Air Vice-Marshal Julie Hammer AM CSC (Ret'd)

Air Vice-Marshal Julie Hammer, an electronics engineer, served in the Royal Australian Air Force for 28 years from 1977 to 2005 in the fields of aircraft maintenance, technical intelligence, electronic warfare, and information and communications technology. She was the first woman to command an operational unit in the RAAF, the Electronic Warfare Squadron, the first woman to command the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), the first serving woman in the Australian Defence Force to achieve One Star rank in 1999 and subsequently Two Star rank in 2003. The University of Queensland named her the 2003 Alumnus of the Year and she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2004 Australia Day Honours List. She was the 2005 ACT Australian of the Year and in 2009 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of New South Wales to recognise her eminent service to the profession.