Speaker Damien Fraser - Commando & Real Estate Agent

It was a breath of fresh air to meet Damien Fraser this morning at our first face to face meeting this year. 

Damien is an exceptional Coastie, we are very lucky to have him in our community. Damien joined the Australian Defence Force after high school at the age of 17. Damien earned one of the military’s highest and most exclusive honours, serving as a Commando in the Australian Special Forces by the age of 21.  

This morning Damien shared some of his experiences over 11 years of military service, in Iraq, Afghanistan, United States and Sydney. Damien told us about his training (lucky it was him and not us!) and his subsequent experiences supporting and training local troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on multiple deployments. 

We talked about the enormous contribution and sacrifice our defence force personnel make in serving and protecting our country. So many people who have served have to deal with some level of trauma as a result of their service.  Damien spoke about the wonderful support he has received from friends and family transitioning back into civilian life. 

Damien’s secret to success was to move into a profession that he is passionate and where he can focus his broad set of skills. For Damien, this is Real Estate, and in March of this year he joined Raine & Horne Gosford and East Gosford. He hasn’t looked back forging a new and successful career. We feel very lucky to have Damien in our local community and look forward to watching him succeed in this new venture!