I am sorry I was only surfing to remind myself of this Australian photographers name when I stumbled on this thread. Unless I am mistaken & have missed it over the previous pages but how could any of you forget the great Helmut Newton. He was an Australian citizen!
He was also in the Australian military - I think Army. He learnt his craft of photography in Melbourne. He ran a very successful fashion photography business and became a renowned photographer in his own right in Australia, before going overseas.