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RSL Queensland Presentation

Recipients of the 2021 RSL Queensland Scholarship were awarded certificates in a presentation hosted by RSL Queensland in Brisbane. Back Row L-R: Tony Ferris - RSL Queensland State President, McArthur Alford, Hayden Brown, Montgomery Chigwidden, William McFarlaneFront Row L-R: Peter Jones - AVCAT Board Director, Louise Foster, Emma James, Madison...

AVCAT Welcomes New Sponsor Mellori Solutions

AVCAT is delighted to welcome new scholarship sponsor Mellori Solutions. Mellori Solutions is an electronic warfare testing and training organisation based in the Shoalhaven area of NSW, and sister company to scholarship sponsor Global Defence Solutions. The Mellori Solutions Scholarship expands the number of scholarships for the children and grandchildren...

Welcome New Sponsor Forestville RSL sub-Branch

Forestville RSL sub-Branch Remembrance Day Education Grant recipients 2021 AVCAT is delighted to welcome new scholarship sponsor Forestville RSL sub-Branch. Forestville RSL sub-Branch is a pro-active Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) organisation which furthers the well-being of members, their families and the families of former members who have...

AVCAT Scholar – Georgia Caire

I have been financially independent since I moved away from home at 18. Receiving the Long Tan Bursary has been life changing. By Georgia Caire Georgia and her Pop For personal reasons I do not have contact with my father. Instead, my Pop has been a father figure my whole...

WA Presentation

By Len Russell Len Russell AVCAT CEO Thank you to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for hosting the Western Australia Long Tan Bursary and AVCAT Scholarship presentation for 2020 and 2021, which I attended from Sydney via video link. I especially wish to thank Mr Peter King, DVA Assistant Commissioner...

Sarah Phillips on NAIDOC Week

Sarah and her children My name is Sarah Phillips, and I am an Aboriginal woman from the Gold Coast. I am in my second year of a Bachelor of Midwifery at Southern Cross University. I am a mother to four children, so life is very busy. I am grateful for...

Kerry Hespe

I have a brain injury, but what is the use of being alive unless I continue to do my best, be my best and show my two girls that I'm not perfect, but I'll continue to improve. By Kerry Hespe Kerry Hespe & her mother Pamela I am a lucky...

Attention All Coffee Lovers

3 Elements & AVCAT share a vision to support veterans and their families - Eleanor, 3 Elements Coffee AVCAT coffee has arrived. AVCAT is partnering with 3 Elements Coffee to raise funds to support scholarships. 3 Elements Coffee is a veteran owned and operated business that supports employment for veterans...

Presentation Ceremony at Admiralty House

‘Be confident in yourself and be confident in what you can achieve. Embrace your education opportunities and be inspired by the service of your forebears.’His Excellency, General the Honourable David Hurley AC, DSC, (Retd) AVCAT CEO Len Russell, Olivia Micallef, Liam Morath, James Kelly, Dannielle Canning, Mayha Podolski, Hayley Robinson-Reeds,...

Nicole Watson – AVCAT Scholar

‘Like many disabled scholars I refuse to let my impairments control my life, I will find other ways to make my dreams happen.’ By Nicole Watson I am incredibly humbled to be awarded the 2021 RSL Queensland Scholarship and to be an AVCAT Scholar. My family has been a part...

Jess Simmonds – AVCAT Scholar

I would love to become a researcher and learn more about the ways that trauma and PTSD develop; impact the brain; the body; and someone’s life. I would also love to learn and develop ways to counsel those who have experienced trauma, so that it doesn’t develop into PTSD. By...

Melinda Thomas – AVCAT Scholar

My father served as an engineer in the Australian Army for over a decade, and sadly later lost his life due to an illness developed over the course of his service overseas in Iraq. My siblings and I were raised by our brave mother. From a very young age I...

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