Prince Harry will spend several weeks based in Aust before attending the Anzac dawn service in Gallipoli.
Coming back? ... Prince Harry visits Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) at its home base at Campbell Barracks in 2013 in Perth, Australia. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images
PRINCE Harry will reportedly do a tour of duty in Australia after quitting the army, and these are the places he is tipped to be visiting.
It is understood the prince, known as Captain Harry Wales in the military, could be going to Western Australia, the Northern Territory or Queensland.
Prince Harry has previously expressed interest in training with Australia's SAS troops in Perth, admitting the elite unit would be his "dream job."
After a flying visit to the home of the SAS troops at the Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne two years ago, he vowed to return.
A keen surfer, the attraction of Perth's beaches are also believed to be a draw card as the royal prepares to spend time in Australia. He has previously grilled the WA Premier Colin Barnett on the best surfing spots in the state.
After visiting Australia in 2013, he flew to Perth onboard the Prime Minister's VIP aircraft to meet the SAS troops. At the time, he vowed to return.
"The next time I come back you will be struggling to get rid of me I am sure,'' he said at the time.
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Britain's Prince Harry is reportedly coming back to Australia. Picture: AFP Source: News Limited
The Prince has previously suggested that he would have "loved to have had a crack at SAS selection" but described it was an impossible dream because he was too well-known.
"Every member of the Army has had great admiration for the special forces – it is natural for most soldiers to consider SAS selection at some time in their career,'' Prince Harry said.
"I'm no different."
British media reports have previously suggested he was an admirer of the SAS ever since he visited the regiment as a child with his late mother Princess Diana.
He described the British SAS unit as "great soldiers – who always treated me as though I was just another officer".
As an Apache attack helicopter pilot, one of his most likely destinations could also be Darwin where the army's Eurocopter Aussie Tiger armed reconnaissance helicopters are based.
He would need to undertake a conversion course to be able to fly the Tiger.
"That is probably where he would go," a defence source said.
Fond of Australia ... Prince Harry visits Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) at its home base at Campbell Barracks on October 6, 2013 in Perth, Australia. Picture: Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Prince Harry could also be based at Townsville with the 5th Aviation Regiment flying Blackhawk helicopters or the new Eurocopter MRH90 multi-role machines.
The Prince could also be appointed Honorary Colonel of a Regiment during his tour Down Under.
Prince Harry's spokesman would also not comment on the fourth in line to the throne's reported personal request to join his father at Gallipoli in Turkey for 100-year anniversary commemorations on the peninsula this April for both Anzac Day ceremonies and one at Cape Helles for the British troop campaign.
COULD PRINCE CHARLES ALSO BE COMING?
News Corp Australia understands Prince Charles has also been planning another visit to Australia this year, after his last visit in 2012, and this could coincide with his son's stay there. Harry is also expected to stay in New Zealand where he will also undertake non-military charitable duties. Governor General and former chief of the defence force Peter Cosgrove has been personally coordinating Prince Harry's moves which have been approved by Prince Charles and the Queen.
"Officials are still working on the precise timings but he will leave the military this year after serving Down Under," a royal source told the Evening Standard. "Before that he will travel to both countries and be based there and is very much looking forward to that."
The 30-year-old has reportedly been thinking for sometime about a career change to concentrate on his charity work including working with wounded veterans integrating back into society and conservation and wildlife projects in Africa.
Returning to Australia? ... Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, could also be on his way. Picture: John Phillips/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
The prince had already decided to no longer fly Apache helicopters in combat, after completing two tours of Afghanistan, but was expected to return to his Blues and Royals regiment next year after a year off working with his charities.
But according to the London Evening Standard he will end his military career with "several weeks" seconded to units in Australia.
A spokesman for Kensington Palace would today neither confirm nor deny the reports about the Prince's future career path and secondment to the ADF that apparently could happen as early as next month.
The ADF would normally receive a document called a "HRH brief" warning of a royal visit, but it has not been issued.
It is understood that Prince Harry will be in New Zealand later this year for the Royal New Zealand Navy's Fleet Review.
Moving on ... Prince Harry is set to end his military career. here he poses with cadets at the United States Military Academy Camp Buckner in West Point, New York, in 2010. Source: AP
PRINCE HARRY'S INTEREST IN WOUNDED SOLDIERS
Royal insiders said Prince Harry's desire to focus on the rehabilitation and recovery of wounded soldiers was a natural progression in his recent duties. Last year he organised the Invictus Games, a Paralympics style competition for wounded ex-servicement and women, and in 2013 trek to the South Pole with former Aussie Diggers as part of his Walking With the Wounded charity.
"These issues fire him up as much as anything he has done in the military and that includes flying," a royal courtier told News.
"The Invictus Games particularly are such an important topic to him to make a difference.
"The military will always play a very important part in Prince Harry's life and especially supporting those who have served or are serving in the armed forces. It is a topic he is passionate about, both personally and professionally, and he will always want to use his position to help, regardless of his military role."
Aussie links ... Townsville's Paul Warren and wife Dee Acland meet Prince Harry at the Invictus Games. Source: Supplied
For the past several weeks it is understood Prince Harry has been shadowing case officers working with returned wounded veterans and visiting various recovery centres to gain knowledge about their treatment from the moment they are wounded.
His Africa-based charity Sentebale — which helps disadvantaged youngsters, mainly Aids orphans — is expected to open a major new centre in Lesotho later this year and Harry is expected to attend that and look at expanding the project.
Close ... Prince William and his brother Prince Harry hug during the Invictus Games. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Source: Supplied
Loyal royal ... Prince Harry has a passion for helping injured war veterans. Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Source: Getty Images
The Prince is to also continue to represent the Queen on official duties both at home and abroad but when he leaves the armed forces the Royal Family will have no senior member on full time active service for the first time in a generation.
It is likely to be many years before any other royal high up the line of succession signs up to serve, with Prince George being only 19 months old and his baby brother or sister yet to be born.
The royals however maintain close links and ranks, with Prince Charles Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy, Field Marshal in the British Army and Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Prince William quit the military in 2013 after seven and a half years and is now to be an air ambulance pilot.
Originally published as Where Aussies could spot Prince Harry
