Guy was born in Melbourne but, as the son of a soldier, grew up in various places in Australia and the United States of America.He graduated from the Royal Australian Air Force Academy in 1983 and flew as an operational Air Force pilot and Qualified Flying Instructor until 1990, when he joined Australian Airlines, then Qantas Airways in 1994. Now semi-retired, he and his wife Jo-anne share their time between homes on Norfolk Island and Melbourne where their five children live and work. Guy is both excited and honoured to re-publish Our Vietnam in collaboration with two of his children, Meredith and Miriam.