Military Police Sergeant Kevin Euhus shaves off the beard of Deputy Commander of the ISF, Royal New Zealand Navy Captain Wayne Burroughs (image courtesy of the ADF).
11 December 2009
Australian and New Zealand Defence personnel in Timor-Leste have raised more than US$5,000 as part of Movember, the annual campaign to raise funds and awareness for Men’s Health issues.
The military relaxed rules governing facial hair so that defence force members could grow an assortment of moustache styles in order to raise money for the Prostate Caner Foundation of Australia and “Beyond Blue: The National Depression Initiative.”
One of the leading fund raising activities for Movember in Timor-Leste was the removal of one beard that had been in place for 25 years. The Deputy Commander of the International Stabilisation Force, New Zealand Navy Captain Wayne Burroughs, offered up his facial hair to be shaved by the highest bidder. His beard was removed for a collective bid of US$450.
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