Peter Briscoe

It is with sincere sadness that we announce the passing of former Central Victoria coordinator Peter Briscoe who passed away 16/09/2025.
Our sincere condolences to Pete’s family and friends.
In accordance with Peter’s wishes a full TRAAVI funeral will be conducted at:

William Farmer Funerals

Reflection Chapel,

12 Victoria Street,

Eaglehawk

VIC 3556

at 14:00 hrs on Tuesday,  September 30th, 2025.

Members attending are asked to wear TRAAVI uniform.

A guard of honour will be formed at the conclusion of the service.

Jim Yandle

It is with regret that we announce the passing of our member Jim Yandle on the 6thSeptember 2025. Jim was a pioneer in our industry having worked at various locations, especially Emerald in 1984 when single officer turnouts were not the norm for MAS.

The funeral for James “Jim” Yandle is to be held at:

David W Bull Funeral Home,

190 Princes Highway

Pakenham

September 19th, 2025 commencing at 10:30 am.

A private cremation will follow the service.

Members unable to attend can view the funeral service by following the links on the David W Bull Funeral Home website.

There is also provision to send a personal condolence via their website.

Through his TRAAVI funeral plan Jim has requested a full TRAAVI funeral, a retired ambulance will be at the location and his coffin will be draped with a service flag and cap.

Members attending are requested to wear their TRAAVI uniform.

 

 

Jim Sleep

“The Committee are saddened to notify our membership of the passing of our Life Member Mr. William (Jim) Sleep.

Jim passed away on Tuesday 29/07/2025 at the grand age of 96 years.

Jim had an interesting career in ambulance serving in both the Wimmera and Ballarat area as well as serving on the board of ASV Wimmera District and Chair of Western Region before amalgamation.

We pass our sincere condolences on to Jim’s family and friends.

The funeral will be held at Tobin Brothers, Doveton Park, 1251 Doveton Street North, Ballarat at 10:30 on Thursday 7th August 2025.”

Ron Arbon

On behalf of the Committee it is with sadness that we confirm the passing of our Life Member Ron Arbon.
Ron was well known in the industry having worked in many parts of the state during his career.
Ron passed away yesterday after battling an illness for some time.
We pass on our sincere condolences to Pam and the Arbon family and to all who knew him.
There will be a private funeral in Kerang and a live link is expected to be available which we will notify you of if possible. 

TRAAVI Update

The Association has been evolving rapidly in the past 17 months.
With the aims of improved cybersecurity, simplicity and accuracy, the Executive & Committee of Management of The Retired Ambulance Association of Victoria Inc have updated all administrative processes, documentation and the TRAAVI website.
The prime reason is to allow us more time to focus on the aims of the organisation, put simply, the care & welfare of the Association’s members.
We have:
 Re-established an on-going working relationship with key industry organisations, namely AV and the VAU.
 Developed Partnerships with selected services providers offering financial, legal, aged care, health & welfare advice, all are listed on our website
 Arranged free membership (for TRAAVI members) to the BlueLight Card provides significant discounts on everyday purchases from widely known brands & supermarkets.
In doing all this we have failed to recognise significant milestones for some of our members…. well, that changes as of today.
In recent months milestone memberships have been achieved and badges issued in recognition.
Congratulations & thanks for years of support go to the following members.
25 years
               Ken Atkinson
               Alan Oakes
15 years
               Les Hotchin
               Mal Peters
               Geoff Quennell
               Dusty Rhodes
               Brian Shott
              Jim Spanswick
10 years
               Norm Burville
               Peter Cain
               Dave Calder
               Kevin Cannon
              Julianne Casey
               Brian Cass
               Terry Courtney
               Ken Curtis
               Peter Donovan
               Darrell Douglas
               Colin Gaskell
               Neville Hettick
               Garry Hodson
               Henry Johnson
               Margaret Kerr
               Brian Mellor
               Stan Paley
               Rob Phillips
               Merrilyn Raft
              Joseph Spronken
               Colin Street
               Darryl Wells
               Bruce Westerland
               Greg Wood