Relevance of this song to Julian Knight? None! So why include it on this website? Good question, yet but think about it – Julian Knight was a born soldier yet never got his chance for active service, despite trying his darndest at aged 18.
Julian Knight, before Duntroon, in his words:
“I was born on 4 March 1968 in Melbourne, Australia. My father was an officer in the Royal Australian Army Education Corps (RAAEC) during 1968-1988. My earliest memories are of my father in uniform and the Centurion tanks at Puckapunyal, where we lived during 1970-1972. I attended kindergarten at Puckapunyal and later at RAAF Point Cook. I then attended primary school at Stanley Fort, Hong Kong, during 1973-1975.
I had wanted to enlist the Army for as long as I can remember. From around the age of 12 my ambition was to emulate my father and become an officer in the Australian Army. During my school years my goal was to attend the Officer Cadet School (OCS), at Portsea.
He signed up at age 17 on 1st October 1985 at the first opportunity to join the Australian Army Reserves. Being a Victorian he trained at Puckapunyal in central Victoria about 100km north of Melbourne, as have many Army recruits over the years….”
[SOURCE: Julian Knight’s 95-page ‘PERSONAL ACCOUNT‘ (plus 13 attachments) to the Defence Abuse Response Taskforce submitted 26th November 2013, page 2]
Julian had previously volunteered in the school cadets of Westbourne Grammar School near RAAF Base Williams in western Melbourne.