In the middle of a crew room group of inebriated, and appropriately noisy Aussies, this man entered once, and the Aussies who knew him from prior airlines fawned over him; he was that sort of person.
He must have been quite a remarkable man. As your post reads now - this man from Addis entered each Aussie once, and then they all fawned over him.
Your post proves both the remarkable nature of Aussies, and the importance of punctuation.