HMAS LEEUWIN 17TH INTAKE

HMAS Leeuwin - Junior Recruit Training Establishment  

October 1966 to October 1967

This website is dedicated to Michael John BROWN who passed away 3 December 2006
Mike did an enormous amount of work to make this site a reality

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Ian Edward  ATKINSON

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Posted to Sydney (Vung Tau ferry) with a few others on this site.  A few postings to Cerberus when you used to get posted for sport!!!!  Vampire for a short at GI.

1971 Brisbane on the last gun-line run.  Cerberus again and then Coonawarra in Darwin (played League with South Darwin).

1974 – got out and joined Australian Customs, Federal Narcotics Bureau and then in 1980 integrated into the Australian Federal Police where I have been ever since.

Mainly drug investigations and training.

Have served in Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney and have been posted overseas to the Philippines (3 years 89-92) and PNG (95-2000) as a Police Liaison Officer and relieved at posts in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.

Awarded APM (Australian Police Medal) in 1999 Queens Birthday Honours List for services as Police Liaison Officer PNG.

Very happily married to Josie with 4 kids.