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Cadet promotion

In an exciting milestone in our unit’s 110-year history, we are very proud to announce the first female Senior Cadet Under Officer.

SUO Kayla Heng has been promoted to Senior Cadet Under Officer for the Unit, a mark of the successful integration of the partnership of St Catherine’s and Waverley College, which commenced in 2020.​

During the school holidays, 106 cadets gave a week of their precious holiday time to attend the Cadet Promotions Courses, learning valuable skills in leadership, team development, instruction and field skills, in order to lead their Unit in the 2022/2023 Cadet Year. 

Successful candidates have been posted to their new positions of responsibility and on Friday, we celebrated the promotion of our successful candidates at a special Graduation Ceremony. Dr Julie Townsend and Mr Graham​ Leddie were joined by our 2021 Senior Ranks to present the awards and rank slides in front of parents and friends. I am pleased to announce the leadership team for the 2022/2023 Cadet Year. 

Regimental Headquarters (RHQ):

Senior Cadet Under Officer (SUO)SCUO Kayla Heng
AdjutantCUO Alistair Isaac
Training OfficerCUO Kitty Fitzpatrick
Operations OfficerCUO Sarah Teitler
Logistics OfficerCUO Lenny Joseph
Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM)WO1 Angus Birrell

Company Commanders:

A COY COMDCUO Matteo Paolella
B COY COMDCUO Kit Armstrong
C COY COMDCUO Thomas Brenchley
D COY COMDCUO Tom Gleeson
SPT COY COMDCUO Mitchell Cahill

Company Sergeants Major:

A COYWO2 Oliver Malzard
B COYWO2 Luca Patrick-Watkins
C COYWO2 Meg O’Connor
D COYWO2 James Birbas
SPT COYWO2 Hayley Paddock


Special awards were presented at the Graduation Parade, CUO Kayla Heng was awarded Duces of the CUO Course and Emma Hartwig was awarded the Student of Merit award for the Senior Leadership Course.
 
The whole Unit paraded for the first time on Friday, 5 August, and we are looking forward to an engaging and dynamic year ahead.​

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