Mike Gretton

President

Mike Gretton joined the RAAF in London in 1965 and went on to enjoy a 20-year career with the Air Force. This included Vietnamese language training in 1967 at the RAAF School of Languages at Point Cook. 

This was followed by two tours of Vietnam as an interpreter, firstly with 2 Squadron and then at 1 Operational Support Unit. After being commissioned into the Intelligence branch at the end of 1971, Mike carried out intelligence duties in Canberra, Amberley, Malaysia, Canberra again, finally finishing his Air Force career as the Director of Studies at the RAAF School of Languages. 

He then spent another 21 years with Defence as a civilian as head of the Vietnamese Department at what became the ADF School of Languages.

Mike spent nearly 15 years as the Secretary of the Kyneton RSL. In 2021, he was made a Life Member of the League and was elected President of the Kyneton RSL in March 2024.