Liam Catterson - Boondal
Maryanne and John Catterson were at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in Canberra last Thursday (8 Dec), watching as their son Liam not only celebrated completing his military training and university degree studies, but he was also awarded the prestigious Chief of Navy Prize.
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Ben Lewis - Gordonvale
Gordonvale’s Vivian and Geoffery Lewis were thinking of their son Ben last week, during his deployment to the Republic of Korea (ROK) for the 60th Anniversary Celebration.
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David Gleeson - Keeping The Helicopters Flying
He may only be 20 years old, but former Corinda local and St Laurence’s College graduate David Gleeson is already playing a vital role in Army operations overseas.
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Paul Von Bertouch - Fitness Future no Flight of Fancy
Australian Army Lieutenant Paul Von Bertouch is a planner - he has to be as his job depends on it.
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Rick Parry - Gold Coast Taxman Counts On His Defence Skills
Gold Coast local Rick Parry loves his early morning walks along Main Beach near where he lives and works.
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Daniel Mansfield - Jindalee
Brisbane local Daniel Mansfield is thriving in his role as a Maritime Warfare Officer onboard HMAS Warramunga, an Anzac Class frigate based in Western Australia.
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Brad Halloran - Holland Park
Royal Australian Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Brad Halloran is used to extremes and that is exactly what he got when he decided to join the military.
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Zanda Furnell Hall - Wandal
The inspiration behind local Wandal resident Zanda Furnell-Hall’s decision to join the Navy was different to most.
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Brittany Tait - Noosa Sailor Breaks Icy Record
Noosa’s Brittany Tait, 17, has become the youngest person ever to visit remote Macquarie Island, a tiny sliver of land midway between Tasmania and the Antarctic continent.
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Jaimee Dowler - From Mackay to 'Macca'
When Jaimee Dowler visited Macquarie Island in July, it sank in how far she was from her parents Barry and Megan back in Mackay.
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Bernie Hayes - High Flying Career For Down To Earth Digger
When people think of soldiers going overseas to serve their country, they often picture fit young men and women in the prime of their lives.
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Donna Hayes - Donna's Island Adventure
Gladstone’s Donna Hayes is now heading home from the South Pacific.
She’s been part of Pacific Partnership, an annual US-led mission to improve the lives of people in the region. It also gives partner nations the chance to practice before any future natural disaster.
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Cody Goulding - Mudgereeba
Mudgereeba’s Cody Goulding is a typical Gold Coast 21-year-old who would be found soaking up some sun, or hanging out with friends on the weekend.
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Samantha McKay - Sam Sails Ahead
Mackay’s Samantha McKay was amongst 116 Australians who recently graduated as Midshipmen, junior officers in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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Monique Hembrow - Monique Set For Navy Life
Burpengary’s Monique Hembrow was amongst 116 Australians who recently graduated as Navy officers with the rank of Midshipman.
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Ross Benson - Getting paid to have fun
Townsville local Ross Benson’s career with the RAAF started just a little earlier than most. At 6 years old he went to an air show and saw one of the delta-wing Mirage fighter jets and knew that the RAAF for him.
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Steve Roberton - Bribie's Top gun
As a youth, Bribie Island’s Steve Roberton hung out at the Bribie Surf Lifesaving Club and playing cricket and Rugby League. Now he’s a top gun in chage of the RAAF’s fast jets.
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Stacey Moore - Water and the Weather in Bay Girls Future
Redland Bay local Stacey Moore was amongst a diverse group of 116 Australians who graduated as Officers in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on Thursday.
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Karla Blackburn - No Pain No Gain Says Private Blackburn
Australian Army Private Karla Blackburn is a very fit 24-year-old and she fully intends to stay that way.
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Josh Wale - Gold Coast
Private Josh Wale on guard duty at Forward Operating Base, Chauvel, in Dili.
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Sue Withers - Tully
When Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Nursing Officer Sue Withers heard about the opportunity to deploy on a humanitarian aid mission, she applied as helping those less fortunate is something she is very passionate about.
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Richard Pepper - Wattlegrove
Wattlegrove resident Richard Pepper is currently on the deployment of a lifetime, sailing around the Pacific on a United States Navy ship as part of Exercise Pacific Partnership 2011 (PP11)… but he almost didn’t make it.
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Jonathan Buttery - Sunnybank
In 2006 Jonathan Buttery, son of Sunnybank residents Peter and Jeannie, turned from a career in classical music to one in the Australian Regular Army.
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Ben Parkinson - Maryborough
Maryborough locals Norma Parkinson and Edna and Gordon Watson might not have seen their grandson, Ben Parkinson, all that often in recent times, but they certainly have every right to be very proud of him.
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Martin Buks - Redcliffe
Not many people get paid to study and travel the world, but for Redcliffe local Martin Buks that is exactly what has happened.
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Darren Young - Albany Creek
Albany Creek residents Peter and Yvonne Young don’t get to see their son Darren as often as they’d like, and for the next couple of months they’re going to see even less of him.
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Luke Jeremijenko - Doctor And Soldier, A Prescription For Experience
Doctors are fairly accustomed to handing out advice, but for Army Captain Luke Jeremijenko, the advice has been more than medical.
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Kerry Hall - Bundaberg
With a grandfather, father, a sister and a number of extended family all having served in the Australian Defence Force, Kerry Hall definitely has military in the blood.
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Eugeniya Kelloway - Brisbane
Eugeniya Kelloway just tagged along with a friend when she went to Defence Force Recruiting; little did she know she would also be joining.
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Gabrielle Raffin - Fit For The Job, In Body And Mind
Australian Army Captain Gabrielle Raffin is a firm believer in the adage that a healthy body means a healthy mind.
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Mark Rudledge - A Mark Of Determination
Australian Army Private Mark Rudledge is a very fit 27-year-old and he fully intends to stay that way.
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Robert Brennan - A Sense Of History For Hervey Bay Teacher And Soldier
An Army Major who has just returned to Australia after helping create military history is about to take up his next challenge – ensuring year 7 students at Hervey Bay’s Kawungan State School complete a significant year of schooling.
(Date uploaded: 10 August 2011 - 01 image) |
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Brendan Clark - Mateship The Best Memory For Brisbane Reservist
Twenty eight-year-old Brisbane engineer, Brendan Clark, knows something about mateship.
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Shannon Godfrey - Something worth getting your teeth into
Born in Brisbane and growing up in Tasmania and Melbourne, Navy dentist Lieutenant Shannon Godfrey has always enjoyed travelling and now she’s on the travel adventure of a lifetime.
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Geoff Bell - Never Look Back
Lawnton’s Geoff Bell joined the RAAF in October 2000, because “that was when I was old enough!” Now the young Sergeant from Lawnton is featured in the latest book on the Air Force by top defence writer Ian McPhedran.
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Michael Paterson - A 'Medico' in the RAAF
Group Captain Michael Paterson, who was born and raised in Rockhampton, joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1984 after a “chance conversation with another nurse”, when he realised that the RAAF was a great way to broaden his nursing career. After his Registered Nurse training at the Rockhampton Base Hospital, the RAAF helped him complete a Bachelor of Health Science.
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Chris Evans - Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Heads man Chris Evans, 37, has already deployed overseas in his Army Reserve uniform and now he’s about to give it another go.
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Brentt Grigson - Terranora
Terranora man Brentt Grigson normally works as a deckhand on his Dad’s fishing boat, the Moonspinner. But soon he’ll be in his Army Reserve uniform and heading for a completely different experience on dry land.
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Sean Flynn - Ashmore
It will soon be a while before Ashmore businessman Sean Flynn, 31, drops in on his parents John and Narelle at Paradise Point.
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Jon Chemello - Tweed Heads
You can normally find Tweed Heads’ Jon Chemello, 24, behind the counter at Gold Coast Party Hire. But that’s soon going to change. Reservist Jon will be putting on his Army uniform and heading for a very different adventure.
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Tom Haines - Big Job for Tom
After Year 12 at Emmanuel College, Carrara’s Tom Haines worked a few jobs, from surveyors assistant to range officer at Southport Indoor Pistol Club.
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Jacob Matysek - Timor Duty For Cairns Reservist
Soon Whiterock support worker and businessman Jacob Matysek will be saying goodbye to his workmates at Lyons House, his parents Bert and Cheryl and his daughter Nevaeh. He won’t see them again until early next year.
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Josh Scott - Burleigh Heads
Since his first steps Burleigh Heads’ Josh Scott has never been far from a uniform. His dad Paul is a policeman and Josh was in the Scouts and then the Army Cadets.
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Sam Brink - Tallai
In a few days’ time Sam Brink, 22, will stop labouring for his builder dad, change into his Army Reserve uniform, and start a new adventure.
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Aaron McLauchlan - Alice River
Alice River’s Aaron McLauchlan is not the only local who’ll be spending the next eight months in Afghanistan, but he is the one who knows how to repair the fridge.
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Phillip Whatt - Heading to Afghanistan
In a few weeks time Sippy Downs soldier Corporal Phillip Whatt will be saying goodbye to his Mum Helen Knowles, and he won’t see her again until early next year.
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Glen Wilson - Tour of Duty
Soon Cheryl Wilson and daughter Tracy will be thinking about Afghanistan more than usual.
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Ben Farrell - Ben's Tour of Duty
Lieutenant Ben Farrell’s dad, Dr Terence Farrell, worked on diggers who had been wounded in Vietnam. Soon Ben, 25, will be saying goodbye to his Dad, and his Mum Rita, and taking is own chances on warlike operations.
(Date uploaded: 07 June 2011 - 02 images) |
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Ed Howson - Heading to Afghanistan
Ashmore soldier Trooper Ed Howson is having his 21st birthday out bush – but with a difference.
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Jodie Turpin - A family tradition of service
Sunshine Coast girl and former Burnside State High School student, Jodie Turpin, is currently enjoying the sunshine of the Pacific Islands – part of the Royal Australian Navy’s involvement in an annual humanitarian assistance program.
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Aaron Jackson - Griffith Asia Institute
Dr Aaron Jackson, a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, is now leading a double life. Aaron is also a Platoon Commander in the Army Reserve and will soon be deploying to Timor Leste.
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Ben Harris - Tallebudgera
Tallebudgera’s Ben Harris, 20, used to listen to his grandfather’s Gary’s Army stories, and now he’s going on adventures of his own.
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Bruce Tarrier - Maroochydore resident competes at international level competition the AASAM
Local resident and Australian Army Reservist, Major Bruce Tarrier has spent 10 days at the Puckapunyal Military Area in Victoria and the Australian Army’s Combined Armed Training Centre (CATC) representing Maroochydore in Defence’s premier international marksmanship competition, AASAM (Australian Army Skills at Arms Meeting).
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Ed Howson - Heading to Afghanistan
Ashmore soldier Trooper Ed Howson is having his 21st birthday out bush – but with a difference.
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Billy Quinlan - Heading to Afghanistan
Noosa couple Chris and Brett Quinlan will be going around their normal business for the next eight months – he’s a builder and she’s a chef - but their thoughts will be in Afghanistan.
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Jim Walker - Heading to Afghanistan
In a few weeks time Redcliffe’s Trooper Jim Walker will be saying goodbye to his mum Jenny and his step-dad Roscoe Shields.
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Igor Moravcik - Heading to Afghanistan
Going to Afghanistan is only the latest adventure for Czech-born digger Sergeant Igor Moravcik.
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Ashleigh Houghton - Birkdale resident contributes to international level competition the AASAM
Local Birkdale resident and Australian Army recruit, Private Ashleigh Houghton has contributed significantly to the Australian Army Skills at Arms Meeting being held at the Puckapunyal Military Area in Victoria and the Australian Army’s Combined Armed Training Centre.
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David McHenry - Warrant Officer Class Two
It’s been a few years since Warrant Officer David McHenry, 42, tacked and jibbed his way around Sandy Bay down in Hobart.
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Sasha Rhodes - Turkish Adventure For Sasha
Murphy’s Creek has had a difficult start to 2011, but one resident is giving the town something to smile about after her trip of a lifetime.
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Jordan Kajewski - Toowoomba
Last year Jordan Kajewski, 17, was at Centenary Heights State High, but now he’s farewelled his parents Wayne and Helen, and he’s pushing himself to the limit at the Army’s recruit training centre at Kapooka, near Wagga in NSW.
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Leeland Greinke - Yeppoon
There’s a lot more to Yeppoon’s Leeland Greinke, 18 that being a prize-winning fisherman.
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Stewart Fleming - Spring Hill
Last year Spring Hill’s Stewart Fleming, 17, was finishing up Year 12 at Brisbane Grammar, working part-time at Coles deli, and playing sport like a demon.
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Matthew Holman - Early to rise paying off for Matthew Holman
The promise of a stable career doing things most people would never dream of is the reason Elanora’s Matthew Holman has swapped the fresh coastal air for fresh country air and early rises.
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Dylan Catterall - Search for adventure leads to military career
Redcliffe’s Dylan Catterall has sky-dived and bungee jumped, but those thrills pale into insignificance with his new adventure in the Australian Army.
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Liam Driscoll - 'Early to rise' a good motto for local lad
19 year-old Liam Driscoll Fear from Noosa believes his surf lifesaving commitments have trained him well for his Army career.
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Mike Whiteford - No Ordinary Job
Attending a Defence Recruitment information day at school was all it took for Sippy Downs’ Mike Whiteford to be sold on a career in the Army.
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Matt Ritchie - Deeragun
At home in Deeragun Matt Ritchie, 17, was surrounded by brothers and sisters. Now he is surrounded by brothers-in-arms at the Army recruit training centre at Kapooka in NSW.
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Jake Ball - Mt Isa
Peter Ball is a diesel fitter at MTM and his wife Dee works there as a clerk — but their son Jake, 18, has chosen a very different life.
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Tammy Sprott - Finding Her Niche in the Navy
Blackwater local Tammy Sprott has been in the Navy 17 years, and she took her love of soccer with her.
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Chris Reeves - Kallungur Lad Supporting The Brits In Afghanistan
Chris Reeves has been away from home for more than a year now. He is part of the final deployment of Australian Artillery gunners supporting the British-led forces in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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Larry Aitcheson - Hervey Bay Boy In Afghanistan Via England And Kenya
When Hervey Bay’s Larry Aitcheson joined the Army, he thought he would see a bit of Australia. He never imagined what his job had in store.
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Abdi Moalim - Yeronga Boy On Historic Deployment In Afghanistan
When Abdi Moalim and his family fled war-torn Somalia, he began a journey that would bring him to the Australian Army as a gunner, and now he’s on duty in Afghanistan.
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Graham Bunn - Bowen Dad Serving In Baghdad
Graham Bunn grew up watching his dad put on his Warrant Officer uniform so he always wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps.
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Beth Brown - ANZAC Service brings mixed emotions
When Murrumba Downs’ Beth Brown followed a family tradition of joining the Australia Defence Force, she didn’t imagine her service would take her to the battlefields of World War I.
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Huw Day - Mansfield
Mansfield’s Huw Day, 21, is living his childhood dream thanks to the support of his high-school sweetheart.
The Army Reserve Private infantryman is now on an eight-month deployment to East Timor with the International Stabilisation Force.
(Date uploaded: 04 May 2011 - 02 images) |
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Paul Truong - Thanks Australia
Greenbank’s Paul Truong has laid down his Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Engineering text-books for eight months soldiering in East Timor.
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Ben Hodge - Highland Park
This ANZAC Day Highland Park accountant Vicki Hodge and her warehouse-manager husband Graeme will have something special to watch on TV.
Their son Ben, 25, will be part of the Australia’s Federation Guard contingent at the ANZAC Cove dawn service, and later at Lone Pine.
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Steve Doherty - Mitchelton
This ANZAC Day, Mitchelton couple Peter and Jenny Doherty will be watching something very special on TV.
Their son Steve, 21, will be part of the Australia’s Federation Guard contingent at the dawn service in ANZAC Cove.
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Andrew Whitrod - Victoria Point
Victoria Point’s Andrew Whitrod has followed 4000 kms in his father’s footsteps — they are now soldiering together in East Timor.
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Scott Stockham - It's Time
Jimboomba’s Scott Stockham, 41, will tell you that good things come to those who wait.
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Kylie Robson - Pomona
In a few weeks Pomona’s Kylie Robson will be home from Africa.
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Andrew Ogilvie - Tools Down for Timor Time
Mansfield carpenter Andrew Ogilvie, 23, exchanged his hammer for a rifle when his part-time job took him to East Timor.
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Glenn Kelly - Family Style Service
Maryborough’s Glenn Kelly, 37, has discovered it’s never too late to join the family business.
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Ivan Sinanovic - Brackenridge
This ANZAC Day Brackenridge couple Sandro and Fiona Sinanovic will definitely be watching the live broadcast from Gallipoli.
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Dan Petrie - Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads man Dan Petrie, 22, wanted to do something big with his life, and it’s landed him on the streets of East Timor.
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Nick Lines - Maleny
Maleny man Nick Lines, 31, joined the Army in 2007, and he’s already served in Afghanistan, but his next deployment will take him even further from home.
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Matthew Luhtasaari - Wishart
When Wishart’s Matthew Luhtasaari joined the Army in 2003, he expected to travel and he wasn’t wrong. He is now based in Kapooka in NSW, where he is a recruit instructor.
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Sarah White - Bundaberg Soldier says 'Elo' from East Timor
Private Sarah White is living proof that chance favours those who are ready. Less than two years after enlisting in the Army Reserve she has deployed to East Timor.
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Andrew Lamb - Salisbury
Salisbury’s Andrew Lamb enjoyed being a part-time Army Reserve soldier so much that he volunteered for some full-time adventure in East Timor.
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Krystle Absolon - Townsville
Emergency Department nurse Krystle Absolon, 27, has been about as far as possible from her normal job at Townsville Hospital, but she’ll be home soon.
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Cameron Atkinson - Townsville
Local Telstra technician Cameron Atkinson recently had an unusual meeting with his Brisbane-based boss John Gibbs, Executive Director of Network Construction in Telstra Operations, Brisbane.
(Date uploaded: 29 March 2011 - 01 image) |
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Liam Webler - Coorparoo
Coorparoo’s Liam Webler has just spent a week telling tens of thousands of people about his life in the jet set.
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Phillip Johns - The Art of Soldiering
Many people become soldiers, but few turn soldiering into art.
Cairns Reservist Phillip Johns is one of these exceptions.
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Jim Traise - Getting Sick Can Change Your Life
When the Gap’s Jim Traise fell ill during his first year at university it changed his life.
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Ray Wintzloff - Bringing the past into the present
Pacific Pines man Ray Wintzloff, 43, decided it was time for a military comeback and now he’s on duty in East Timor.
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Steve McDonald - Timor Beat for Mooloolaba Man
A change of uniform has given a Sunshine Coast police officer a very different job in one of the world’s youngest nations.
Mooloolaba’s Steve McDonald is a seasoned policeman, normally the officer-in-charge of the local beat.
But last year he changed from his blue uniform into his Army camouflage to deploy to East Timor for eight-months as an Army Reserve infantryman.
(Date uploaded: 10 March 2011 - 02 images) |
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Ben Hopson - Young Shoulders Take the Weight
Bribie’s 21-year old Ben Hopson is an Army Reserve Lance Corporal who is now commanding men 10 or 15 years older than him on the streets of East Timor.
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Rob Dyer - Behind the wheel in the Middle East
When Townsville dad Rob Dyer went to “The Ekka” eight years ago, he never expected to end up in the Middle East as the driver for Australia’s Joint Task Force Commander, Major General Angus Campbell.
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Damien Etherington - Cairns Post
Forest Gardens local Damien Etherington was relaxing in Townsville on Christmas holidays when he was recalled to be part of the Defence Force’s Operation Queensland Flood Assist.
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Gerry White - Gladstone
A Tannum Sands man has proved you can’t keep a good man down.
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Matt Colquhoun - Indooroopilly
Christmas presents were a bit late for Indooroopilly’s Matt Colquhoun, 32, but he still had a grand time.
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Ben Doxanakis - Morayfield
Ben Doxanakis, 21, has put his uni studies on hold, farewelled his parents Norman and Deborah, and is using his part-time job to learn more about life.
(Date uploaded: 17 January 2011 - 02 images) |
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Mark Smith - Townsville
The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace is a complicated agreement and Townsville’s Major Mark Smith now has the job of coordinating the UN’s monitoring operation in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
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