Alan Patterson
Gungaandji (Yarrabah, North Queensland)
Able Seaman
Royal Australian Navy
Medals
Australian Operational Service Medal – Border Protection 2013
Australian Operational Service Medal – Greater Middle East
Australian Defence Medal 2012
“I come from the Yarrabah Aboriginal Community in Far North Queensland. I am Gungaandji descendant. I enlisted into the Royal Australian Navy on 30 June 2018 as a Boatswains mate.”
– Alan Patterson, 2014