Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney |
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Accession Number | P10978.032 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Digital file |
Maker |
Gwyn, Vick |
Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Potts Point, Garden Island, HMAS Kuttabul |
Date made | 2 March 2013 |
Conflict |
Period 2010-2019 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC |
Portrait of Warrant Officer (WO) Stuart O'Brien, RAN. WO O'Brien assisted with the organisation ...
Portrait of Warrant Officer (WO) Stuart O'Brien, RAN. WO O'Brien assisted with the organisation of, and marched in, the inaugural uniformed Australian Defence Force (ADF) march in the Sydney Mardi Gras parade. He is also the founder of the Defence Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Information Service (DEFGLIS). The 2013 Mardi Gras parade was the first time Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex ADF personnel were allowed to march in uniform, openly representing the ADF. In all, 120 members of the ADF, from Army, Navy and Air Force marched in uniform at this parade and were supported by members of DEFGLIS. This portrait supports WO O'Brien's oral history interview, related to his participation in the ADF march in Mardi Gras 2013.