13B |
Cadet Assessment Report, used by DS to record an incident of individual performance or behaviour which were amassed to produce each cadet's profile; see Pink |
mid 1966-85 |
a locally designed Form 13B |
21/21 etc |
the combination of days CB and days SOL, which were the maximum punishment a cadet could be given for one charge |
1950s-80s |
local use of numbers, depending on current punishment levels |
Aardvark |
A nickname which A Company members gave to themselves |
1980-85 |
unknown |
Aardvark, The |
A Company pottery mascot, often kidnapped for ransom and indignities; terminally stolen by New Zealanders and destroyed after December 1985 Grad – enough said |
1981-85 |
made by OCdt Schie's father |
Ack I |
WO2 Assistant Instructor |
1950s-70s |
old phonetic alphabet: A=Ack |
Adams Alley |
a pathway to the rear of the parade ground along the front of School Headquarters |
1950s |
after RSM Adams – his hunting ground |
Adjutant’s Hut |
small building beside Death Row used as the Adjutant's office |
1980s |
from the occupant |
Adjutant’s Inspection |
periodic inspection by the Adjutant and RSM, which added to the list of Defaulters; see Unluckygram |
Mid 1960s-70s |
weekly routine |
Agony Hill |
last hill on the cross country course; see Heartbreak Hill |
late 1970s |
short term variation |
Alley, The |
see Adams Alley |
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Appie, ex Appie |
A cadet who was previously an Army Apprentice |
1960s-85 |
from Army Apprentices School inmates |
Aunty Grace |
licensee of The Conti, well known for the allowances she made for cadets |
1960s |
coined by K.A. Anderson |
AWOL, AWL |
absent without leave by failing to be present at roll call to be marked present in the roll book, resulting in a fizzer |
1952-85 |
standard army abbreviation |
back-up |
seconds etc at meals |
1950s |
common terminology |
Bags and Blazer |
Rec Dress |
1950s |
from the baggy grey issue trousers |
Bear Pit |
drainage pit on the PMC's Lawn that people due to be bished could be held in |
1980s |
possibly from the bear pits usually found on army obstacle courses |
beating the BOS |
resigning before an inevitable BOS recommendation for removal |
1980s |
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Bimbo (s) |
the nickname which A Company gave to B Company members |
1980s |
bestowed by instructor WO2 Defreitis |
birthday half-yard |
celebration of a birthday with the celebrant required to skol a halfyard glass prior to entering the dining room |
late 1970s |
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bish (1) |
abbreviation of rubbish |
1955-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
bish (2) |
fill a bish tin with water and rubbish-filth and clandestinely empty on a victim; sometimes a fire hose was used |
1960s-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
bish bed, bishing bed |
steel bed used for bishing (2) |
1980s |
see bishing (2) |
bish bin |
interchangeable with bish tin for some, otherwise a galvanised rubbish bin |
late 1960s-85 |
occasionally-used alternative |
bish tin |
rubbish basket, tin or bin; interchangeable with bish bin |
1955-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
bished |
to wake up wet and filthy, hearing pelting footsteps and receding laughter |
1975-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
bishing (1) |
see bish (2) |
1975-85 |
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bishing (2) |
a formal occasion to mark a recipient's birthday or misdemeanour, when the victim was strapped to a bed, doused with garbage and dunked in Port Phillip |
1975-85 |
possibly began with the immolation of one R.C. Spowart in 1977 |
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blow up |
lightweight inflatable mattress issued as field equipment, with three insert tubes, one or more of which deflated overnight when used |
1965-85 |
common army terminology |
bog away |
go away and do something; spend time bogging |
1980s |
first meaning seems to be local usage |
bog, bogging |
to clean or spit polish equipment |
1955-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
bogger (1) |
a person who dedicated exceptionally long periods to bogging, with a derogatory overtone |
1955-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
bogger (2) |
civilian contract cleaner |
mid 1980s |
cleaning connection |
Book, The
In The Book
|
A written record of minor offences and punishments, kept in the COC orderly room, to allow cadet duty personnel to check who should attend Defaulters parade; also Punishment Book |
1960-85 |
ex British Army |
BOS |
Board of Studies, advised on progress and disposal of cadets |
1956-85 |
quite different from RMC use in More than a Mere Bravo |
BOS Wagon |
a Landrover detailed to collect cadets from their various activities to appear for an interview arising from the BOS discharged as a result of failing a Board of Study review |
1980s |
word association |
BOSed |
discharged as a result of failing a Board of Study review |
mid 1970s-85 |
verbalised use of the acronym BOS |
boxing rooms |
packing members' possessions into boxes for absences beyond 24, later 72 hours to enable quick evacuation of accommodation in case of quarantine emergency |
1950s-76 |
from the agreement with Department of Health |
Bruce the Lion |
B Company mascot; see Aardvark |
1982-85 |
fluffy toy adopted in response to Aardvark |
BSM’s Lawn |
lawn bordered by the Cadet's Mess and Buildings 2, 4, 5, used for morning dress inspection parade |
1965-85 |
association of BSM with the inspection |
bumph (1) |
paper, especially official printed stationery and large quantities of roneoed material inflicted on cadets |
1955-85 |
contraction of bum fluff; common army term ex RMC |
bumph (2) |
award an Extra Drill, from being recorded as such on the bumph |
mid 1970s-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Bumph Bunny |
Cadet Orderly Room NCO responsible for distribution of paperwork |
mid 1970s-85 |
extension to one caught for a less than sought after task |
Bumphed, on the bumph |
awarded an Extra Drill, and in the process having to fill out the form in copperplate printing to avoid additional bumphs |
mid 1970s-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Cadet |
student at OCS |
1950s-85 |
contraction of Officer Cadet |
Camp Training |
final field training activity of the half year; see Field Training, Final Field Training |
1950s |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Carboni Tailors |
a firm which made cadets' uniforms as well as tailoring suits and sports coats |
1960s |
after proprietor Joe Carboni |
Casper |
name of The Tank |
1960s-85 |
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catch some zeds |
sleep; see gonk, rack out |
1960s-85 |
common usage term |
CB |
confined to barracks, a fairly serious punishment, with restriction of privileges and requiring attendance at Defaulters parades for Extra Drill |
1952-85 |
standard military law terminology |
Charge yourself! |
a pernicious system of Cadets, when charged, having to prepare the charge sheet themselves; with a side training effect of familiarising them with Military Regulations and Orders, and framing charges; see bumph, bumphed |
1952-85 |
from the practice at RMC introduced by the early instructors |
chit |
an official medical restriction |
1952-85 |
Medical Report form |
Chunder Run |
a company run held on the morning of a ceremonial parade to eliminate in advance any effects of carousing the night before |
mid 1950s-70s |
introduced after some cadets were sick on Grad parade |
Church Parade |
a Sunday parade which all cadets had to attend, after which they could either attend a church service or be punished by other duties or sent to their rooms; these parades were held during term and before Grad |
1952-85 |
common army terminology and practice |
Civvy |
civilian entrant cadet differentiating servies |
1980s |
common expression |
CI's room inspection |
weekly inspection each Thursday by the Chief Instructor, guaranteed to see a large DD Parade or Defaulters the following day; see Company Commander's inspection, Adjutant's inspection |
mid 1970s-85 |
weekly routine |
Club Med |
a variant of Death Row, which was nearest the sea and out of the way |
1980s |
local euphemism |
COC, the |
The Company of Officer Cadets, the title gazetted for the first course and from 1969 the Corps title |
1952-85 |
local abbreviation |
Com, the |
the Commandant |
1981-85 |
simple abbreviation |
Company Commander's room inspection |
as for CI's room inspection, Adjutant's inspection |
1950s |
after the inspecting officer |
Conti, the |
Continental Hotel at Portsea; see PP, The Portsea, Portsea Pub |
1950s-85 |
local abbreviation |
Corps Drinks |
a night function during Grad Week when graduating cadets had drinks with the staff members of the corps to which they had been allotted |
1960s-85 |
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Cultural Tour |
Senior Class tour of Kings Cross after dark during a tour of government and commercial organisations in Sydney; also applied to junior cadets tour from 1972 |
1970s-80s |
for opportunities in the seamier side of Sydney culture |
... Days to go (1) |
the number of days to go before the next class graduated; see Days to Go Board |
1952-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
... Days to go (2) |
celebrations at different periods before the next Grad, variously 100, 50 and 28; the mode of celebration varied, usually the Junior Class could pay back the Senior Class, theoretically without retribution |
1952-85 |
adapted from the RMC 100 and 40 days to go, adjusted to different course lengths |
Days to Go Board |
a board in the Cadets Mess showing the Days to Go, changed daily by the junior cadet |
1952-85 |
ex RMC, RAAF Academy |
Dealings Room |
Cadet-run internal disciplinary tribunal presided over by cadet NCOs held in the cadet accommodation block |
1952-53 |
local coining |
Death Row
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Cadet overflow accommodation in the bath houses next to the decontamination centre; prepared as segregated accommodation for absorption of the WRAAC OCS in 1975, and used for male cadets when this did not eventuate |
mid 1970s-85 |
misunderstood to have been the Quarantine terminal care ward |
Defaulters |
punishment parade, where cadets paraded at various times for extra 'training'; see also ED parade |
1952-85 |
common army terminology |
Demerit |
The lowest level of punishment, awarded to members of the Senior Class only and simply recorded in The Book but an accumulation of Demerits meant a fizz and loss of rank if any |
1950s-70s |
originally a simple loss of marks, later as insulating summary punishments |
Demo Squad |
a section of soldiers used for demonstrations of minor tactics etc and maintaining training facilities |
1970s-85 |
simple abbreviation |
Demo Tour |
tour of military establishments, and sometimes a firepower demonstration for a week or more in senior term, sometimes jointly with WRAAC and RMC cadets |
1970s-85 |
abbreviation |
dirk |
stab someone in the back, dob someone in |
1960s-85 |
the Gaelic dagger |
Double Pucka |
two week assessment field exercise at Puckapunyal, a make or break for many cadets; see Final Field Training |
1980s |
after doubling the exercise period |
Dragon Squad |
successors to the Sorrento Brownies |
1960s |
similar to Demo Squad but less than complimentary |
Drillie |
drill sergeant, members of the training staff charged with training the cadets in drill |
1960s-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Drop Bears |
imaginary bears which dropped from trees onto haversacks to get fudge |
late 1960s |
fiction invented for NZ cadets |
DS |
member of the Directing Staff, that is an instructor |
1950s-85 |
common army term |
Dunners (1) |
Duntroon |
1970s-80s |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Dunners (2) |
a Duntroon cadet transferred from RMC to OCS |
1970s-80s |
ditto |
ED, Extra |
Extra Drill |
1952-85 |
common army term |
ED parade |
early morning, lunch time and afternoon parades as a result of award of EDs; see Defaulters |
1955-85 |
extension of the ED terminology |
Endurance Run |
physical training test, running from Portsea to Point Nepean and back, first in PT gear then later in the course in battle order; later called Point Run |
1950s-80s |
standard army terminology |
Ex 101 |
see Ex Far Horizon |
1984-85 |
exercise name |
Ex-servy |
An OCdt who was previously a soldier; see Servy, Civvy |
1952-85 |
abbreviation for ex-serving soldier |
Exercise Far Horizon |
secret exercise to test Junior Class endurance and initiative, held near Lake Eildon; later Ex 101 |
1980s |
exercise name |
Extra Drill |
punishment awarded from the beginning by officers and warrant officer instructors, later to Junior Class members only, for any sort of misdemeanour, carried out at Defaulters parades |
1952-85 |
common army terminology |
farter |
bed, sleeping bag |
1955-85 |
contraction of fart sack, common slang |
fid |
field, as in field training |
mid 1960s-85 |
army abbreviation fd for field |
fid coat |
field jacket, a green cotton jacket for field use |
1970s-85 |
see fid |
fid mug |
field issue steel cup also used for heating water and food |
1970s-85 |
see fid |
fid woman |
local woman taken out while at OCS; see parade woman who was not allowed to meet the fid woman if possible, and vice versa |
1980s |
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Field Training |
final field training activity of the half year; see Camp Training, Final Field Training |
1960s-80s |
local variation of expression |
Field Week |
the first field training of a term for each of both classes |
1960s-85 |
local adoption |
Final Field Training |
the last field training of the term, final as it was the last for the Senior Class; see Camp Training, Double Pucka |
late 1950s-85 |
local adoption |
fizz (1) |
to bring a fizzer against someone, or yourself |
1965-85 |
common army term |
fiz (2) |
soft drink |
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inaugural instructor Lt 'Chic' Jarman |
fizzed, on a fizzer |
charged, see fizzer |
1960s-85 |
common army terminology |
fizzer |
formal charge for an offence under miliitary law |
1960s-85 |
common army term |
fragged |
a parody of throwing a grenade into someone's room – puncturing a can of shaving cream and throwing it through the louvres above a cadet's door |
late 1970s-80s |
from the more deadly American retaliation against disliked superiors in Vietnam |
free ticket to Frankston |
removed from the School after failing BOS |
1970s-80s |
movement to the nearest railway station to go home |
Fudge |
chocolate, sweets, especially those bought off campus in Portsea village; see also Isotopes |
1952-60s |
from 'Chic' Jarman |
Fudge Run |
taxi delivery of fudge, sandwiches etc from Sorrento on weekend evenings |
1950s |
from the early days of restricted leave and no canteen |
geiler |
warrant officer |
1982-85 |
from the ugly gila monster reputed to sit in the sun and spit poison: typical cadet spelling |
goat fuck |
getting stuffed around, poor organisation, when everything has gone wrong; when subjected to it cadets would bleat like goats to express their displeasure |
1983-85 |
an extension of use from RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Goat Track |
see Scramble Track |
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goffer |
soft drink |
1952-85 |
Navy term from contact with Flinders |
gonk, gonk off |
going for a gonk = going for a sleep; see rack out, catch some zeds |
1960s-85 |
common term, cf the RMC meaning = wank |
gonking |
sleeping; see gonk |
1970s-1985 |
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Grad |
graduation of the Senior Class – the end of their course with appropriate ceremonial, celebrations, and commissioning |
1950s-85 |
ex RMC |
Grad Week |
the week of preparation and festivity before and during Grad |
1960s-85 |
ex RMC |
grogan |
an unattractive female |
late 1970s-80s |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Heartbreak Hill |
last hill on the cross country course; see Agony Hill |
mid 1970s-85 |
it had a false crest, beyond which lay the real summit to climb |
horse blanket |
lightweight blanket issued as field equipment |
1967-85 |
of scratchy texture, fit only for horses |
Isotopes |
these were stated to be in fudge and bad for athletes and physical condition; see fudge |
early 1950s |
from 'Chic' Jarman |
Jack man |
one who lets his mates down, thinks only of himself |
1980s-85 |
I'm alright Jack, and the PNG expression 'em i jack man' |
Jack Married Cadet |
a married Cadet with family in the area |
late 1970s-80s |
from being allowed to go home most nights |
Jack Marriedy |
see Jack Married Cadet |
late 1970s-80s |
contraction of original term |
JOC |
Junior Officer Cadet – member of the Junior Class; see Juniors |
1950s-85 |
infrequent use in later years |
Journal Corporal |
Senior Class cadet who was editor of the OCS Journal and sometimes completed the task |
1980s |
appointed as an extra-regimental duty |
Junior Class |
the class in the first half of its course |
1955-85 |
from overlapping classes |
Juniors |
Junior Class cadets; see JOC |
1970s-80s |
simple abbreviation |
Keeper of Aardvark |
Senior Class cadet from A Company who was custodian of Aardvark |
1982-85 |
associated with the mascot |
King of the EDs |
Junior Class cadet who was awarded the most EDs, sometimes as high as 100; he had the privilege of throwing the Punishment Book into Port Phillip after the last ED parade |
1970s-80s |
unwilling winner of an unpopular competition |
Kit Run |
run dressed in greens and webbing from the gym through the scrub to Tank Junction and back via part of the Obstacle Course and Scramble Track |
1980s |
as opposed to runs without equipment |
L & D |
Loss or Damage Report – used to explain losses or damage in a way which would avoid having to pay for replacement of the item and avoid being fizzed for it |
1952-85 |
common army terminology |
last ED parade |
the last ED parade at which anything could be worn and usually was |
mid 1966-85 |
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late |
late on parade with a mark accordingly in the Roll Book |
mid 1960s-70s |
common expression |
leap(s), leaping,
5-minute leap(s) |
changing orders of dress in short time, to get to the next parade or class; in later years at the start of each term members of the Senior Class would practise those of the Junior Class, in some periods restricted to supervision by a DS Duty Officer |
1952-85 |
ex RMC; see More than a Mere Bravo |
Ma Hill |
affectionate name given to the owner of a shop in Portsea who was a second mother to cadets in the earlier years of the School; see Ma Hill's |
1950s |
from the early inmates of the School |
Ma Hill's |
corner shop in Portsea where cadets stopped off on the way back from the hired sports oval in the town, to purchase fudge, and ticked it up; Ma Hill let all serve themselves and tell her the cost to book up as they ran out the door – running to and from the oval on a schedule |
1950s |
from the early inmates of the School |
missing |
not on parade, and nobody knows where the cadet is |
1960s-70s |
common expression |
Mornos |
morning tea; see Smoko, Toc |
mid 1960s-80s |
adopted to replace the RMC-origin Toc, then differentiate morning tea and supper |
Mutt Boat |
bay cruiser, usually half cabin size, adorned by young women in bathing costumes, which had a tendency to come close inshore near OCS |
early 1960s |
unknown – possibly a play on motor boat and its occupants |
Nip, The |
the Nepean Hotel, another watering hole |
late 1960s |
contraction |
No, No, Yes |
answer to the questions RAP? Light Duties? Evening Meal? asked each morning in barracks |
late 1970s-80s |
to gather standard information quickly |
Obstacle Course |
a standard short course of obstacles which had to be negotiated individually and as a team; also euphemistically called a Confidence Course |
1950s-80s |
standard army terminology |
pace ladder |
stretch of road marked out with 30 inch-spaced bars on which to practice the regulation 30 inch pace for marching |
1950s-60s |
common army terminology |
Pancakes in Sorrento |
Buckley's pancake shop in Sorrento often visited for a big feed after a field exercise |
1980s |
named after the escaped convict from the 1803 settlement |
parade woman |
girl friend brought to occasions such as Grad; see fid woman |
1980s |
see fid |
Pier, The |
Quarantine pier for passenger disembarkation and for servicing the Station; demolished 1973 |
1960s-72 |
simple personification |
Pink |
Cadet Assessment Report used by DS ; see 13B |
1960s-85 |
pink was normally for DS use; see Pinks |
Pinks |
DS Solutions to set problems, pink paper being reserved for DS use |
1952-85 |
standard army terminology |
piss |
alcoholic drink |
1950s-85 |
common expression, hence 'on the piss' |
pissed |
drunk |
1950s-85 |
common expression |
pisser (1) |
something good |
1950s-80s |
from old English expression 'pisscutter', probably culled from a novel |
pisser (2) |
place where alcohol was sold; or boozer |
1950s-80s |
common expression |
pizza run |
trip to Rosebud/Rye for pizza after the Portsea Pub and racing to return before 2230 hrs to make the sign in/out book before the Duty Officer check |
mid 1970s |
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PMC's Lawn |
lawn between the Cadets' Mess and the cliff over the bay, used for lunch mess parade |
1960s-85 |
association of PMC with the mess/meal |
Point Run |
physical training test, running from Portsea to Point Nepean and back, first in PT gear then later in the course in battle order; see Endurance Run |
1970s-80s |
from the course route |
poncho |
a cape/half tent issued for field use, it had a head hole and could be worn poncho fashion as a rain cape |
1950s-80s |
common army slang |
poofter lions |
collar badges worn on the wrong side, that is with lions facing outwards, a dress deficiency attracting punishment |
1970 |
if worn on the wrong sides, the lions were back-to-front |
Portsea Pub |
Portsea Hotel, the cadets' favourite watering hole, also used by the staff; see PP, The Portsea |
1970s |
name variation |
Portsea, The |
see Portsea Pub, PP |
1950s-70s |
name variation |
PP |
Portsea Pub; see also The Portsea |
1980s |
abbreviation |
Punishment Book |
book in which punishments were recorded; see Book, The |
1960s-80s |
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put in |
make an effort, usually at physical training, used to spur mates to greater effort or get a Scaly Jack Man to actually do something |
1970s-80s |
cf RMC usage of farted in More than a Mere Bravo |
rack out |
sleep; see gonk, catch some zeds |
1980s |
from stretching out on the rack (bed) |
RAP, Light Duties, Evening Flight |
Question asked of each cadet on BOS mornings; see next entry |
1984-85 |
attempted gallows humour |
RAP, Light Duties, Evening Meal |
Question asked of each cadet each morning for ration strength and parade purposes; see No, No,Yes |
1980-85 |
administrative ploy to gather standard information quickly |
Rec Dress |
issue reefer jacket and slacks worn to dinner when blues were not required, and for leaving OCS on recreational activities |
1950s-80s |
recreation dress, from RMC and Apprentices School |
ROG |
Roll on Grad |
mid 1970s |
short time use acronym |
Roll Book |
roll of members marked at first parade daily, to record attendance or nature of absence, also the authority for rations and quarters |
1952-85 |
standard army terminology and practice |
RSM's Hut |
Regimental Sergeant Major's office, the old Shepherd's cottage |
1960s-85 |
from the occupant |
scale out |
avoid doing something |
late 1970s-80s |
adaption of obscure slang to scale off = to depart hurriedly |
Scaly Jack Man |
someone who scales out |
late 70s-80s |
combination of scale out and Jack Man |
Scramble Course |
see Scramble Track; a class would have to race up it together in 90 seconds |
1960s-80s |
after the Scramble Track |
Scramble Track (1) |
150 metre track up a near vertical, root infested sand hill next to the gym which could be scaled only by scrambling up on all fours; also Goat Track, Torture Track |
1960s-85 |
name by physical training instructors |
Scramble Track (2) |
a sentence of running up and down the Scramble Track for slacking during physical training
|
1970s-85 |
sequitur |
Senior Class |
the class next to graduate, in its second half of its course |
1955-85 |
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Seniors |
Senior Class cadets; see SOC |
1955-85 |
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sent down |
transfer of a staff cadet from RMC to OCS for not coping with the former's academic studies |
1960s |
from early UK university terminology |
Servies |
cadets who were previously soldiers; see Ex-servy |
1980-85 |
local adaption |
Show Parade |
parade for the reinspection of dress or equipment not properly cleaned or maintained |
1960s-85 |
from showing the offending article at the next Defaulters |
Sick Parade |
attendance at the RAP for summary treatment by the medical orderly or doctor |
1952-85 |
standard army terminology |
smock psychological |
lightweight, short showerproof camouflage raincoat which met few of those specifications |
1970s-80s |
play on the military nomenclature Smock, Tropical |
Smoko |
morning tea; see Mornos, Toc |
1950s-80s |
replacing or in parallel with Toc |
SOC |
senior officer cadet – member of the Senior Class without cadet rank |
1955-85 |
to give a facade of status with Juniors |
SOL |
Stoppage of Leave, a minor punishment requiring a defaulter to attend Defaulters parades to demonstrate their being on campus, marching behind the ED and CB personnel but not do Extra Drill |
1960s-85 |
acronym |
SOL Train |
Defaulters parade marching from the assembly point on the hill down to Badcoe Hall for inspection by the Duty
Officer |
mid 1970s-80s |
resemblance to a train snaking down the hill |
Sorrento Brownies |
Local girls who formed the other half of dancing classes
on Friday nights; see Dragon Squad |
late 1950s |
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Split |
a rush between periods of instruction, usually when a uniform change was required; see leap |
mid 1970s-80s |
used in parallel to leap at RMC and OCS |
Splits |
Senior Classmaking Junior Class members practice splits, 5-10 in a session, during their first few weeks; see leap |
mid 1970s-80s |
as for split |
Sprog |
member of the Junior Class |
late 1970s |
from ex-Appies |
star picket 13B |
very poor 13B where the score 1 was awarded for each item |
late 1970s |
1 was likened to a star picket |
sweat kit |
sports clothing |
late 70s |
obvious connotation |
Swimming Test |
tests of members' swimming and flotation capability next to The Pier, then moved to Portsea Pier, usually in front of a packed Portsea Pub
|
1960s-85 |
standard army test |
Tank Junction |
the road junction where The Tank stood near the obstacle course |
1960s-85 |
after The Tank |
Tank on the Hill |
new cadets were asked how much water the tank on the hill held; see The Tank |
1970s |
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Tank, The |
an obsolete Sherman tank called Casper, located at the School entrance, whose gun barrel was raised or lowered as a sign of cadet morale |
1970s-85 |
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Thanks, Demo |
call to the demonstration squad by the instructors after it had completed a demonstration |
1970s-85 |
signal for the squad to double away |
Toc |
morning tea, Mornos; Smoko was introduced to replace it, after which the name applied to supper |
1955-85 |
allegedly Toc = Tea or Coffee, really the old phoenetic alphabet T= Toc |
Toc race/racing |
competition to beat the other half class to Toc, to leave nothing for the others; stopped temporarily in the early 1970s by the RSM to instil a sense of responsibility but deadly sins resurrected themselves |
1970s-85 |
a natural abberation unnaturally continued |
Toc, scorched |
morning tea which had been already demolished by the other company; see Toc race |
1980s |
from scorched earth |
Torture Track |
alternative name for Scramble Track |
early 1980s |
occasionally used alternative |
Unluckygram |
room inspection notice from the Adjutant finding fault and awarding a punishment |
1983-85 |
introduced by an adjutant as an unofficial proforma, intended to have an element of humour, mostly lost on the victims |
up the river |
poorly reported on by a DS; see 13B |
1970s |
cliche used by Bazza MacKenzie |
work party |
a group of cadets assembled for the purpose of undertaking fatigue duties on the campus or in the field |
1952-85 |
common army terminology |
yama |
large hill |
1970s-80s |
Japanese word for hill imported by ex-BCOF staff |