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Old 30-04-15, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Eddie Parks View Post
Jerry - I am wondering if you were on secondment/loan service and a part of SAF or were you there with a British unit and part of the British army? I suppose the $64,000 question is did you get the British GSM or the Omani one?

Eddie
I was there with 48 Fd Sqn RE as a "specialist unit" and our main task was the Hornbeam line but we did depoly to other areas to carry out engineer tasks-well blasting, buildings, hearts & minds etc. I received the GSM with Dhofar clasp.
The beret was a secondhand one given to me to wear instead of the bush hat we were issued with when working with troops out of Umm al Gwariff.
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