Afghanistan veteran Anthony Lutz of Holland Park RSL now teaches at Kenmore State High School

FROM the battlefield to the classroom — former Australian Army and the Royal Australian Navy veteran is now a teacher at Kenmore State High School.

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HOLLAND Park RSL member Anthony Lutz tells his students at Kenmore State High School there are many different aspects to life.

In Mr Lutz’s office there is a bookshelf which features photographs of his children and another of himself with Headquarters International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

In central position is a framed picture of the guidance counsellor holding a large fish he caught in Cape York.

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Mr Lutz said the photographs show the different roles he has had throughout his life and these roles impact on the advice he gives his students as their guidance counsellor.

From the battlefield to the classroom, the former member of the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Navy, began his career in the Defence Force as a small arms fitter at just 15-years-old.

After 15 years in the Army, he left to study journalism and education at university.

After working as a teacher in Cape York, he joined the Naval Reserves and was deployed to Timor-Leste in 2007 where he escorted media, took photos and prepared briefs as a public affairs officer.

Anthony Lutz in Afghanistan with Headquarters International Security Assistance Force.

After returning from Timor-Leste, Mr Lutz returned to his work as a teacher, but could not kick his sense of adventure.

In 2009, he took on a role with Headquarters ISAF and was deployed to Kabul in Afghanistan for eight months.

Now happily working with young people, Mr Lutz said no two people would have the same experience of Anzac Day.

“Anzac Day is about people and knowing different people have different experiences,” Mr Lutz said.

“For me personally, it’s about people that I met within defence in Timor, Afghanistan and Kuwait and what they’ve brought to my life — both defence people and local people.

“And it was very fulfilling to be able to help local people and understand them and contribute to making their homes a better place.”