Aug 1, 2022
Pete Rudland joined the Australian Defence Force on 21 March 1989. He spent 28 years in the Royal Australian Infantry and served in 3RAR, 4RAR, The Parachute Training School, SASR and 2CDO Regiment.
Pete deployed to Cambodia as part of UNTAC in 1993,
to Iraq with the SASR during the 1997 bombing campaign, East Timor
in 2001 as part of the 4RAR (CDO) deployment, Iraq in 2003 as part
of an exchange with British forces, Timor
Leste
in 2006 with 4RAR
(CDO) and Afghanistan in 2010 as part of ACOY
2CDO.
On 21 June 2010, three Australian Commandos and a US
soldier were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Pete was
wounded in the crash and received multiple muscle-skeletal injuries
and a frontal lobe bleed. As a result of the injuries, Pete was
discharged from Defence on 08 November 2017.
Since being wounded he started a company counselling soldiers, police and emergency services for PTS, depression and associated illnesses. Peter is now a national ambassador For RSL Australia.
Presenter: Adam Blum
Guest: Peter Rudland
Editor: Kyle Watkins
Investigative Consultant: Adam Holloway
Academic Adviser: Margaret Strike