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Victor 4 Orders Group

Submitted by Editorial team on 2 June 2009 - 3:33am.
Victor 4 Orders Group on patrol, circa 1969

Victor 4 Company 'O Group' meet during a patrol. Left to right: Lieutenant DJ Barrow (101 Field Battery, RAA), Major LJ Lynch, Captain QA Rodda, and Lieutenant MR Farland.

The O Group was used to relay formal orders through each level of soldiers prior to an operation. It planned and implemented orders relating to the mission and its execution, administration and logistics, and command and signals. In Vietnam, a company level O Group (as in the above photograph) consisted of the company commander, his command group (2IC and CSM), the three platoon commanders, and any attached specialists such as the artillery FOO. 

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Hardie Martin commented:
Sat, 27 June 2009 - 04:02am
The Australian Gunner Officer is Lt DJ Barrow 101 Fd Bty
Hardie Martin commented:
Sat, 27 June 2009 - 04:09am
Left to right, looking at the photo are Barrow, Lynch, Rodda and Farland
Editorial team commented:
Sat, 27 June 2009 - 11:03pm
Thanks Hardie. I've amended the caption above. Gareth Phipps - Website Content Officer.