Singleton Council’s Australia Day Committee is delighted to announce Colonel Iain Andrew Cruickshank, CSC, DSM as Singleton’s Australia Day Guest.
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Singleton will be bursting with community pride this January long weekend, when locals turn out to celebrate the national day with a program of free family-friendly activities.
As special guest, Col. Cruickshank will share his story to residents at the Civic Ceremony on Australia Day.
Iain Cruickshank attended Singleton High School from 1974 to 1976, when his father was posted to the Infantry Centre. He graduated from the Officer Cadet School Portsea in June 1979 into the Infantry.
His career in the military has seen the Colonel posted all over Australia, with deployments overseas including Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Malaysia, and Afghanistan.
His operational service includes overseas deployments to:
* The Rifle Company Butterworth Malaysia in 1980;
* Israel, Lebanon and the Golan Heights as an UN Observer in 1989/90;
* The International Force East Timor, on General Cosgrove’s Headquarters 1999/2000;
* Iraq as Commander of the first Australian Army Training Team in Northern Iraq 2004;
* Afghanistan in 2011; and
* Iraq again as the Senior Military Advisor to the Special Representative to the Secretary General United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq from July 2012 to July 2013.
Col. Cruickshank remains as an Army Reservist, having just completed 41 years of service, and is the Director of Knowledge Management Solutions for Development and Senior Industry Fellow (Defence) at RMIT, Melbourne.
Mayor of Singleton, Cr Sue Moore, said she was delighted that Col. Cruickshank was volunteering his time for the celebration.
“Australia Day is such a special community day and an opportunity to showcase what’s great about Singleton,” she said.
“We all have different stories to share about this country and Australia Day is an opportunity to remember how fortunate we are.
“Singleton is proud of our ties to the defence industry, and having Iain join us at the official Civic celebration to share his story makes it all the more special.”
Singleton Council has a program of free events for the January long weekend, including:
Twilight — a free sunset community event to kick off the January long weekend in style on Friday 25 January.
Free kid’s activities including jumping castles, balloonist and craft station | Hunter Valley Food and Wine | Food Trucks |Jade Holland Band | Classic Car Showcase | Army Tug-of-War
From 6pm on the Civic Green
Australia Day — BBQ breakfast | Australia Day awards and citizenship ceremony | Aussie-themed morning tea
Breakfast from 8am at the Singleton Civic Centre followed by the official service from 9:00am.