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REGIMENTAL SERGEANT-MAJORS

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ROYAL REGIMENT of AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY

         
Warrant Officer Class One Barry C. Kyrwood
         

Warrant Officer Class One Barry Kyrwood

Warrant Officer Class One Barry Kyrwood was born and raised in Perth and enlisted into the Australian Regular Army on 3rd May 1977 and after Initial Employment Training as an Artillery Gunner was posted to 4th Field Regiment, of the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, in Townsville North Queensland.

Warrant Officer Kyrwood has had a range of positions and appointments within Land Command and Training Command. As a Gunner to Bombardier, he has covered the full spectrum of Artillery positions, including Forward Observers Assistant. As a Sergeant and Warrant Officer he has been: a Battery Commanders Assistant in 108th Field Battery; a Sergeant Instructor in Military Training Wing at the Royal Military College Duntroon; a Sergeant Instructor in Regimental Training Wing at the School of Artillery North Head; a Command Post Sergeant in 108th Field Battery; the Warrant Officer Cadets North Queensland at Army Personnel Agency Townsville; the Battery Guide 107th Field battery; and the Battery Sergeant Major of 107th Field Battery.

 

Warrant Officer Kyrwood has served as a Regimental Sergeant-Major of 2nd/10th Field Regiment during 2001-2003 in Melbourne and 1st Field Regiment during 2004-2005 in Brisbane. He has served as the Senior Instructor of the Soldier Promotion Section at Land Warfare Centre – South Queensland with the Subject One for Corporal Courses, both Australian Regular Army and the Active Reserve during 2006-2007 in Brisbane. He has also served as the Warrant Officer Class 1 Operations (WO1 OPS) and  National Panel Coordinator (NPC) of the Warrant Officer & Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (WO&NCO Academy) at Canungra 2008-2010. He has also served as the TLWO for FOCOMD attached to HQ 7 BDE 2011-2013.

Warrant Officer Kyrwood has had various operational and non-operational overseas experiences. Operational experience includes Rifle Company Butterworth 1981; Operation VISTA (Malaysia and Cambodia) 1997; Operation PLUMBOB (Solomon Islands) 2000; Operation AZURE (UNMIS Sudan) 2005; and Operation PHILIPPINES ASSIST 2013.  Non-Operational experiences through various overseas exchanges have included England, New Guinea, New Zealand, and Hawaii. 

Warrant Officer Kyrwood has been awarded the Australian Service Medal (with South East Asia and Sudan Clasps), the Defence Force Service Medal (with 4th clasp), the Australian Defence Medal, the UN Medal (UNMIS), and a Land Commander’s Commendation for services to the 2nd/10th Field Regiment as the Regimental Sergeant Major.

Warrant Officer Kyrwood is currently posted to HQ 1 DIV as the WO1 Global Operations..

Warrant Officer Kyrwood is married and has two children. 

         
         
         
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