Our People in WA
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| Phillip Bleach - TARCOOLA BEACH SAILOR SAYS “ALOHA” Geraldton local Phillip Bleach is in Hawaii but he is not on holidays. Phillip, a Leading Seaman in the Royal Australian Navy, is posted to Australian ship, HMAS Tobruk, which has made the transit across the Pacific to participate in the largest maritime exercise in the world. (Date uploaded: 07 August 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Luke Crichton - Rockingham Diggers Keep Wheels Turning Rockingham’s Army Craftsman Luke Crichton, 22, inspects the undercarriage of an Army Landrover while another local soldier, Warrant Officer Peter Skinner, 32, checks on progress. (Date uploaded: 21 May 2008 - 01 image) |
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| James Taylor - Scarborough Digger Begins the Big Pack-Up In southern Iraq, Scarborough’s Private James Taylor, 28, is now packing cold weather clothing for transport back to Australia. It’s part of the big pack-up as the Australian Battle Group prepares to come home in the middle of the year. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 02 images) |
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| Gabriel Kicsak - Atwell Sailor Electrifies Diggers Atwell’s Chief Petty Officer Gabriel Kicsak, 41, and his electric guitar have just returned from the Middle East with the Royal Australian Navy band — and with some of Australia’s most respected entertainers — as part of the latest Tour De Force. (Date uploaded: 15 May 2008 - 02 images) |
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| Anthony Brain - BUNBURY LOCAL WITH ARMY IN TIMOR Anthony “Pinky” Brain’s mates at the Three Monkey’s Bar in Bunbury will be pleased to know he hasn’t lost his touch on the dance floor during his time in Timor-Leste. (Date uploaded: 15 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| PTE Matthew Chandler - YOUNG SOLDIER IS DRIVEN TO SUCCESS Private Matthew Chandler is a soldier who’s thinking of leaving the Army Reserve. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Dean Collins - Pidgin Spoken Here Desert miner Dean Collins has found himself chatting Pidgin in the Solomon Island jungle. (Date uploaded: 13 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Adam Cox - Albany , WA Albany local Adam Cox 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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| Ben Cripps - Former Geraldton Man Winds Up Tour of Afghanistan Former Geraldton man Private Ben Cripps is approaching the end of his six-month tour of duty in southern Afghanistan with Reconstruction Task Force Three. As an infantryman Ben’s job is to help provide security for Task Force’s Combat Engineers as they work on projects to improve the lives of the local population. (Date uploaded: 18 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Dionette Daly - MANDURAH MEDIC’S PASSION FOR THE JOB Mandurah-based Dionette Daly, an Able Seaman Medic in the Navy, thoroughly enjoys her job as a medic on a submarine. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 02 images) |
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| Andrew George - FROM UNI TO DILI Local Bond Uni student Andrew George has already spent five months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has one month to go. He's part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in that country. (Date uploaded: 17 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Derek Gibb - OCEAN REEF SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR LESTE Local Ocean Reef soldier, Derek Gibb, has spent more than one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste and still has around four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace in the country. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| PRIVATE TARLI GILLAM - KEEPING THE PEACE IN THE CRADLE OF CIVILISATION Helping to keep the peace in the 'cradle of civilisation' is an exciting challenge for Private Tarli Gillam , of Perth , who is serving with the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-3 in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 20 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| David Harding - A DIFFERENT KIND OF MINISTRY It’s a long way from the Baptist ministry in Newman, Western Australia to the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste, but for David Harding the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Able Seaman Steward Lydia Hardman - Mandurah Western Australia Lydia 's Hometown is Mandurah Western Australia. Family still reside there. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| ABMT Luke Hewitt, Scarborough WA - Join the Navy, see the world says local boy The Persian Gulf is a long way from Perth 's sandy beaches but for Scarborough local Luke Hewitt being on extended deployment is all part of the job. (Date uploaded: 03 August 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Nathan Hillman - RAPID DEPLOYMENT Former Mundaring resident Nathan Hillman has deployed to Timor-Leste just nine months after joining the army. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Rhys Johannessen - Middle East ANZAC Day for Rockingham Digger Former Warnbro Community High School student, Rhys Johannessen, joined the Army to see the world and now he’s on duty at Australia’s main forward base in the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 16 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Steve Johnson - DIANELLA SOLDIER DOING HIS BIT FOR TIMOR-LESTE Local Dianella soldier Steve Johnson has spent more than one month in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has close to four months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Rhiannon Kittel - Rockingham sailor hands over weapons to Aussie soldiers in the Middle East Rockingham local Rhiannon Kittel has spent the last three months in the Middle East as part of Operation Catalyst, Australias commitment to help secure and rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 06 June 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Corporal Tiarn Leslie It’s funny how your hobbies turn into careers. More than ten years after she joined cadets, Northam’s Tiarn Leslie has made a career of the Air Force and has been deployed on operations to the Middle East. (Date uploaded: 21 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Seaman Marine Technician Luke Masterson Seaman Marine Technician Luke Masterson at work in HMAS Stirling's Fleet Support Unit, on the Universal Milling Machine. Luke originally joined the Navy from Rockingham and his parents still currently live in Baldivis (Rockingham Area) (Date uploaded: 30 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Michal Moczulski - WORTH THE EFFORT IN TIMOR It’s a long way from Perth’s Trinity College and Bayswater to the sweltering tropical heat of Timor-Leste, but for Michal Moczulski the journey’s been more than worthwhile. (Date uploaded: 07 March 2008 - 01 image) |
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| LACW Rosaleen Normoyle Most people like to do something big for their 30th birthday, but not too many can say they spent it on operations in the Middle East. A clerk with the Air Force, Leading Aircraftwoman (LACW) Rosaleen Normoyle turned 30 while deployed overseas with a C-130 detachment (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 02 images) |
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| Marlon Perez - Defending His New Country Secret Harbour’s Marlon Perez came with his parents from the Philippines in 1992. Now he wears the double dolphin badge of our Navy’s elite Submarine Squadron and he’s out defending the interests of his new country. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sapper Ben Pitt Nollamara’s Sapper Ben Pitt, 31, a carpenter with the Australian Battle Group in southern Iraq, works on a frame for the Iraqi security forces unit at Camp Terendak, in Dhi Qar province. (Date uploaded: 08 April 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Sapper Michael Powell - DUMBLEYUNG (WA) SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE After four months in the sweltering tropical heat, former Dumbleyung farmer now soldier Michael Powell continues his 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: 31 July 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Able Seaman Electronics Technician Glen Prior - LOCAL SERVING IN THE MIDDLE EAST Able Seaman Electronics Technician Glen Prior (22), wakes to a colleague shaking him and informing him that it's midnight and time to get up. It's the beginning of another long day for Glen who is currently serving on the Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS TOOWOOMBA. The former Esperance Senior High School student and Newtown Football Club player is now half a world away on patrol in the Persian Gulf. (Date uploaded: 14 May 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Bombardier Hayden Reeves - DENMARK (WA) SOLDIER BRINGS PEACE TO DILI STREETS The hot, humid and impoverished streets of the Timor-Leste capital Dili are a long way from the shire of Denmark , Western Australia , but for Hayden Reeves, 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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| Lee Roberts - Beating the heat in Afghanistan While Western Australia basks in the summer sun, Warrant Officer Class Two Lee Roberts has been enduring the snow of Oruzgan Province. He is now part of Australia’s Reconstruction Task Force (Date uploaded: 06 February 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Captain Justin Back and Captain Dennis Robins Captain Justin Back (class of 1997) and Captain Dennis Robins (class of 1998) are now half away from their Alma Mater - they are now both soldiering in the dust of southern Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Cpl Carleen La Rosa - Flying angels Perth-based Air Force medic Cpl Carleen La Rosa has already conducted two Aero Medical Evacuation missions from the MEAO. Posted to Health Service Flight, RAAF Pearce, the 26 year old is currently deployed to Op Catalyst where she works in TG 633.4’s Expeditionary Health Facility. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Gavin Rudrum - GREENWOOD SOLDIER PLAYS PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Greenwood soldier Gavin Rudrum has spent three months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still has almost three months to go. He’s part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 11 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Ashley Shaw
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Army Reservist working towards a better Australia After graduating from Karratha Senior High and going to work for the mining industry in Western Australia, 21 year old Ashley Shaw still had time and motivation to work in one of the toughest jobs you’ll ever love – the Australian Army. (Date uploaded: 08 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Able Seaman Cameron Symons Kalamunda's Cameron Symons is now about as far as he can be from Kalamunda Senior High without leaving the country - and he does that plenty of times too because it's part of his job. (Date uploaded: 13 February 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Samantha Tracey - WYOMING SAILOR BACK FROM FRIGATE’S LAST VOYAGE Wyoming sailor Samantha Tracey, 22, is back from the last South Asia deployment of HMAS ADELAIDE. The frigate will be decommissioned from the Navy over this weekend and will then become a dive site off the NSW coast. (Date uploaded: 31 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Private Rowan Turner - Former Geradlton man soldiers on in Afghanistan Private Rowan Turner, formerly of Geraldton is doing his country proud in Southern Afghanistan. As an infantryman Rowan’s job is to help provide security for Combat Engineers as they work on projects to improve the lives of the local population. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 01 image) |
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| Lieutenant Colonel David Wainwright - Collie students make Xmas warmer in Afghanistan A bundle of letters written by Year 10 Collie Senior High School students reached Lieutenant Colonel David Wainwright, the Commanding Officer of Reconstruction Task Force Three, on Christmas Eve. (Date uploaded: 08 January 2008 - 02 images) |
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| CORPORAL STEFAN WEBB - SEVENTY DEGREES OF SEPARATION Gosnell's Corporal Stefan Webb has been leading nine-man patrols in Afghanistan. (Date uploaded: 27 April 2007 - 01 image) |
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| Dionette Wilson Dionette Wilson grew up in Rockingham and Mandurah Western Australia and went to Poseidon Primary School and Mandurah Senior Campus. Dionette worked in a crayfish factory prior to joining the Royal Australian Navy in January 2004 as a Medic, at 17 years old. Currently she is training to be a Submariner Medic onboard HMAS Collins. Dionette hopes to continue training and studying to eventually become a doctor in the Royal Australian Navy. (Date uploaded: 30 July 2007 - 02 image) |
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| Wayne Sunderland and Scott Wood - WANNEROO SOLDIERS PLAY PART IN TIMOR PEACE Local Wanneroo soldiers Corporal Wayne Sunderland and Sapper Scott Wood have already spent three months in the sweltering tropical heat of Timor Leste, and still have one month to go. They are both part of the Australian Government response to help restore peace to that country. (Date uploaded: 17 October 2007 - 01 image) |
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| LT Dan Wright - WRIGHT SOLDIER FOR THE JOB Helping to keep the peace in the ‘cradle of civilisation’ is an exciting challenge for Perth ’s Dan Wright, who is serving with the Overwatch Battle Group (West)-3 in southern Iraq. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2007 - 02 image) |
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| GNR Steven Zerna - HOPETOWN SOLDIER BRINGS PEACE TO DILI STREETS The hot, humid and impoverished streets of the Timor-Leste capital Dili are a long way from the quiet seaside village of Hopetoun , Western Australia , but for Steven Zerna, 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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