Nov-2013: Knight's Duntroon Bastardisation experiences as an Army Officer Staff Cadet submitted as a shortened 'Personal Account' to DART

[NOTE: The following document is an exact copy of the ‘Personal Account‘ (of Duntroon Bastardisation experiences in 1987) authored by former Army Officer Staff Cadet Julian Knight to the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (DART) on 26 November 2013. The original document is a legal annexure document first submitted by Mr Julian Knight to the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce on 26 November 2013. A ‘Personal Account’ document was one that had a prescribed format to be lodged by a complainant victim of abuse whilst serving with the Australia Defence Force. Knight’s ‘Personal Account‘ of his abuse whilst at Royal Military College Duntroon was drawn from his initial more detailed formal complaint to DART that he submitted 26th November 2013.

This same document, with additional attachments has been submitted by Mr Julian Knight to the Federal Court of Australia on 20 April 2023 in the pending appeal case of Knight v Defence Force Ombudsman (Federal Court) VID364_2023.

The reproduction of this document in full on this website, has the permission of Mr Julian Knight. It is 95 pages in length, and as such this website reproduces it in sections in page order of about 10 pages at a time. Each section may be freely downloaded and printed, as is Julian’s wish.

This website is the only official website of Mr Julian Knight, Victorian political prisoner since 8th May 2014.]

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Julian Knight’s left forearm in a plaster cast at Duntroon outside Kokoda Company barracks (‘ANZAC Block’). He had been set upon by five senior cadets from Kapyong Company. It was one of many unprovoked instances of Duntroon’s “bishing” culture of junior cadets. (Read ‘**Personal Account**‘, pp. 21-22). Thirteen days prior Julian had just turned 19.

Knight’s Personal Account – Section 1 (pp.1-10)

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Duntroon Motto: ‘Doctrina vim promovet’ (learning promotes strength) – but learning what? How to ‘bish’ (mess up) junior cadet’s quarters at 2am?

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Nov-2013: Knight's reparations claim to DART against the ADF's bastardisation of him as Julian trained as a 18-y.o. Army officer junior staff cadet

On 26th November 2013, Julian Knight (having been an abused former junior Officer Staff Cadet at RMC Duntroon) lodged an Application for Reparation Claim to the then Defence Abuse Response Taskforce (abbreviated ‘DART’). DART had been recently established in 2012 by the (Australian federal) Gillard (Labor) Government. We reproduce below copied […]

This is Soldier Julian Knight’s official website:

This is the official website of Australian Soldier Julian Knight.

Having duly served the Supreme Court of Victoria’s imposed sentence of 27 years for his immediately confessed mass crime, unelected politician Denis Napthine usurped the judiciary and illegally imposed indefinite detention. Instantly in 2014 Julian Knight became not a criminal, but a political prisoner of the Victorian Government No. 49821 held at Port Phillip Prison | formerly Army Corps of Staff Cadet No. 5266 at the Royal Military College Duntroon | formerly Australian Army Reserve Trooper No. 3204059.

*Soldier: We consider the title of Soldier to be a noble profession the moment a civilian signs up to serve Country, followed by training, experience and sacrifice in battle. So we duly grammatise it with a capital ‘S’. ADF personnel (whether a ‘Soldier’, ‘Sailor’, ‘Aircrew’, or any other ADF role, from Day 1 to serve their country (Australia) instantly becomes a special member of our vital Australian Defence Force.

From Day 1 sign-up, each Army recruit deserves this capital title ‘Soldier’ despite pre-trained, pre- experienced, pre-active service, pre-medal recipient, pre-veteran, pre-wounded, pre-KIA.

Such military ‘sign up’ is so much a distinct and a higher calling that most other professions / trades.

Let no person who has ever ‘signed up to serve their country‘ ever hold any doubt of their rare courage to serve. We Australians as CIVVY citizens hold a profound civilian duty to respect and be proud of what these relative few committed souls put their lives in harm’s way and continue to champion and protect our fortunate way of life in Australia. They proudly follow in the legacy of our forebears of similar ilk who hard-fought and sacrificed.

Sadly increasingly these are forgotten brave heroes. History repeats. Sadly, negative and dangerous mis-training of those so committed risks outcomes like Hoddle Street (1987) and Full Metal Bullet (1987). Both a bully bad year of Soldier negative recruitment training.

So, who are we underwriting this website? We are ‘The Knighthood’ – Mr Knight’s support base. This website is cathartic. In no way is any financial benefit derived, requested or ever accepted.

NOTE: The detailed content of website is best viewed from a PC. A smartphone will not enable embedded PDF documents to be visible or downloaded.

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