Dave enlisted into the Royal Australian Navy on 22 June 1998 and served for nearly 20 years as a Marine Technician Electrical. In between deployments, he was based between Cairns, Sydney and Canberra. Dave was medically discharged on 13 December Continue reading
Marsh was born in England and emigrated to Australia just before the First World War. Enlisting from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, he saw service on the Western Front with the 51st Battalion. Marsh was captured in his first action at Continue reading
Ben was appointed as an Australian Army Officer and deployed on active service as part of the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) in 1999. He successfully transitioned from the military and has held various Board and executive leadership roles Continue reading
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions during the Boer War, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott commanded the 7th Battalion in the fighting on Gallipoli, and then the 15th Brigade on the Western Front. Devoted to his troops and always concerned Continue reading
Gabrielle met Jordan at just 19 in the very first week of his Darwin posting. Jordan’s ability to make her laugh won her over, and the rest as they say is history. Over eight years, Jordan and Gabrielle experienced the Continue reading
Born in Kyneton, Victoria, Joseph enlisted in early 1916. Almost immediately he went absent without leave, and a warrant for his arrest had him returned to camp. He continued to struggle with military discipline, and although he was a member Continue reading
David Austin (left) was an Englishman who had previously served with Australian forces during the Boer War. Austin was taken prisoner during a German trench raid on 5 May 1916, the first clash between Australian and German troops on the Continue reading
When Emma’s husband, James, returned from Afghanistan, she noticed he was different in many ways. His fun loving, carefree temperament had changed to being short-tempered and very difficult to live with. He would isolate himself from his family and threw Continue reading
An Irish-born immigrant to Australia, O’Meara served on the Western Front and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at Pozières in August 1916. He was wounded on three separate occasions during his time in France, and upon returning Continue reading
In 1997 Sarah Watson (centre) commenced Officer Training at ADFA and graduated with a BA Politics. In December 2000, following a year at the Royal Military College Duntroon, she was commissioned into the Australian Intelligence Corps where she served in Continue reading
