Glen Waters

Photograph by Belinda Mason OAM 2015, inkjet on brushed aluminium 60cm x 40cm

Kamilaroi

Corporal
Royal Queensland Regiment
Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Australian Army

Reserve Force Medal with 1st clasp
Australian Defence Medal

“I think it’s our duty to serve our Country. I come from an Aboriginal family where members have provided service to our Country, including Warrant Officer Leonard Waters, a Queenslander, who was the first Indigenous Australian to earn his ‘wings’ as a pilot. During 1944-45, Waters served in 78 Squadron RAAF, flying Kittyhawk fighters in Dutch New Guinea, Morotai and Borneo, bombing and strafing Japanese positions. Appropriately, his Kittyhawk was named ‘Black Magic’.”

I am an Army Reserve member. I joined the Reserve on 7 July 1981 until I discharged in January 2003 after 22 years’ service. During that time, I served as a rifleman with the following Battalions: 25th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment and 25th/49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment. In Brisbane I was a Platoon Sergeant with the Officer Cadet Training Group. I discharged as a Sergeant, qualified for Warrant Officer Class Two. On 25th August 2009, I re-enlisted as a Corporal in the Army Reserve. Now I am working with the Australian Defence Force on the Indigenous Pre-Recruitment Course.

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