 The RAAOC motto translates from Latin to 'To the warrior his arms, to the thunderer his thunder bolts'.The RAAOC badge is copied from the Board of Ordnance in the United Kingdom.On 31 May 1973 the Royal Australian Army Service Corps ceased to exist and the responsibilities of road, transport, air dispatch and postal functions were handed over to the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) who were formed on 1 June 1973.