My name is Rod and I am a former paratrooper and helicopter aircrewman who served in the Australian Army for 22 years.

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I saw service in East Timor, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Afghanistan.

After a medical separation from Defence in 2017, I have been volunteering with the Australian War Memorial as a Voluntary Guide and assistant with the gallery development teams. It is here that I  developed a passion for telling the stories of those who served, especially those whose names are on the wall.

 

Then one day I was asked to tell my own!