Our People in VIC
| Joel Skilbeck - From Dreaming to Doing Mooroolbark local Joel Skilbeck was looking for a job with excitement and a challenge the same time, and found that when he joined the Navy in June last year as a trainee aircraft technician. (Date uploaded: 16 November 2009 - 01 image) |
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| James Kerin - No escape for birthday boy Even during Naval operations in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a birthday does not go unnoticed however hard you try to keep it quiet. (Date uploaded: 12 November 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Damian Styles - Blessing Black Hawks From helping keep families together to blessing Black Hawk helicopters in East Timor is all a part of a day’s work for Ararat’s Padre Damian Styles. (Date uploaded: 10 November 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Kerrilee Hickson - Bendigo Girl in Sumatra relief operation Bendigo Dojo’s Kerrilee Hickson has put her Shitoryu Karate fitness regime on hold for an international rescue mission. (Date uploaded: 05 November 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Tracey Connors - After the Earthquake Australian Army medics are working hard to look after the injured in Sumatra, and it’s the job of Sale woman Tracey Connors to look after the medics. (Date uploaded: 23 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Katie Bevridge - To The Rescue Falls Creek’s Corporal Katie Bevridge is one of the Australian soldiers deployed at short notice to West Sumatra as a key element of Operation Padang Assist. (Date uploaded: 23 October 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Elly Poyntz - Echuca Soldier in Sumatra Rescue There are three things that amaze the small children in villages surrounding Padang in West Sumatra: firstly, any Australians in uniform, secondly, blond hair and, thirdly, westerners that speak Indonesian. (Date uploaded: 23 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Caroline Brett - Sunbury Soldier in Sumatra Rescue Sunbury’s Lieutenant Caroline Brett is now part of the massive Sumatra rescue operation. She is now in the hills some 75 kilometres from Padang City at the small village of Sungai Geringging. (Date uploaded: 23 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Paul McCallum - Hamilton Sailor in Sumatra Rescue It’s another hot and humid day in Padang, Sumatra, with the temperature in the mid thirties and a swathing humidity that washes over the city. (Date uploaded: 23 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Jack Donaldson - Albury Man in Sumatra Rescue Humanitarian aid missions require the specialties of many people but they would not be able to work effectively without the skills of troops like Albury’s Jack Donaldson. (Date uploaded: 23 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Gavin Milkins - Navy medic part of naval history - again Churchill’s Lieutenant Gavin Milkins has already been part of the most viewed footage of a Navy rescue operation in recent times, and now he’s part of another rescue, Operation Padang Assist, in Sumatra. (Date uploaded: 22 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Bruce Legge - Best Job in the World Standing on the bridge of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) warship is a long way from secondary college in Warracknabeal. But for Commander Bruce Legge it’s all in a day’s work since he took Command of the ANZAC Class guided missile frigate, HMAS Warramunga on 14 July this year. And it’s a job that he claims is the best in the world. (Date uploaded: 20 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Andrew Woods - Blackburn sailor on earthquake relief operation Blackburn man Andrew Woods is a Seaman Medic onboard HMAS Kanimbla as she steamed towards the earthquake affected region of Sumatra in Indonesia. (Date uploaded: 20 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Andrew Rainbow - Training Afghanistan’s future Lilydale’s Andrew Rainbow, 22, is now earning his living in the dangerous valleys of Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 16 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Danny Peacock - Training the future Grantville’s Danny Peacock, 20, is now earning his living in the dangerous valleys of Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 16 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Glenn Memery - Building the Afghan army Wangaratta sportsman Glenn Memery is now a soldier and earning his living in the dangerous valleys of Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 16 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Dominique Eyre - From factory worker to front line From Coca Cola, to sailing the ocean with the Navy, and now working in a military supply store in the Middle East desert, Frankston’s Dominique Eyre-Walker’s life has certainly been full of variety. (Date uploaded: 16 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Luke Gibson - Geelong man keeps the lines open in the Middle East Geelong man Luke Gibson is now a RAAF IT specialist, and is keeping the communication lines open at the Australian Contingent Compound in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 16 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Stacy Russell - Geelong Man takes on the Taliban Geelong’s Stacy Russell, 35, is now earning his living in the high mountains and dangerous valleys of Afghanistan. He’s part of the Army’s Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force. (Date uploaded: 16 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Stuart Munro - Geelong man is engineering change in East Timor Geelong’s Stuart Munro has already been to the Middle East with the Australian Defence Force, and now his experience in planning long term infrastructure projects has taken him to East Timor. (Date uploaded: 14 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Katherine Valentine - On the job training in East Timor for Upwey soldier For Upwey soldier Katherine Valentine a small taste of life as an Army Cadet at school was enough to tempt her to try soldiering full-time. (Date uploaded: 14 October 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Erica Green - Sale officer on the watch in East Timor The opportunity to work with the Army while on operational deployment has been a highlight for Sale Air Force officer Erica Green. (Date uploaded: 23 September 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Tracey Martin - Melbourne medic mending East Timor with the ADF Melbourne army medic Tracey Martin is serving Australia on one side of the world while her partner is on the other. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Barry Laming - East Timor offers new challenges for Heidelburg soldier Heidelburg soldier Barry Laming wanted to gain experience that university didn’t provide, so after studying international relations at university, he joined the Australian Army. (Date uploaded: 08 September 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Timothy Lehmann - Different culture opens eyes for Beulah soldier The change in climate was the thing that struck Beulah soldier Timothy Lehmann the most on his arrival to East Timor. (Date uploaded: 07 September 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Michael Sheehan - Supply line vital for Heathcote soldier in East Timor Heathcote soldier Michael Sheehan views his current job as like running a shop. (Date uploaded: 04 September 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Dan and Luke Gosling - East Timor honours for Melbourne brothers Personal and professional commitment to the development of East Timor was recently rewarded when North Balwyn men Dan and Luke Gosling were awarded the Timor-Leste Medal of Merit. (Date uploaded: 04 September 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Robert Gould - Wangaratta local sweats it out onboard warship in Middle East Wangaratta local, Robert Gould, is sweating it out in the machinery spaces onboard Royal Australian Navy ship, HMAS Toowoomba, to ensure the ship can carry out its mission in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 01 September 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Travis Walters - Geelong airman plays key role to support digger in Afghanistan Squadron Leader Travis Walters, an Air Force C-17 pilot, is delivering the goods to Australian Defence Force personnel on the ground in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 31 August 2009 - 03 images) |
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| Russell Parish - Mulwala soldier provides key link for Diggers in the Middle East and Afghanistan As the senior ranked soldier in Australia’s deployed forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Warrant Officer Class One Russell Parish provides a critical link between the Diggers on the ground and their senior commanders. (Date uploaded: 28 August 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Daniel Ferguson and Brett Ferguson - The Ferguson brothers catch up on deployment It’s not everyday two brothers have to travel halfway around the world to catch up with each other. (Date uploaded: 28 August 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Sharon Holt - Werribee soldier looking forward to home after Middle East duty FOR Private Sharon Holt who grew up in Werribee in Victoria, her six month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations with the Force Support Unit rotation one (FSU 1) is over. (Date uploaded: 18 August 2009 - 03 images) |
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| Aidan Higgins - Tecoma airman wraps up Middle East mission FOR Leading Aircraftman Aidan Higgins who grew up in Tecoma in Victoria, his six month deployment to the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) with the Force Support Unit rotation one (FSU 1) is over. (Date uploaded: 18 August 2009 - 02 images) |
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| Steven Watsford - Video Games Go to War Dromana soldier Steven Watsford is now earning his living as a high-tech soldier in the high mountains and dangerous valleys of Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 17 August 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Scott Wellings - Geelong soldier keeps Afghanistan Diggers well fed Geelong soldier Scott Wellings is playing a key role in keeping Australia’s fighting troops in top condition. He is providing healthy meals deep in the valleys and high mountains of Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 17 August 2009 - 01 image) |
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| Corey Warde - Kyabram soldier protects Baghdad Diplomats Former St Augustines College student Corey Warde is now serving in the Middle East supporting the Australian Army’s Security Detachment protecting Australian diplomats in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (Date uploaded: 07 August 2009 - 01 image) |
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| David Evans - Colac soldier protects Baghdad Diplomats Former Colac Technical School student David Evans is now serving with the Australian Army’s Security Detachment protecting Australian diplomats in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (Date uploaded: 07 August 2009 - 01 image) |
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