ADAA Soldier of the Year
A Perpetual Shield won annually by one of our Diggers.
Past winners of the award are:
2003 Pte Adam Taylor
2004 Pte Kai Gray
2005 Pte Colin Carey
2006 Pte Daniel Gallina
2007 Pte Mathew David
The Air Dispatch Association of Australia
Par Oneri de Caelo
"Equal to the Task from the Sky"
"The soldier is not a man of violence.
He carries arms and risks his life for mistakes not of his making.
He has the merit of being unflinchingly true to his word to the end,
while knowing that he will not be forgotten."