Welcome to 102 Field Workshop RAEME
The primary purpose of this page is to provide a means of contact between former members who served in the Unit during the Vietnam conflict and to record some of the Unit history.
The Web Site is updated regularly as information and photos are added, messages are received from our members and notices of upcoming events are posted.
For visitors who are unfamiliar with the structure of the Australian Army, The Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) is the second largest Corps of the Australian Army and is responsible for the recovery, repair and technical maintenance of the Army's weapons, weapon systems and equipment.
RAEME provides soldiers at all levels of operations from attachments to Infantry Units through to Base Workshops in rearward areas.
102 Field Workshop,RAEME was located near Vung Tau, Phuoc Thuy Province, South Vietnam as part of the 1st Australian Logistic Support Group.
Beside those members of the RAEME Corps, other Corps of the Australian Army were represented within the unit.
- 102 Field Workshop Stores Section was the largest attachment of other Corps, made up of members of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps, (RAAOC). Also represented were the
- Australian Army Catering Corps(AACC),
- Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, (RAAMC) and
- Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RNZEME).
The RAEME Corps March
The version played was provided by the AABC Association and prepared for the Internet by LtCol Tony Sillcock CSC . We thank them.
The performance is from the LP, Action Army recorded in the EMI Studios, Sydney , in 1968 by a composite band of Army musicians conducted by the Director of Music, LtCol RA Newman MBE . The LP is no longer catalogued.
A detailed write up on the March's origin, lyrics and their meaning is available on this link