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War Memorial
Australia

“In 1965 the Australian Government introduced a selective National Service scheme for 20 year old men to serve two years in the Army.  Called-up in the first intake in July 1965 he graduated as a second lieutenant from the newly established Officer Training Unit, Scheyville in December and was posted to 2RAR.  He then joined 4RAR as a reinforcement platoon commander in Borneo during Indonesian ‘Confrontation’.  Gaining a permanent commission he remained with 4RAR for its subsequent tour of South Vietnam 1968/69.  Staff, training and regimental appointments followed including service in PNG with 1PIR 1973/75, 3RAR 1975/77 and peace keeping  with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai, Egypt 1984.  He is a graduate of the Australian Staff College and the Joint Services Staff College and also received project management training with the US Department of Defense prior to spending three years leading the Army’s project team for the replacement of the Defence Force’s rifles and light machine guns.

In 1997 he resigned from the Army in the rank of lieutenant colonel after a final posting to Keswick Barracks where he was senior operations officer and SA Army Area Representative.  In 2003 he was appointed Regimental Colonel of The Royal South Australia Regiment an appointment he held until 2020.  He remained a member of the RSAR Regimental Council until 2020.

Post full-time Army he became the General Manager of Legacy in SA and Broken Hill a position he held for 13 years until retirement in 2010. He remains a volunteer (Legatee) with Legacy.”