ANZAC Day Album

Australia's Federal Guard, complete with its Navy component, turned out for the Canberra March

 

 

 

 

 

Friendships rekindled on ANZAC Day
Whilst my son in law MIDN Damien Goodbun, took time out from his studies at RMIT in Melbourne and attended the ANZAC Day Service in his hometown of Newcastle, I caught up with local naval personnel at the Hornsby ANZAC Day Dawn Service.

LCDR Michael Maley on scene commander in the clearance of mines from the port of Umm Qasr.

Team greens Umm Qasr
“Sir you have to be ready to board a plane in one hour.”
I rolled over and looked at my watch. 0400. A ten-hour flight, a quick stopover in Spain, another seven hours in a massive C5 cargo transport aircraft and I arrived in Bahrain. For the next few months I would be the Deputy Underwater Mine Countermeasures Commander for Operation Iraqi Freedom.