jeffries L/Cpl Frank Bernhardt and L/Cpl Jeft Turner.

5 Platoon

5 PLATOON WAS NOTED FOR:
- 2000 metres more patrolling than necessary.
- Odd-job bwana and the Korean R & C centre.
- Debonair Dunn and Big Bunkers Batson.
- The LSD (Logs, Snake, Dutchy) problem and their contact at the west gate.
- The 200 metres missing from the map.
- The week that the boss couldn't take a trick.

GP's anyone? (Pte Bill Swan, Cpl Mick Walker).

Pte Matt Collins.

6 Platoon

6 PLATOON WAS NOTED FOR:
- Spending the entire tour proving they weren't the slowest platoon in the company.
- The only robot controlled M79 in South Vietnam.
- The Dude of Canungra, Ryan's Roughriders, Kirkey's pigs and Oldie's clothes.
- 6.5 platoon in hospital (Sister Clayton's tormentors) and their subsequent convalescence.

L/Cpl Tex Contor relaxes.

Ready to move - you reckon! (L/Cpl Mick O'Grady).

CHQ Rear

COMPANY REAR WAS NOTED FOR:
- The Stass Star - more widely read than any operation order.
- HMAS Music Box and the Kernel.
- Excellent barbecued steaks and fried Sergeant Cooks.
- Stink Feet Bennet's sock wash.
- Mine host "Pop Atley".
- Toad Hall and giant chicken eating frogs.

Some quotes which we believe revealing and worthy of recording are:
- "You know when we say heavy left from the east at 0930 with four aircraft, we mean line astern from the south at 1030 with three aircraft".
- "Come the revolution, guess who'll move their aerial".
- "You can't touch me you Provost B .... !!"
- "Right across the board",
- "With respect",
- "Sorry but ...."
- "Sufficient to say".

What Now? (Pte Jim Jones and CpI Chris Smith).

Shower time

Sgt "Toad" Fletcher was there-Where?

Now for a rest .....(Ptes Charlie Papasergio, "Smilie" Turner, Ron Greagan, Cpl Bob Jordon, and Pte Jim Jones).

..... and a beer. (Ptes Pat Ferre, Graham Humphrey, Alan Harwood, Mick O'Brien, Colin Bell, Ian Palmer, Cpl Harry Jeffries, Ptes Bob Read, Andy Bligh, Steve Collins, Lt Ian Ballantyne, Ptes Gary Turner, Jim Cornell, and CpI Mick Walker).