This year’s gathering in the John Vallance Hall of the whole School, together with visiting Old Sydneians and their guests, was honoured to hear from highly decorated guest speaker, BRIG Hugh Meggitt AM CSC (OS 1988). A 1997 graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, BRIG Meggitt holds a master’s degree in International Relations and has served in a variety of Army regimental positions in Infantry, Combat Engineer and Special Operations units, respectively.
BRIG Meggitt’s operational experience includes the Sydney Olympics, East Timor, Afghanistan, the Japan Tsunami in 2011 and Iraq in 2016. He has commanded multiple domestic Australian Defence Force conventional and special operations, supporting Australian state and federal law enforcement agencies. In 2021 and 2022 he was posted to Washington DC as the Military Attaché and Head of the Australian Army Staff in North America and is currently posted as a Director General within Australia’s Special Operations Command.
Pictured: BRIG Hugh Meggitt AM CSC (OS 1988) and the Legion of Merit that was awarded to him
