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25 Supply Platoon was raised in April 1966 at Holsworthy,
NSW. The first OC was Captain P.G. York and the first Supplies
Officer was Lieutenant R.R. Hay. The unit was sent on exercise
Barra Winga as training prior to deployment. The slogan SAIF was
created by 5 Company OC, Major N.W.J. McVilly, and the tortoise
logo came into being when the advance party headed by Major McVilly
picked up a tortoise wandering across the road somewhere between
Brisbane and the training area at Raspberry Plains.
25 Supply replaced 21 Supply at 1ALSG in Vung Tau in April 1967 when 5 Company replaced 1 Company. 25 Supply also had personnel attached to 52 Supply at Nui Dat. Capt York and Lt Hay were replaced by Capt L.N. Francis and Lt R.L. Denner in April 1968. Lt Denner was attached to 52 Supply at Nui Dat in July 1968 and he was replaced at Vung Tau by Lt K Laffer. Capt Francis and Lt Laffer were replaced by Capt B.H. Manning and Lt J. Philip. It is not known who succeeded Capt Manning and Lt Philip but 25 Supply's last OC and 2IC at Vung Tau were Capt Halmarick and Lt G.R. Donoghue. Most of the unit's replacements came from 4 Supply at Randwick, NSW, and 29 Supply at Wacol in Queensland. The last personnel pulled out of South Vietnam on 24 February 1972 and arrived in Sydney five days later. 25 Supply was disbanded when RAASC ceased to exist on 1 June 1973. The unit was renamed 25 Combat Supply Platoon RAAOC and was based at Holsworthy.