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| Beau Roberts - LOCAL SAILOR SAYS “ALOHA” It’s a long way from Victor Harbour to Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, and local sailor Beau Roberts has travelled further than most to get there. Beau is a Boatswains Mate in the Royal Australian Navy, currently in Hawaii to participate in ExerciseRim of the Pacific (RIMPAC). (Date uploaded: 07 August 2008 - 02 images) |
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| Ross Chapman - Local Muso Back From Middle East Tour Morphett Vale’s Ross Chapman, 28, is just back from touring the Middle East where he entertained Australian troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Craig Jackson - Modbury Digger Gets Sea Legs You could say Modbury North man Craig Jackson, 31, is now all at sea — and it’s been a complicated career path that got him there. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| William Barry - SOLOMON ISLANDS CALL FOR SALISBURY LIFESAVER Retired after almost 30 years with Telstra, Salisbury’s William Barry has never been busier. (Date uploaded: 01 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Travis Ramsay - Port Pirie Man For Persian Gulf Duty Port Pirie sailor Travis Ramsay is now getting pretty focused. Not only is he expecting to be a first-time Dad in August, he’s also aboard HMAS STUART and heading for a tour of duty in the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Neil Amey - Aviation millennium for Golden Grove man Lieutenant Neil Amey, a Navy Sea Hawk helicopter pilot, recently clocked up 1000 flying hours during a surface search mission. Assigned to 816 Squadron, Lieutenant Amey’s flies HMAS Arunta’s helicopter while it is deployed to Operation Catalyst, the Australian Defence Force contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq. (Date uploaded: 11 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| SPR Ian Andrews - GERALDTON SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After five months in the sweltering tropical heat, Geraldton soldier Ian Andrews continues his work as an engineer throughout Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| SGT Mandy Appleton Woodside resident Mandy Appleton is now half a world away, on operations with the Australian Defence Force in the Middle-East. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Bronwyn Arnold - Desert Duty for Latest Family Member The military is a family affair for Whyalla’s Bronwyn Arnold. (Date uploaded: 16 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Ben Bardsley-Jones - RAPID DEPLOYMENT Ben Bardsley-Jones can’t quite believe his luck. Six months after joining the army Private Bardsley-Jones has been deployed to Timor-Leste as part of Operation Astute, the Australian Government’s effort to help restore peace in our northern neighbour. (Date uploaded: 15 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sheridan Bonney
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SEATON SOLDIER PLAYS A PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Seaton soldier Sheridan Bonney has spent just one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and she’s still got five more to go. She’s part of the Australian response to help in restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 11 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| CPL Mark Brereton - Life with the astro-camels "It's very, very barren here," he said with a straight face. "It's like the surface of the moon with camels." (Date uploaded: 06 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Captain Emma Broder
- Soldier-settler’s descendant serving in East Timor The tradition of service embodied in the original soldier-settlers of this district is being demonstrated by one settler’s great-grand daughter in East Timor. Captain Emma Broder, great-grand daughter of A.L. Anderson (an original Red Cliffs soldier-settler), has just completed (24 Nov) a tour of duty with the International Stabilisation Force in East Timor. (Date uploaded: 04 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Able Seaman Boatswains Mate James Burkett Modbury’s James Burkett, 27, has just returned form a historic voyage around South Asia aboard HMAS ADELAIDE — it was the frigate’s last voyage before she formally decommissions from the Navy this weekend. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sergeant Matthew Castek - CRAIGMORE SOLDIER BRINGS PEACE TO DILI STREETS The hot, humid and impoverished streets of the Timor-Leste capital Dili are a long way from the Adelaide suburb of Craigmore, but for Matthew Castek, they have become a familiar scene as he and his colleagues work hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 30 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Andre Clay - HOME FROM THE SEA Modbury’s Andre Clay, 45, has just returned from a unique voyage — the last operational cruise of the city’s namesake frigate, HMAS ADELAIDE. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| WO2 Glen Donaldson
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Training the Afghan Army As the sole provider of military engineer training to the Afghan National Army (ANA), Glen Donaldson from North Adelaide has a huge weight on his shoulders. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Corey Finch - LOCAL SERVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST Naracoorte's Corey Finch is now half a world away on patrol in the North Arabian Gulf . The former Naracoorte High School student and Naracoorte United Soccer Club player is serving onboard the Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS TOOWOOMBA. (Date uploaded: 06 June 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Shane Forrest - Electronic World Traveller Elizabeth Downs man Shane Forrest was always interested in electronics, but now he’s seeing the world for real. (Date uploaded: 17 October 2007 - 02 image) |
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| NATHAN FREEMAN - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EAST TIMOR The hot, humid and impoverished streets of Dili, East Timor , are a long way from Gawler ( South Australia ), but for Nathan Freeman they have been home for the past five months as he and his colleagues have worked hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 23 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Mark Gerritsen - Naracoorte, SA Naracoorte local Mark Gerritsen is now half a world away, on operations with the Australian Defence Force in the Middle-East. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Lieutenant Marine Technician Lindsay Gordon Lindsay joined the RAN straight after attending Adelaide University. He graduated with an Engineering and Science Degree. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| James Gorman - No ‘dog’ in Cobdogla When 38-year-old James Gorman of Cobdogla was chosen to serve overseas in the Solomon Islands, he was well prepared for the task before him. (Date uploaded: 13 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| CPL James Gosling - SOLDIER'S THIRD TOUR OF IRAQ Keeping the peace in the ‘cradle of civilisation' is an exciting challenge for Corporal James Gosling, of Darwin , who is proudly doing his duty for the country in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 07 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Anthony Gough - Taekwondo Man’s Middle East Tour Half way across the globe, Pooraka martial artist Anthony Gough, 31, has found new challenges away from his sparring mat. (Date uploaded: 16 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Ben Gough - Enfield’s Ben Gough Chooses Life on the High Seas Enfield High School graduate Ben Gough has swapped his Kilburn Football Club strip for seagoing overalls, and he’s now sailing around Australia. (Date uploaded: 28 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| GNR Daniel Green - PARAFIELD GARDENS SOLDIER BRINGS PEACE TO DILI STREETS The hot, humid and impoverished streets of the Timor-Leste capital Dili are a long way from the Adelaide suburb of Parafield Gardens , but for Daniel Green, they have become a familiar scene as he and his colleagues work hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 31 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Private Christopher Hanslip Salisbury East’s Private Christopher Hanslip, 30, in southern Iraq after receiving his coin from Brigadier Julian Free, Deputy Commander Operations of the Multi National Division. (Date uploaded: 09 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Adam Ireson - Whyalla Digger Trains Reborn Iraqi Army Whyalla’s Corporal Adam Ireson, 26, mentors an Iraqi Army instructor during a specialist course in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 09 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Simon Jones - Medical man’s Afghan adventure 33-year old Corporal Simon Jones, from Semaphore SA, joined the RAAF as a medic in 2002 and is now serving with the Air Force’s Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan as part of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. (Date uploaded: 21 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Andrew Latham - Back from Desert Duty Tea Tree Gully airman Andrew Latham, 39, wanted a change of scene, and he has achieved it in spades. (Date uploaded: 16 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| PTE David Laube - LOCAL SOLDIER HELPS PROTECT WORLD LEADERS Private David Laube is a soldier who has a seen a lot of change during his time in the Army Reserve. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| LEGLESS The girls of Adelaide’s own punk rock band Legless promised to rock Dili during the recent 12th Tour de Force of Timor Leste and they didn’t disappoint. (Date uploaded: 15 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| ROB LITCHFIELD - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EAST TIMOR The hot, humid and impoverished streets of Dili, East Timor , are a long way from suburban streets of Elizabeth , South Australia , but for Rob Litchfield they have been home for the past five months as he and his colleagues have worked hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 23 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Pennie Looker
- GAWLER (SA) SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After three months in the sweltering tropical heat, local Gawler soldier Pennie Looker (nee Young) continues her mission in Timor Leste, as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 23 November 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Stephen Marr - SALISBURY EAST SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Salisbury East soldier Stephen Marr has spent around three months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 04 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Scott Matthews - Preston Sailor on Frigate’s last Deployment Preston’s Scott Matthews, 23, has just returned from a historic voyage — he was on HMAS ADELAIDE’s last deployment overseas before she is formally decommissioned from the Navy this weekend. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| WILLIAM MATTHEWS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EAST TIMOR The hot, humid and impoverished streets of Dili, East Timor , are a long way from suburban streets of Sheidon Park in Adelaide , but for William Matthews they have been home for the past five months as he and his colleagues have worked hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 23 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Eamonn McGarry - In Again and Again After migrating to Australia in 1970 it was only a matter of time before Elizabeth South’s Eamonn McGarry joined the Australian Army. (Date uploaded: 13 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Tim Modra Bordertown resident Tim Modra recently attended the ADFA Appointment Ceremony where he took the first step in becoming one of the Army's newest Officers. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Travis Neale - Minnipa Local Makes His Mark in the Middle East It’s a long way from Ceduna to the Persian Gulf but, for Minnipa’s Travis Neale, being half way around the world is just part of the job. (Date uploaded: 09 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Warrant Officer Class Two Justin Pugh - Helping Out in Southern Iraq A former Ingle Farm resident is helping Australian efforts in assisting the Iraqi government build a secure and stable Iraq . Warrant Officer Class Two Justin Pugh deployed in November last year as the Chief Clerk with Australia 's Overwatch Battle Group (West)-Two based at Ali Air Base, Tallil in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 26 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Greg Pusey - Marion Man Heads Back to Sea Marion sailor Greg Pusey left his Mum, Dad and both brothers back home sixteen years ago, and now he’s cruising the high seas. But there’s still a familiar ring to his travelling — he’s aboard Navy patrol boat HMAS GLENELG, named after the neighbouring suburb of his youth. (Date uploaded: 28 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Judah Rance - Honeymoon in Honiara Brightons’ Judah Rance knows about commitment - he kissed goodbye his bride of three weeks to deploy to the Solomon Islands. (Date uploaded: 13 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Nicole Royals - Largs North Sailor Heads For Persian Gulf Nicole Royals has lived all her life in Largs North — until she joined the Navy, that is. Now she and her 184 shipmates aboard HMAS STUART are getting pretty focused. They are heading for a six-month deployment in the Persian Gulf, where they will be boarding contraband runners and guarding Iraq’s oil terminals. It’s a vital job as the two terminals produce over 80% of Iraq’s income. (Date uploaded: 09 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| SGT Matt Ryan - MORPHETT VALE SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Morphett Vale soldier Matt Ryan is five months into his tour of duty in Timor Leste as part of the Australian Government response to the Timorese Government request for assistance in restoring peace to their country. (Date uploaded: 10 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| MAJ Raffaele Scicchitano - Doctor on call in Oruzgan The suicide bomber tried to kill as many women, children and soldiers as possible in the Afghan marketplace, but an Adelaide doctor has helped save one boy from the Taliban's terrorist bomb. (Date uploaded: 20 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| JASON SCOTT - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN EAST TIMOR The hot, humid and impoverished streets of Dili, East Timor , are a long way from suburban streets of port city of Port Augusta , but for former Port Augusta High School student Jason Scott they have been home for the past five months as he and his colleagues have worked hard to bring stability back to the troubled capital. (Date uploaded: 23 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Daniel Solomon Daniel Solomon is embarking on a 3 year degree at the Australian Defence Force Academy studying a Bachelor of Arts degree before heading to the Royal Military College Duntroon to complete his Army Officer training. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Able Seaman Marine Technician Nicolas Stephenson Nicolas joined the Navy at age 31 looking for a Change in Career after 12 years working in a Bakery as Baker/Pastry Cook. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Darcy Wagner
- KESWICK SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Keswick soldier Darcy Wagner has spent one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has five months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 17 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| LACW Tania Wollaston - From Quorn to Kandahar Looking around it might seem a bit like Port Augusta, but the constant stream of attack and cargo aircraft flying in and out of the nearby airstrip will soon remind you you're not in Australia. Welcome to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, home to the 75 personnel of the RAAF Control and Reporting Centre, and in particular the home of former Quorn resident Tania Wollaston. (Date uploaded: 13 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Jayne Wordley - Scope for adventure Leading Aircraftswoman Jayne Wordley, 23, is an Air Surveillance Operator currently deployed for six months to the RAAF’s Control and Reporting Centre at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan as part of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. (Date uploaded: 21 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Darren Young - Elizabeth Sailor on ADELAIDE’s Last Voyage Elizabeth’s Darren Young, 20, joined the Navy straight from school and he’s just back from HMAS ADELAIDE’s last overseas deployment before she is decommissioned this weekend. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Reginald Young - Overlander Overseas…Again Reginald Young has taken a break from work on a 1000 acre property to serve as an infantry soldier in the Solomon Islands. (Date uploaded: 13 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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