DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 418/09
Monday, 7 December 2009
145 OF AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE ARMY LEADERS GRADUATE
WHAT:
Full Time General Service Officer Graduation Parade.
WHEN:
Tuesday 8 December 2009.
WHERE:
Royal Military College (RMC) Parade Ground, Duntroon.
TIME:
09:30am for the Graduation Parade. Media are advised to arrive no
later than 9:10am at Patterson Hall at the top of Staff Cadet Avenue
with photo ID to collect biographical details of the major prize
winners.
156 Staff Cadets will be graduating this Tuesday from the Royal Military College,
Duntroon. 145 of these, from all states of Australia, will graduate as Lieutenants in
the Australian Army, with one Cadet graduating into the Royal Australian Air Force.
The remaining 10 graduates are overseas students who will be commissioned into
their respective army’s.
Her Excellency, the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Ms
Quentin Bryce, AC is the reviewing officer for the Graduation Parade.
The Governor General will be presenting the Sword of Honour for exemplary conduct
and performance of duty, and the Queen’s Medal awarded to the Staff Cadet ranking
first amongst the graduates. The recipients will be named at the parade
The graduating class comprises Cadets who graduated from the Australian Defence
Force Academy in 2008, and have completed a further 12 months training at RMC;
and cadets who commenced officer training in July 2008. This latter group includes
former soldiers, graduates of a variety of universities and Cadets who joined the army
from the civilian work force.
Graduates will commence duty as officers in Australian Army Units early in the new
year.
Noted guests at the Parade will be members of five reunion groups with graduates
from the RMC class of 1954 celebrating the 55th anniversary of their graduation.
Media Contact: Captain Lacy Western: 0439 762 140
Defence Media Liaison: 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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