In January, a uniform worn in the Afghanistan conflict was donated to the museum, expanding its collection of war memorabilia.

Specifically, the uniform donated to the museum was an Australian Army Disruptive Pattern Desert Uniform (DPDU).

The uniform had been worn by then Major Michael Reade RAAMC (Royal Australian Army Medical Corps) during deployment in Afghanistan.

Major Reade was deployed in Afghanistan on Operation Slipper as the clinical director of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Role 2E hospital at Tarin Kot, from July to September in the year 2009.

Also donated to the Mulwaree High School Remembrance Museum over summer was a pair of army boots. The boots had belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Russell Linwood ASM, who is a frequent visitor to the Museum.

As an instructor at the Australian Army’s Infantry Centre from 1976 to 1977, he was instrumental in resurrecting sniper training for the Australian Army, after a gap of four decades since the Army had conducted such training.

Lieutenant Colonel Linwood had also previously donated to the Museum his co-authored book, One Shot Kills. Written with Glenn Wahlert, it tells of snipers in combat, from the South African veldt to the theatres of Iraq and Afghanistan.

It also tells the development of the modern sniper’s combat weapon system in which technology has been harnessed with profound results, elevating Australian Army snipers to be regarded as among the best in the world.

Mulwaree High School Remembrance Museum has a growing collection of primarily Goulburn and district military memorabilia, about 7000 items. The collection contains militaria relics, clothing and personal effects from the Vietnam War, back to the New Zealand Maori War fought in the mid-1800s.