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Thank you for your service — photo gallery
This photographic exhibition was on display at Sydney's Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, in the lead-up to Anzac Day 2019. The remarkable photographs, taken by one of Australia's most respected photo-journalists Alex Ellinghausen, are of more than 40 men and women who serve or have served in defence of Australia and their families. This exhibition is a reminder that as a nation we should be immensely grateful for what our current and former ADF personnel have done and are doing, and the sacrifices made by their families. It highlights why it is important to acknowledge their service, which can be as simple as saying, 'Thank you for your service.'
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Aircraftwoman Kylie Ahern, Royal Australian Air Force
Aircraftwoman Kylie Ahern serves as a firefighter with 23 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane.
She completed the basic course at the end of last year.
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Captain Marium Hamimi, Australian Army
Captain Marium Hamimi is a pharmacist in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps.
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Claire Kluge, Royal Australian Air Force veteran
Claire Kluge joined the RAAF in 1995 as an electronics officer.
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Corporal Hollie Cartwright, Royal Australian Air Force
Corporal Hollie Cartwright is a medic at RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane.
Her role is wide-ranging.
‘As a medic, we have a very varied role,’ she says.
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Don Milford, Royal Australian Navy veteran
Don Milford spent 28 years in the Navy, then six years in the Navy Reserve.
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Glenn Morcom, Royal Australian Air Force veteran
Glenn Morcom served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a life support fitter from 1981 until 1993.
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Jordan Ivone, Australian Army veteran
Jordan Ivone served in the Australian Army for five and a half years before joining PwC Australia.
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Private Shayne Buckler, Australian Army
Private Shayne Buckler is a reconnaissance patrolman with the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
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Rear Admiral Ian Crawford AO AM (Mil) RAN (Ret’d), Royal Australian Navy veteran
Ian Crawford retired as a rear admiral, having served in the Navy for 40 years from 1949 until 1989. He is 87.
The many highlights of his career go back to its very beginning.
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Squadron Leader Ajitha Sugnanam, Royal Australian Air Force
Squadron Leader Ajitha Sugnanam is a dentist but works mostly as a capability development officer in Headquarters Health Services Wing at RAAF Base Amberley, near Brisbane.