Bradley Kilpatrick

Military career After graduating from high school, Kilpatrick entered the Royal Military College at Duntroon in 1992.

Kilpatrick graduated to the Royal Australian Armoured Corps in 1993 with his first posting being troop leader with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in 1994. Kilpatrick is credited with securing the appearance of his former The Henderson Kids and Neighbours co-star Kylie Minogue, who performed alongside other Australian artists such as John Farnham, Gina Jeffreys, James Blundell and The Living End.

Prior to the concert, Kilpatrick and Minogue were photographed by visual artist Matthew Sleeth in Balibo on 20 December 1999 while Minogue held an Australian Army Steyr rifle. The photograph was featured as part of Sleeth's "Tour of Duty Winning Hearts and Minds" series and was exhibited at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne. On his nomination, Kilpatrick stated: "It's good to have a regular guy in the running and I think it's great someone from the army is in there." In 2016 became a Master of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales with his thesis researching the design and implementation of adolescent learning strategies based on cognitive neuroscience and educational psychology.

He assisted in the response to the first phase of the review into the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force Academy, led by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.

In 2023, Kilpatrick had an essay published in the Australian Army Journal entitled "The Design and Implementation of a Youth Learning Framework within an Ab Initio Officer Training Academy".

Honours For his service in Iraq, Kilpatrick was awarded a Commander Joint Operations Commendation.

In the 2025 King's Birthday Honours, Kilpatrick was made a Member in the military division of the Order of Australia "for exceptional service in the fields of governance, sensitive issues management and Defence adolescent learning".