We were addressed by Major Graham Docksey, OAM (Retd).  Graham has served in all ranks as a soldier over a 46 year career in the Army. He enlisted in 1964 as a soldier. In 1965 he was posted to the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment where he trained as an Assault Pioneer specialising in demolition, mines and booby traps.  In December 1991 Graham was commissioned as a Captain and posted as Training Officer, Staff Officer, Army Community Service Officer and as a Project Officer.  In 1995 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps Museum. In December 1997 Graham was promoted to Major and posted as the Second-in-Command of Distribution Division at the Army Logistic Training Centre at Bandiana and also maintained his role as the Chairman of the museum at this time. In May 2002 he transferred to the Army Reserve and was posted as the first Manager of the Army Museum Bandiana one of the largest and most diversified Army Museum’s in Australia. The museum is part of the Australian Army History Unit. Since 1998 Graham has visited Gallipoli thirteen times and escorted his first group to Gallipoli in 1999. In 2002 Graham spent time at Gallipoli conducting further research visiting all 31 cemeteries and memorials across the three battlefields.  In 2005 he visited the Sandakan prisoner of war site and followed the path of the death marches of 1945 as well as visiting the Commonwealth War Cemetery on Labuan Island.  In 2010 Graham visited the North Africa Battlefields and cemeteries. At present Graham is researching the members of the 2/23rd Battalion (Albury’s Own). He has photographed the 141 graves in North Africa and has visited New Guinea and Labuan Island. Graham’s address focused on these  experiences. Graham has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia and a Chief of Army Commendation and recently was presented his Second Federation Star for 45 years by the Chief of Army in Canberra.