About Us

Current Committee

Committee Members

Paul McDermott

PRESIDENT

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Paul served 9 years in the RAN Air Branch preforming meteorology and navigational tasks. On two occasions Paul served on HMAS Hobart (Gun Ship) in Vietnam.

He returned to Mildura in 1975 where he went into media for over 30 years. He was elected Vice President in 2020.

Brad McGlashan

VICE PRESIDENT

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Brad served 6 years in the Army and was deployed to East Timor in 2002. Brad stood for the committee with commitment to help bring younger veterans into the RSL and to help with their transition into civilian life.

Scott Richards

SECRETARY

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Scott served in the Army for more than six years with 3RAR and deployed to Afghanistan in 2017. Originally from Mildura, Scott and his family moved back to the district in 2021.

Robert Birnie

TREASURER

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Robert has served over 10 years in the Army, with the majority of my time spent in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. He has completed numerous tours of Iraq and Timor Leste.

Josh Fraser

COMMITTEE

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Josh is a local veteran whom served in the Australian Army for eight years from 2011 to 2019 as a Paratrooper. Josh was deployed on operations to the Middle East in 2014.

Colin Hamence

COMMITTEE

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Colin is the son, brother and nephew of returned servicemen whom served in New Guinea, Vietnam and the Middle East. He is a long time member and supporter of the Mildura RSL. Colin was elected to committee in 2020.

Matthew Gray

COMMITTEE

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Matt is a 19 year Army Veteran with service as an infantryman, marine specialist and an intelligence specialist. Matt is a successful sole business owner and long time member of the Mildura RSL.

Geoff Ingall

COMMITTEE

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Geoff served in the Australian Regular Army in 1976 and served as an infantry soldier until leaving the army in 1998, completing 22 years of service and reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant. Geoff was previously on the committee from 2010-2015.

Life Members

1960N.J. NOYCE
1963E.C. VANDENBERG
1966 J.W. O’BRIEN
1966 W.H. WYNNE
1968 J.D. RICHARDS
1970A. THOMSON
1978S.G THOMPSON
1989J.V. CALNAN
1992E.P. GREEN
1993H.A. BAXTER
1996L.J. FRASER
1997A.B. BOX
1997W.H. DUFF
1997E.A. GRIFFITHS
1998A.K. KENNEWELL
1999R.C. STANDISH
1999R. SHARPE
2000K.J. BARCLAY
2003S.J. PORKER
2003 K.G. DUTTON

2004L.S. ANDRISKE
2005R. HAYNES
2006M.S. WHITING
2007J.F SEARLE
2010K. MUSTEY
2011 A. WILSON J.P
2017K.M. WRIGHT
2018P. MCDERMOTT
2022J. BRANIFF

Past Presidents

1919-20G.I. PICTON
1921L. LEVY
1922-23N.F WELLINGTON
1924R. EGGE
1925-30DR H.H. MCWILLIAMS
1931-33W.B.HOARE
1934-35L.W MANSELL
1936-37T.J. HOLMES
1938H.M HARRISON
1939-40T.J. HOLMES
1941-44A. BAILLIE
1945F.J. RANSOM
1946-47A.J. RICE
1948-49C.D. CAMERON
1950-54H.E. DICKINSON
1955-56N.J. NOYCE
1957S.C. MILLS
1958K. BARNES
1959J.P. FARMER
1960T.J.CHAMBERS
1961L. WELLS
1962DR C. BOWMAN
1963-64A. THOMSON
1965C. O’NEILL
1966C.H. BIRD
1967-68A. THOMSON
1969-70F.T. GILSHENAN
1973-74S.G.THOMPSON
1975-76W. DUFF
1977-79E.P GREEN
1980-81W. DUFF
1982-84P. DALTON
1985-86L.J. FRASER
1987P. DALTON
1988-89F.C RUSSELL
1990-91R.N.MCCALMAN
1992F.C. RUSSELL
1992-93S.J. PORKER
1994-96E.A. GRIFFITHS
1997-01K.G. DUTTON
2003-04K.J. BARCLAY
2005-10A.J. WILSON
2011-16A.J. OUCHIRENKO
2016-21G.A. PEARSE