Can anybody at Kikori verify the newspaper report? Is it current? I couldn't find a date. The ex Army "John Wells" is unlikely to be the one referred to as I understand he has been full time at Oakey with AHPL for over 12 months, and runs his own CRM business....so unless he leads a triple life I doubt he is the one they refer to.
The other bit that doesn't ring true is the "During his RAAF career, Capt Wells served in Bougainville, Iraq and Afghanistan as a peacekeeping force helicopter pilot." First if he was RAAF, he can't have served in all those places. Second, if he was Army I am not aware we had "peacekeepers" in two of them. Third I know of no Aust military pilot who has served in all three places.
So maybe the whole thing is just a wind up?
350Boy John Senior was good to know, and yes, the Bara was memorable. Overnighting there when his progeny was on the turps could be fraught though !!