RAAMC Appts - Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

Colonel In Chief

The Colonel In Chief

Quentin Bryce was born in Brisbane in 1942 and spent her early years in Ilfracombe, a small town in Central Western Queensland. In 1965, she graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from The University of Queensland and, in the same year, was admitted to the Queensland Bar. She has since enjoyed a rich and distinguished career as an academic, lawyer, community and human rights advocate, senior public officer, university college principal, and vice-regal representative in Queensland, and now Australia.

Head of the RAAMC

BRIGADIER A. GILL

Brigadier Tony Gill joined the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps in November 1980 as a medical undergraduate in Adelaide. He commenced full-time Army service in 1985 at the 1st Military Hospital, Brisbane, and has served at all levels in the Army Health Services from Regimental Medical Officer 6 RAR. The Officer Commanding Medical Company 2nd Field Ambulance (now Health Company 3 Combat Services Support Battalion) then the appointment as the Commanding Officer 2nd Field Hospital (now 2nd Health Support Battalion). Brigadier Gill has also been JO7 at NORCOM and DJFHQ and served as Senior Health Officer for the latter part of INTERFET before becoming the first Chief Health Officer of the UNTAET Peace Keeping Force. In 2002 and 2003 Brigadier Gill was the Director of Health Capability and Development in Defence Health Service Branch. In 2004 he was appointed as COL Health at Land Headquarters and the Head of Corps, Royal Australian Medical Corps. Mid 2005 saw Brigadier Gill appointed to the position as the Director General Health Services. Brigadier Gill is married to Brenda, a General Practitioner, and they have two sons.

RSM of the RAAMC

WO1 Angel deSanta-anna RSM RAAMC

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Surgeon General Australian Defence Force - C0MD Joint Health

MAJGEN Paul Alexander

MAJGEN Paul Alexander joined the Army in 1976 and completed his medical training at the University of Melbourne in 1978. Following several years of clinical training in Victorian hospitals, he commenced the first of several regimental appointments as the Regimental Medical Officer (RMO) of the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. This was followed by several years working as an RMO in Papua New Guinea with the PNG Defence Force. He then served as the RMO for the Special Air Service Regiment for three years and completed SAS selection during his tenure.In 1988 he undertook a period of postgraduate medical training in the UK in the areas of Sports Medicine and Tropical Medicine as well as undertaking several military attachments with UK medical units. On return to Australia he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and appointed as Commanding Officer of 11th Field Ambulance and subsequently as Commanding Officer of 1st Military Hospital Yeronga. Three years were then spent with the US Army as the Australian Army Exchange Officer to the US Army Medical Department where he was employed in the area of Capabilities, Combat and Doctrine Development and was involved in the redevelopment of US Army battlefield hospital systems.On return to Australia he was promoted to Colonel and posted to Headquarters 1ST Division as the Senior Medical Officer and during this period, deployed with the initial peacekeeping force to Bougainville on Op BEL ISI. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 1998 and subsequently assumed the position of Director Reserve Health Services for Army in Qld. During this period he deployed as the Public Health Officer to the UN Peace Keeping Force in East Timor.He was promoted to Brigadier in January 2004 and assumed the position of Assistant Surgeon General ADF - Army. He continued to work in clinical practice and was a partner in a large group medical practice in Queensland, undertaking the duties of managing partner. He was active in primary health care policy development as the Chairman of the Redcliffe Division of General Practice.MAJGEN Alexander has also been actively involved in risk management and legal medicine. He has completed a Masters in Legal Medicine and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Legal Medicine. MAJGEN Alexander was promoted to the rank of Major General on 25th March 2008.MAJGEN Alexander was appointed Commander Joint Health and Surgeon General Australian Defence Force on 4 August 2008 and Joint Health Command was established on 11 August 2008.

Surgeon General Defence Health Reserves

MAJGEN Jeffery V Rosenfeld

Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld joined the Australian Defence Force in 1984 and is currently Surgeon General Defence Health Reserves. His postings have included Medical Officer to 4th/19th Prince of Wales Armoured Regiment, SMO 4th Brigade and Officer Commanding 6th Mobile Field Surgical Troop (6MFST). He was SO1 Health Administration in RHSA Victoria 1998-2000. He attended Reserve Staff College and Army Logistic Training Centre, and has been Chair of the General Surgery Consultative Group and Consultant in Neurosurgery to the Surgeon General. He is also Adjunct Professor to the Centre for Military and Veteran's Health (CMVH), University of Queensland and Assistant Editor of ADF Health. He was awarded the Geoffrey Harkness Medal in 2001 for outstanding service to Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC). He is the recipient of the Michael E DeBakey International Military Surgeons' Award for Excellence for 2009. He is one of Australia's senior military surgeons and has served on seven operations including Rwanda, Solomon Islands, East Timor, Bougainville and most recently in Iraq. In his civilian work he is the Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital and is a leader in Australian neurosurgery with an international profile. He was President of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Victoria and Commissioner of St John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) from December 2001 to June 2005. He is married to Debbie and has three teenage children.

SO2 RAAMC Heritage


	Major John Straskye enlisted in the Regular Army in 1967. He saw active service in Vietnam with 7 RAR in 1970 as a Rifle Company Medical Assistant. In 1971 he was the first RAAMC Member to be posted as an Instructor at 1RTB where he instructed drill, weapons and field craft. In 1973 he was posted to 106 Fd Battery in Singapore then returned to 1RTB in 1975 as the Platoon Sergeant Medical Training Platoon where he instigated NBC and First Aid Training into the recruit curriculum. In 1979 he was posted to 8/9 RAR as the Medical Platoon Sergeant and promoted to SSGT. He has served as a Company Sergeant Major, Instructor and Training Development Warrant Officer at the School of Army Health in both Healesville and Portsea. In 1986 He served with the British Army on the Rhine with 3 Armoured Field Ambulance on Exercise LONG LOOK. After serving 21 years in the Regular Army he transferred to the Active Reserve in 1988 and currently serves with HSAR-ER as the SO2 Ops. He has served with the ANZUK Force in Singapore, UNFORCYP, UNAMET/UNTAET and Operation Uphold Democracy — Haiti.. After Major Straskye's discharge from the Regular Army He served with the Australian Federal Police as a Detective and Federal Agent. In 2007 he was awarded the Harkness Memorial Medal. MAJ Straskye is the National President and Public Officer of the RAAMC Association (Incorporated)

Major John Straskye enlisted in the Regular Army in 1967. He saw active service in Vietnam with 7 RAR in 1970 as a Rifle Company Medical Assistant. In 1971 he was the first RAAMC Member to be posted as an Instructor at 1RTB where he instructed drill, weapons and field craft. In 1973 he was posted to 106 Fd Battery in Singapore then returned to 1RTB in 1975 as the Platoon Sergeant Medical Training Platoon where he instigated NBC and First Aid Training into the recruit curriculum. In 1979 he was posted to 8/9 RAR as the Medical Platoon Sergeant and promoted to SSGT. He has served as a Company Sergeant Major, Instructor and Training Development Warrant Officer at the School of Army Health in both Healesville and Portsea. In 1986 He served with the British Army on the Rhine with 3 Armoured Field Ambulance on Exercise LONG LOOK. After serving 21 years in the Regular Army he transferred to the Active Reserve in 1988 and currently serves with HSAR-ER as the SO2 Ops. He has served with the ANZUK Force in Singapore, UNFORCYP, UNAMET/UNTAET and Operation Uphold Democracy — Haiti.. After Major Straskye's discharge from the Regular Army He served with the Australian Federal Police as a Detective and Federal Agent. In 2007 he was awarded the Harkness Memorial Medal. MAJ Straskye is the National President and Public Officer of the RAAMC Association (Incorporated)