Sergeant Lia Halsall is a current serving member of 15 years in the Royal Australian Air Force. Six months after returning from a nine month deployment in the Middle East, she was diagnosed with breast cancer resulting in two surgeries, four chemotherapy sessions, 33 radio-therapies & five years of hormone therapy. From that she also now suffers from chemotherapy induced perephial neuropathy, fibromyalgia, anxiety and depression. She has said “I don’t consider myself a breast cancer survivor, more of a breast cancer thriver. It was the best thing to ever happen to me because so many amazing opportunities have come from it, like the Invictus Games.” Halsall will be representing Australia in Swimming.