I was posted to 5 Field's advance party from basic training at SEME Borden as a Recovery Mechanic in 1971. The Workshop's advance party were first stationed in Dortmund, with living accommodation in Napier Barracks with 36th Heavy Air Defence Regiment RA and the working area for the Workshops at Redesdale Barracks, along side the Civi Workshops there. I still remember the Civvy canteen, the German rolls were great.
We then moved to Soest and occupied Salamanca Barracks. The tale about the furniture being
smashed up is true, but the best thing was a lot of the married pads thought they could get their hand on some cheap goods from the Canadians that were moving out of the quarters in Soest i.e. TV's, fridge freezers and furniture, but they where wrong. The Canadians just throw them off the quarters balcony's and let them smash to the ground.
ex 24170604 Sgt C ZEIL