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Mary-Ann Martinek is a retired Australian army Major best known for her comments in the media about Medical Discharge Procedures and the transitional and vocational needs of injured younger veterans, including how they are medically discharged with undiagnosed stress conditions. She has also been a Regular Defence Forces Welfare Association (RDFWA) member, as well as a published author of several ANZAC stories for children titled Sandy The Waler 1995 , Simpson and His Donkey 1994, and soon to be published Legend of the Poppies, History of the Feathers, Benson's Lost PocketKnife, The Rainbow FireTruck plus many others to come.
Dubbed by some in the media as "the Major" she is sometimes called the Mad Major known for her witty fun filled fundraising ideas. She is polite, kindly and genuinely concerned about the transitional issues of younger veterans and has, by her own account, met alot of interesting people during an interesting 20 years in uniform. Major Martinek retired in 2001 and now runs a chocolates business called Slouch Hat Chocolates.