tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post7715671527008999502..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Nissen huts quiz - answersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-71904834799124480402010-06-29T15:05:09.594+08:002010-06-29T15:05:09.594+08:00We never get to go inside the Nissen huts. I think...We never get to go inside the Nissen huts. I think the huts house the stores Unimog and 3 tonners spares. In fact, that Police Logistics Dept at Fourth Avenue was formerly a British army depot of some kind.felixawilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876765072350034458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-25730002820377220232010-06-07T21:34:23.901+08:002010-06-07T21:34:23.901+08:00Photo No 3 is known as Woodlands Camp III, not Kra...Photo No 3 is known as Woodlands Camp III, not Kranji Camp. The last unit was OSB before it was leased to ST Logistics.Edwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-85521541619005600972010-06-07T17:01:23.627+08:002010-06-07T17:01:23.627+08:00I was there in 1979. My impression of the place wa...I was there in 1979. My impression of the place was it's full of mosquitoes. We were there to study the Kardex System - the stock/warehouse retrieval system. We never get to go inside the Nissen huts. I believe the huts house the stores - Unimog and 3 tonners spares. If I'm not wrong, the Police Logistics were once part of OSB. I remember 'kena' sentry duty there once. The 3 sentry and 1 COS will leave OSB (Kranji) in a Landrover for Bukit Timah in the evening. If the DO wants to check on them, the guys at Kranji will alert the guards at BT and we are all prepared for him. The maintenance bases at that time were at Ayer Rajah before the AYE was built. From there, I was posted to SOA at Sungei Gedong in charge of special equipment. Never get to go to the supply base to draw stores.algaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926882357577330062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-11192677220675872302010-06-07T15:00:17.790+08:002010-06-07T15:00:17.790+08:00If I am not wrong, your place for the Nissen Hut w...If I am not wrong, your place for the Nissen Hut was occupied by 1 Sub-depot Base Ordanance Depot which reported to 3 BOD at depot Road. This was how depot Road gots its name.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-89819479205388795052010-06-07T12:53:55.537+08:002010-06-07T12:53:55.537+08:00Thanks Algae for sharing that info. In my 2007 str...Thanks Algae for sharing that info. In my 2007 street directory, this place is listed as ST Logistics.<br /><br />Which year were you there? Can you recall what the Nissen huts were used for. From what I have seen so far, their main purpose seems to be as a warehouse. In fact, that Police Logistics Dept at Fourth Avenue was formerly a British army depot of some kind. A few months ago, I received an email from an ex-British serviceman who said that when he first arrived in Spore, he was posted to this depot. Unfortunately I have lost his email and cannot remember the exact name of this place. His email actually was relating more about how he used to participate in the Grand Prix races at Upper Thomson.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-8648438717329894812010-06-07T10:32:34.407+08:002010-06-07T10:32:34.407+08:00Photo No. 3 is the Ordnance Supply Base (OSB) supp...Photo No. 3 is the Ordnance Supply Base (OSB) supplying military vehicle spare parts to the maintenance bases. I was there on a 3-month conversion course. There were a lot of SAF women and old regulars, so we end up all the guard duty. It's not a live-in camp (no cookhouse) and we eat at the canteen. The guard duty rations were from the camp opposite. (Arty camp?)algaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926882357577330062noreply@blogger.com