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| + | The '''Royal Military College, Duntroon''', also known simply as '''Duntroon''', is the [[Australian Army]]'s [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] training establishment. It was founded at [[Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory|Duntroon]], in [[Canberra, Australian Capital Territory]], in 1911 and is at the foot of [[Mount Pleasant (Australian Capital Territory)|Mount Pleasant]] near [[Lake Burley Griffin]], close to the [[Department of Defence (Australia)|Department of Defence]] headquarters at Russell Hill. It is comparable to the United Kingdom's [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] and the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point. Duntroon is adjacent to the [[Australian Defence Force Academy]] (ADFA), which is Australian Defence Force's tri-service [[military academy]] that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Army, [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and the [[Royal Australian Navy]]. | ||
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| Headquarters | Duntroon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
The Royal Military College, Duntroon, also known simply as Duntroon, is the Australian Army's officer training establishment. It was founded at Duntroon, in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, in 1911 and is at the foot of Mount Pleasant near Lake Burley Griffin, close to the Department of Defence headquarters at Russell Hill. It is comparable to the United Kingdom's Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the United States Military Academy at West Point. Duntroon is adjacent to the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), which is Australian Defence Force's tri-service military academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Australian Navy.
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Peter Cosgrove | 28 July 1947 | Australia | |||
| John Frewen | Australia | Spook Soldier | Spooky general who directed the 2021-22 forced jab campaign in Australia. | ||
| Andrew Hastie | 30 September 1982 | Australia | Soldier Politician | ||
| Michael Jeffery | 12 December 1937 | 18 December 2020 | Australia | Military | Special Action Forces, counter-terrorism, then Governor General of Australia |
| Duncan Lewis | 3 August 1953 | Australia | Diplomat Spook Soldier | ASIO Director-General of Security | |
| Robert O'Neill | 5 November 1936 | 19 April 2023 | Australia | Spook Academic Historian | Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies for 5 years |
