HOC Biographies

Brigadier Walk was born on 23rd December 1970 in Bundaberg, Queensland. After completing his secondary education at Iona College in Brisbane, he entered the Australian Defence Force Academy in 1989 and graduated from the Royal Military College in 1992.

His first appointment was as a Platoon Commander in 30 Terminal Squadron, 10 Terminal Regiment. He has served in a variety of regimental appointments, including Officer Commanding Joint Movement Control Office – Townsville and Officer Commanding Transport Company, 1st Combat Service Support Battalion. He commanded the 7th Combat Service Support Battalion from January 2009 until December 2011.

Brigadier Walk has held a range of staff appointments. These have included G4 Headquarters Forces Command, Military Assistant to the Forces Commander and positions within Headquarters 3rd Brigade and Army Headquarters. Whilst serving within Army Headquarters, he held appointments as the SO1 Logistic Operations and the SO1 Sustainment. These appointments involved extensive exposure to the conduct of Rapid Acquisition of Land Materiel in support of operations, and close interaction with the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group and Joint Logistics Command. During his tenure within Army Headquarters he received a Chief of Army Commendation for his performance in these appointments. Brigadier Walk’s most recent appointment was as the Deputy Director of Essential Function 5 (Sustainment) within the Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan. This command was responsible for the development and professionalisation of the Afghan National Security Forces as part of the NATO Mission – Operation Resolute Support.

As part of his studies at the Defence Academy, Brigadier Walk graduated from the University of New South Wales and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in military history. He has completed a Graduate Diploma in Transport and Distribution Management through Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College where he received the Eisenhower Award for military scholarship. He is also a graduate of the United States School of Advanced Military Studies where he completed a Master of Military Arts and Science Degree. This second year of study included conceptual development of Systemic Operational Design as an alternate planning model, providing invaluable experience in campaign planning at the operational level. Most recently, Brigadier Walk has completed a Masters of Business Administration through Deakin University.

Brigadier Walk deployed to Bosnia Herzegovina on Operation Osier in March 1999, where he served as the Staff Officer Grade 3, G4 Operations with Headquarters Multi-National Division - South West. In September 1999 he deployed to East Timor as part of Headquarters 3rd Brigade’s contribution to INTERFET. In 2010 Brigadier Walk deployed on Operation Slipper as the Commanding Officer of Force Support Unit – Three. A career highlight has been the privilege to command on operations. This opportunity also provided excellent insight to the provision of theatre-level logistics in a joint environment.

Brigadier Walk and his wife Karen have two sons. His leisure interests include spending time with his family, soccer, reading and following a variety of sports.

Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Brown was born in Gloucester, New South Wales (05 February 1983). Upon completion of his schooling he commenced training at the Royal Military College Duntroon, graduating into the Royal Australian Corps of Transport in December 2002.

On graduation Lieutenant Colonel Brown was posted to Joint Movement Control Office Townsville where he was employed as a Troop Commander and during his tenure deployed to the Solomon Islands. Following this posting Lieutenant Colonel Brown undertook a further Troop Command appointment at 35 Water Transport Squadron before returning to the Joint Movement Control Office Townsville on promotion to Captain.

In 2007 Lieutenant Colonel Brown deployed to Afghanistan to command the Movement Control Office at Kandahar Airfield. On return from operations Lieutenant Colonel Brown was posted to Defence Force Recruiting South Queensland. After his time at recruiting, Lieutenant Colonel Brown returned to the Royal Military College Duntroon as an instructor responsible for the delivery of training to Reserve Officer Cadets and Australian Defence Force Academy Cadets during their Single Service Training. Lieutenant Colonel Brown’s tenure at the Royal Military College was cut short when he was selected as the Army Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General in 2012.

In January 2013 Lieutenant Colonel Brown was promoted to Major and posted to Headquarters 17 Combat Service Support Brigade as the Staff Officer Grade Two Operations. In 2014 Lieutenant Colonel Brown was appointed the Officer Commanding Joint Movement Control Office Brisbane, shortly after which he deployed to the Middle East Region as the Officer Commanding the Joint Movement Coordination Centre. Upon return to Australia Lieutenant Colonel Brown was selected to attend Australian Command and Staff College before posting to Army Headquarters as the Staff Officer to the Director General Logistics – Army in 2017. Lieutenant Colonel Brown was promoted to his current rank in January 2018 and served as Deputy Director Joint Logistics Futures (Concepts) in Joint Logistics Command. Lieutenant Colonel Brown was appointed as the Commanding Officer Army School of Transport in January 2020.

Lieutenant Colonel Brown was awarded a Chief of Defence Force Gold Commendation in 2006 in recognition of the operational and exercise contribution made by the 1st Joint Movement Group over the period 2003 – 2006 and was subsequently presented the 1st Joint Movement Group Meritorious Unit Citation in 2015. Lieutenant Colonel Brown is a graduate of the Australian Command and Staff College (Joint) and holds a Master of Military and Defence Studies from the Australian National University.

Lieutenant Colonel Brown is married to Amanda, they have two children; Chloe (2) and Callum (1). Lieutenant Colonel Brown is a sports fan who enjoys travelling, skiing and spending time in the outdoors. He has a keen interest in international relations and closely follows federal politics.

Warrant Officer Class One Paul Frawley was born in Rockhampton, raised and educated in Central Queensland. He enlisted in the General Reserves in October 1994; upon completion of recruit training he was allocated to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, 42nd Royal Queensland Regiment. In October 1999 Warrant Officer Frawley transferred to the Royal Australian Corps of Transport, Australian Regular Army.

The 1st Combat Service Support Battalion, being the first regular posting, Warrant Officer Frawley gained the rank of corporal before being posted to the 1st Recruit Training Battalion as a Recruit Instructor. With postings to; 1st Combat Signals Regiment, 8/12th Medium Regiment, 3rd Combat Service Support Battalion. During these postings Warrant Officer Frawley filled several positions from section commander to squadron operations sergeant. Warrant Officer Frawley was posted back to the 1st Recruit Training Battalion, as a Platoon Sergeant and Evaluation Sergeant. On promotion to Warrant Officer he was posted to the Warrant Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer Academy – Northern Territory Wing. On completion of this tenure he took up the position of Squadron Sergeant Major of 26th Transport Squadron. In 2015, Warrant Officer Frawley completed two years at the Royal Military College – Duntroon it was here that he was the Company Sergeant Major 1st Class. Being a highlight to his privileged career.

Warrant Officer Frawley has deployed to Rifle Company Butterworth on two occasions, rotation 65, 2004 and rotation 69 in 2005. He deployed to East Timor, Operation WARDEN and TANAGER in 2000 and Operation ASTUTE in 2006. 2013 – 2014 he deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations as the Company Sergeant Major – Gulf States. It was during this deployment that he was allocated as the Liaison Officer for the integration of Australian Forces into the Afghan National Army Officer Academy, Kabul working with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

In January 2019 Warrant Officer Frawley assumed the appointment of the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army School of Transport.

Warrant Officer Frawley is married to Fiona; they have three adult children and three grandchildren. He is an avid supporter of the Rugby League State of Origin series, “Queenslander”.