Our People in SA
| Ben Johnson - Following in his father's footsteps Growing up in the Johnson family, Port Victoria local Able Seaman (AB) Ben Johnson looked up to his father Graham Johnson and wanted to experience for himself what the Navy had to offer. (Date uploaded: 14 December 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Peter Amaricai - Former Berri man returns from Timor Leste BERRI’S Peter Amaricai is making his way home from Timor Leste after completing a four-month deployment to Operation ASTUTE in Dili. (Date uploaded: 14 December 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Pamela Wittmann - Gawler Flight Lieutenant (FLTLT) Pamela Wittmann of Gawler, South Australia was among a select group of Australian Defence Force personnel invited to meet their Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall during their recent visit as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Tour of Australia. (Date uploaded: 21 November 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Matt Mooney - Australian Defence Touch Football Nationals 2012 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Reservist, Matt Mooney of Torres Park and his team mates are celebrating their recent win at the Defence Trans Tasman Touch Football National Titles. (Date uploaded: 21 November 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Brice Mitchell - Australian Defence Touch Football Nationals 2012 Brice Mitchell of Gilberton and his team mates are celebrating their recent win at the Defence Trans Tasman Touch Football Nationals 2012. (Date uploaded: 21 November 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Barry Szatkiewicz - Largs North Leading Seaman (LS) Barry Szatkiewicz of Largs North joined Australian WW2 veterans in Papua New Guinea recently to mark the 70th anniversaries of the Kokoda and Beachhead Battles. (Date uploaded: 09 November 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Russell Scrutchings - Langhorne Creek A Strathalbyn High School graduate of 1994, Major Russell Scutchings has returned home from a six-month deployment in Afghanistan and is looking forward to visiting his parents on their property in Langhorne Creek, South Australia. (Date uploaded: 10 July 2012 - 01 image) |
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| Nicholas Brown - Sky's No Limit For most people, the words ‘air show’ conjure visions of Royal Australian Air Force pilots performing death-defying feats in fast jets, while amazed onlookers watch from terra firma. But, in May, a South Australian native will show that finely-tuned flying skills aren’t purely the domain of Air Force fighter pilots. (Date uploaded: 17 April 2012 - 01 image) |
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| 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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