I have done a bit of research and can give a bit more info. The problem seems to lie in one of the four files located in the "Documents\STAR WARS Battlefront II\settings" folder. As I was having problems opening the gamne I used the repair function in Origin. This refreshed all the game files. When I eneterd the game, it defaulted to thge Australian Server as it should. I then played a few rounds opf Starfightrer Heros v Villains on the Australian Server. After that I went looking for a game of regular Starfighter Assault and had to change to the German Server to find a game. Played 4 1/2 maps before I quit.
When I checked my ping site in options guess what? Yep I was back defaulting to the United Arab Emirates server and not Australia.
I had read a suggestion on reddit that a way to fix my problem was to delete the "Documents\STAR WARS Battlefront II\settings" folder. So I tried it. It then had my default server back to Australia. Only slight issue though was it now had unequipped all my star cards from all characters.
Now I'm not saying this problem is permanently fixed after what happened when I played SFA on the German Server caused my problem to re-occur. However I have at least identified where the problem is in the file structure.
