Our People in SA
| Peter Nelson - Malvern Malvern’s Peter Nelson has had an impressive career in the Australian Defence Force that began in 1977 — and he’s still going. (Date uploaded: 02 February 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Kylie McGuinness - High and Dry in Afghanistan When Whyalla’s Kylie McGuinness left the Eyre Peninsula for adventure on the high seas, she never expected a career in the Navy would take her 6000ft above sea level. (Date uploaded: 02 February 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Stewart Whiteside - Aberfoyle Park Aberfoyle Park’s Stewart Whiteside is following a boyhood dream, and he’s seeing the world in his RAAF uniform. (Date uploaded: 02 February 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Michael Adkin - Christie’s Beach You might say a bolt from the blue launched Christie’s Beach’s Michael Adkin on his career in the RAAF. The Christie’s Beach High School graduate said the idea just came to him. (Date uploaded: 01 February 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Jess Mysko - Elizabeth North For Elizabeth North’s Jess Mysko, defending Australia is practically the family business. Her father and eldest sister were already in the RAAF and another sister in the Navy. Now Jess is herself is aboard HMAS Parramatta and on pirate patrol off the Horn of Africa. (Date uploaded: 19 January 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Michael Oaklands - Crime Scene Investigator Afghanistan Port Pirie’s Michael Oaklands, 45, reckons if his job was a TV series it would be called ‘CSI Afghanistan’. (Date uploaded: 19 January 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Troy and Marika Sanson - Army Couple Deploy Together Millicent’s Marika Sanson and her husband Troy aren’t your usual couple. Not only do they share the same rank and job as equipment auditors in the Australian Army, but both Corporals deployed to the Middle East together. (Date uploaded: 05 January 2012 - 01 image) |
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| David Hill - Nuriootpa After six months on pirate patrol, Navy sailors usually look forward to a well-deserved holiday. Not so for Nuriootpa man David Hill. The hard work is just beginning. (Date uploaded: 26 October 2011 - 01 image) |
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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. (Date uploaded: 05 October 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Carrie Thomas - Mitchell Park When Captain Carrie Thomas returns to visit her parents in Adelaide’s Mitchell Park, which she once called home, she will do so in the knowledge that tradition runs deep in military families. (Date uploaded: 13 September 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Peter Cseh - Always wanted to fly Tranmere’s Peter ‘Choady’ Cseh, started as an Air Force Cadet, and now he’s a Squadron Leader. He’s also in defence journo Ian McPhedran’s latest book on the Air Force. (Date uploaded: 18 August 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Kina Noble - Morphett Vale Morphett Vale’s Kina Noble was sick of staying behind when her Army husband went away. Her solution was to join the Air Force! (Date uploaded: 05 August 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Alanna Smith - Gawler Gawler girl, Alanna Smith, joined the Royal Australian Navy after hearing her Dad's stories of his time in the Royal Australian Air Force which sparked her interest in serving in the Defence Force. (Date uploaded: 05 August 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Trevor Moir - Supporting our troops Aberfoyle Park resident, Trevor Moir, was born and bred in Adelaide and as the youngest of eight he’s used to having a few people around him. (Date uploaded: 05 August 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Alexander Evans - You're never too old to give it a go That is the message Lieutenant Alexander ‘Jim’ Evans would like to convey to anyone interested in joining the Australian Defence Forces. (Date uploaded: 01 June 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Aaron Jackson - Marden Local man Dr Aaron Jackson, 28, is now training hard for his Army Reserve platoon commander job. Soon he’ll be farewelling his mum and step-dad, Anna and Sandy, and his partner Maricel, who he won’t see again until early next year. (Date uploaded: 31 May 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Dan Hockey - Afghanistan For Dan and Matt Mt Gambier’s Karen Hockey will be thinking about both her sons even more that usual over the next eight months. (Date uploaded: 26 May 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Jay Wearne - Back to the Middle East Berri’s Jay Wearne joined the Army straight from Glossop High School in 2006. He got a Australian Active Service Medal and a defence force commendation during his time in Kuwait, and he’s already heading for his second AASM. (Date uploaded: 26 May 2011 - 02 images) |
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| Callan Dunkley - Port Pirie Last year Callan Dunkley, 18, was jogging around the Port to keep fit. He’s still running, but now he’s in Army camouflage uniform. (Date uploaded: 10 May 2011 - 01 image) |
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| James Arber - Booroowa Son On Historic Deployment To Afghanistan Army Gunner James Arber has been away from home for more than a year now on the final deployment of Australian Artillery’s “Tiger” troop in support of the British Task Force in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 04 May 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Tristan Burton - Tungkillo Tungkillo man Tristan Burton, 21, is now in East Timor thanks to a radio commercial he heard when he was a teenager. (Date uploaded: 04 May 2011 - 01 image) |
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| Ben Grout - Huntfield Heights Crow’s supporter Ben Grout, 34, now has something else to crow about. This ANZAC Day, the veteran Army sergeant will be Second-in-Command of the official Australia’s Federation Guard contingent at ANZAC Cove, and later at Lone Pine. (Date uploaded: 29 April 2011 - 02 images) |
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| Pete Wirth, Tony Clift, Bryony McNicol & Ben Higgins DETECTIVE-Superintendent Scott Duval was one of twenty-two employers from across south-eastern Australia to visit their Army Reserve employees in the Solomon Islands in early March. (Date uploaded: 08 April 2011 - 08 images) |
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| Tim Appelbee & Aaron Woolston - Meningie Meningie Army Reserve soldiers Tim Appelbee and Aaron Woolston will soon be home after a four-month deployment to the Solomon Islands. (Date uploaded: 08 April 2011 - 03 images) |
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| Trent Day - Fulham Fulham’s Trent Day, 43, has just had a long break from his job as a plumber and gasfitter. He’ll soon be home from a four-month deployment as a reserve soldier in the Solomons. (Date uploaded: 08 April 2011 - 03 images) |
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| Roelof Kloosterman - Woodside, Mt Barker Woodside's Roelof Kloosterman will soon be home after four months in Army Reserve uniform in the Solomon Islands. (Date uploaded: 31 March 2011 - 02 images) |
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| Gavin McClintock - Mt Gambier Mt Gambier’s Gavin McClintock will soon be home after a four-month deployment to the Solomon Islands. (Date uploaded: 29 March 2011 - 02 images) |
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| Dave Ralston & Paul Erskine - Nurioopta Nurioopta’s Dave Ralston of Barossa Machinery Services recently volunteered for a long weekend with a difference. (Date uploaded: 29 March 2011 - 02 images) |
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