When it comes to contributions to the service the Hastie family are up there with the best of them. Led by the father Doug and followed by Sons Marc and Brook the family reached a combined service length of 100 years and counting. All were members of 31RQR at some stage together, with Doug as Bn 2/IC whilst Marc and Brook in the ranks.

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Doug who originally joined on 1st Mar1961 served  in a number of units both in the ranks and as a commissioned Officer. Posted to 31RQR in the 1980s he finished his military career in 11 Training Group Townsville. He is one of the few members of the Australian Army to wear three separate long service medals EM RFM RFD. (See the table below showing tally of family service).

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Sons Marc and Brook both  joined 31RQR initially with Marc transferring to the ARA as a Captain and later as a  Major whilst Brook’s service continued as a reservist through to the rank of Major and is currently an Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Queensland Her Excellency Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM. He is a candidate for Staff College and we wish him every Success for the future.

 

	Name	Enlistment	Disch/Rtd	Service Length Yrs
	Maj Doug E Hastie	1st Mar 1961	1 Sep 1998 Rtd	37y 6m
	Maj Marc E. Hastie	15 Sep 1987	16 Apr 89	1y 7m
		9 Jul 1991	11 Jun 2019 Rtd	27y 11m
	Maj Brook C Hastie	8 May 1993	Service Continues	33y 0m  – onwards
	All Members	As At 8 May 2026		100yrs    So far

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