11: Warriors’ Dream
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CAPTAIN BANJO CAMERON of the Royal Australian Aviation Corps joined the Army at eighteen, just after High School, with a desire to become a helicopter pilot. To fulfil the dream, he had to pass rigorous screening for suitability as a pilot before entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra.
He passed with flying colours, so the Australian Army Aviation Corps offered him a Cadetship retrospectively. This basically meant that prior to him completing his officer training, the Corps had reserved a position for him on its pilot’s course.
After graduating from Duntroon, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant. But eighteen months of officer training was just the beginning. This was followed by twenty-six weeks of Basic Flying Training Course at a New So
