“My heritage, my culture and where I am from means the most to me and for me to be able to pass that onto my children and younger family members gives me the upmost honour to do so.”
– Roger Morris
Roger Morris
Roger Morris
Gunditjmara/Ngandi/Wiradjuri
Sergeant
Royal Australian Engineers
Australian Army
Medals
Australian Defence Medal
“I was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Gunai/Kurnai country, then moved to Churchill, Victoria before moving to Heywood in Southwest Victoria.
My family has had a strong lineage of members that have served, with my Great-Grandfather serving with his brothers in the First and Second World War. As a result of this a building in Canberra was renamed to commemorate them, that building being Lovetts Tower. I joined in 2015 as I thought it would be a nice career change and I wasn’t wrong in that regard as I’ve been in almost nine years and have enjoyed the majority of my time so far. I have had the pleasure to play AFL for the national Army side and for the ADF All Stars team that plays a curtain raiser for Port Adelaide during ANZAC Week.”
– Roger Morris