ESPELAND, Brenton Jack
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1966, Point Cook, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Air Vice Marshal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, South Australia, 21 January 1948 |
| Home Town: | Croydon Park, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Woodville High School |
| Occupation: | RAAF Officer |
| Died: | Natural causes (brain tumour), Adelaide, South Australia, 29 September 2017, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Privately Cremated Brent's ashes were put into the sea off Semaphore |
| Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
| 1 Jan 1966: | Enlisted Point Cook, Victoria |
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Non Warlike Service
| 1 Jan 1999: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Judy Eapeland
Brent's ashes were put into the sea off Semaphore. A memorial park bench is to be erected in his honour.
Brent retired as an Air Vice Marshal. He was Chair of the Veterans Advisory Council SA, State President of RUSI-SA, National President of RAAF Association and a member of the Board of Governors for the Road Home: The Repat Foundation at the time of his passing, following brain tumour surgery.
"ESPELAND, Brenton Jack, AM 1989; b. 21 Jan. 1948 Adelaide, SA; educ. Woodville High Sch., SA; entered RAAF Academy Pt.Cook 1966, grad. 1969; flew Hercules with 36 Sqn 1971-76 (incl. Vietnam 1975); CFI CFS (led Roulettes aerobatic team) 1977-81; attended Canadian Forces Comd & Staff Coll. 1981-82; Mil. Sec. and Comptroller to Gov-Gen. 1983-86; CO CFS, E. Sale, 1986-88; attended USAF Air War Coll., Alabama, 1989; Dir. Air Power Stud. Centre 1990-91; CO RAAF Base Fairbairn and Comdt RAAF Staff Coll. 1991-94 (Jt. Force Comdr, Ex 92); Dir. of Studies, Aust. Coll. of Def. & Strat. Studies, Canb, 1994-95; AOC Trg Comd 1995-98; DCAF 1998-99; spec. adviser to Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Coord. Task Force 1999-2001 (retd.); Gen. Mgr. of Sport Performance and Development, Aust. Sports Comm. (Acting CEO 2008-09)"
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