Ambulance and Hut
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55FST had been briefed to
go to Dhofar primarily in support of BATT who were based
at Umm al Guariff some five or six miles to the east of
RAF Salalah
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The FST had been
established, in partly tented accommodation, within the
confines of RAF Salalah. In addition to the BATT
commitment the FST provided the surgical cover for any
other Brtitish Forces in the area, for the sultan's
army(SAF), the sultan's airforce(SOAF), local civilain
contractors (Taywood) and often for, the then very
rudimentary, Salalah civil hospital. The FST
resuscitation officer - Nick Cetti - also acted as camp
medical officer
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Transport to ferry us to
and from our various duties was critical and no vehicle
was forthcoming from the RAF. 60 Sqn RCT in Sharjah bent
the rules and placed a Landrover Ambulance at our
disposal. This vehicle had either been driven down to
Salalah by BATT or flown down. Despite the
very best efforts of our hosts, we did manage to keep it
running and serviced. In addition the sultan provided us
with a very ancient landrover which we topped up in the
palace courtyard from an equally ancient petrol pump
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The FST was housed in both
the camp medical centre and tented accommodation. The
operating theatre was a wholly inadequate dusty tent
which clearly needed to be replaced with something more
appropriate. We had our eye on a Twynham Hut, all of
whose components were neatly stacked by the airfield. It
was apparently required by our hosts for some other
non-specific purpose. That purpose went unfulfilled when
the owners took their eye off the ball and turned their
backs for a few days. A helpful DOE Officer and the RE
troop did the rest!
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