A British soldier named Captain Harry Wales starts a month-long attachment with the Australian Army on Monday.
Other people might know him simply as Prince Harry.
The 30-year old royal will leave the British Army in June after a 10-year career in uniform but not before undergoing a month of activities in Australia, including training with special forces and patrolling with Aboriginal soldiers.
The veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan starts his assignment as a VIP dignitary - laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the national war memorial in Canberra.
He will also meet Governor-General Peter Cosgrove, tour the Afghanistan and World War I galleries of the memorial and then greet the public.
But then it is down to the real business of his trip.
He will report for duty at Defence headquarters at 10.30am, the official start of his attachment to units in Darwin, Perth and Sydney.
In Perth, he will undertake training activities with the Special Air Service Regiment and in Darwin he will head out with members of Norforce, the mostly indigenous unit which patrols across northern Australia.
In Sydney, the qualified Apache helicopter pilot will be attached to the Holsworthy-based 6th Aviation Regiment, training on helicopter simulators and possibly participating in flying operations.
The prince will also travel to Gallipoli to represent the royal family at the Anzac Day dawn service along with his father, Prince Charles.
Harry has previously worked with Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, in the Invictus Games and on his trek to the South Pole.
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