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Tony Scott OAM JP
State President
rsltaspres@bigpond.com
Tony is married with four children and has nine grandchildren. He joined the Australian Regular Army in 1967 and saw service in South Vietnam with the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in 1968. The Battalion was then sent to Malaya and Singapore for the next two years. After serving for 22 years, Tony resigned in April 1989.
After leaving the service, he joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Hobart and worked in various areas including ABC Radio Sport. He continues to work as a statistician for ABC Radio Sport for AFL games played at Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania. Whilst at the ABC, Tony was introduced to the ABC Giving Tree and it was from there he founded the ABC Giving Tree Walk, Burnie to Hobart via Launceston which has been going for more than fifteen years and raises up to $300,000 dollars in donations and thousands of presents that help the major charities at Christmas. Tony left the ABC in 1998 to take up the position as State Secretary of the RSL in Tasmania, a position he held for four years.
He was awarded the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to the community and veterans.
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