Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project

Assistant Commissioner Frank Prendergast has been a member of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for 20 years, in a variety of geographical and operational areas within the AFP including Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra.

In February 2008 he became National Manager of the AFP’s International Deployment Group, which manages the deployment of Australian and Pacific Island police overseas on peacekeeping and capacity development operations for both the AFP and the United Nations. 

Assistant Commissioner Prendergast is currently responsible for the management of members deployed to Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, and the United Nations.  He is also responsible for domestic missions in the Northern Territory and the External Territories Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, Cocos Island and Jervis Bay.