It is with sadness that we record here the names of Officers who have served the Ambulance Industry in the State of Victoria, with honour and dedication. We offer our appreciation for their service and acknowledge the support of their families.

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Date of Passing	First Name	Middle	Surname	Age	DoB	Partner	Period of Service	RAAV#	Joined RAAV
20/01/2025	Wayne	Barry	Simmons	80	03/07/1944	Jan	1968 to 1998 (20 years at AEA)	1305	09/05/2017
18-11-2024	Garth		Tourangeau			Terri Anne	40+ years MAS & Ottawa, Canada
14-10-2024	Brian		Kuchel	90	03/07/1934	Beth	22 years to 1994	1512	12/05/2023
25/01/2024	Robert	Leslie (Bob)	Gosden
01/10/2024	Dr Edward	William	Brentnall MBE OAM KStJ		05/08/1929	Hazel	https://www.youred.org.au/read/the-ed-then-and-now
22/08/2024	Eric	(Sambo the Ambo)	Symons
18/08/2024	Peter		Neylon	70	03/10/1953	Allison	42 years	1438	28/06/2021
12/08/2022	Peter	Lawrence (Pete)	Calnan	58	06/07/1964		36 years commencing 19/05/1986
27/07/2024	Bill		Jeffs	87	07/10/1936	Mary	14 years to 1985	1056	13/09/2000
	Kelvin		FORD
	Graeme	K	CUNNINGHAM
	Harold		Whitehead				21 years to 09/05/1989		01/07/1992
	Robert	W	Stubbs				40 years		13/05/1991
	Allan	James	Oakes
	John		Ingram
	Bernard	Henry	Hunter
	Frederick		Hoffman			Anne
01-01-1991	John	Roland	Dadsey			Irene	7 years to Dec 1983		04/06/1990
	David	L	Crouch		26/02/1938		1968 to 1974		06/06/1990
	Robert	C	Murphy		24/08/1935				13/09/1990
	Robert	William	Stewart		07/06/1928		1955 to 1959, 1964 to 1966		01/06/1990
	Michael		Cunningham		22/02/1927		27+ years to 31/08/1985		19/06/1990
			Gibbons					1307
	Gill		May			Phyl		1116
14/7/2022	Gunther		Moses	94	23/02/1929	Jill	28 years to 02/1995	1079	29/09/2006
?/10/2022	Peter		GIBB
??/08/2019	Valerie	(Val)	Morgan	72	12/03/1950	Dennis	9 years 9 months to June 1997	1251	10/08/2015
	Dennis		Wood
01/07/2024	Shane	Gordon	Foster	65	18/03/1959	Mariah
12/06/2024	Peter	(Pole)	Moroney	84	15/04/1940	Trudie	30 years to 27/02/1995	1042	01/03/1995
27/05/2024	Daniel	Patrick (Doc)	O'Connor	91	15/03/1933	Aileen	29 years to 1990	1299	23/03/2017
01/05/2024	Christine	(Ma)	SEWELL
26/04/2024	Graham		RYAN
03/02/2024	Brian		Fallows
26/01/2024	Kevin		MASCI
29/12/2023	Christopher		Coucill	77	30/08/1946		To 23/12/2004	1081	01/07/2006
08/12/2023	Wendy	Elizabeth	Barry	73	22/02/1950		5 Feb 1950 to 30 July 1999 (Admin)	1310	30/07/1999
06/12/2023	Peter		MacFarlane	75	1948
06/12/2023	John	(JK)	Kelly	44	1979
04/11/2023	Donald	(Don)	White	90	13/09/1933	Brenda	31 years to December 2000	1275	19/09/2016
03/11/2023	Michael	Richard	Higgins	77	10/07/1946	Janette	26 years 1975 to 2001	1195	26/07/2013
11/10/2023	Ian		NAGLE
25/07/2023	Michael	(Mick)	Whalan
11/07/2023	James	(Jim)	LIST		10/07/1933
04/05/2023	Alexander	William (Bill)	Robertson	82	07/11/1940	Betty	Oct 1959 to Apr 1984		30/08/1990
16/04/2023	Charles	Henry	BESWICK
17/03/2023	George	Paul	Gallagher	79	29/05/1943	Janice	23 years to “” 2008	H1442	12/07/2021
15/01/2023	Michael		Knight	78	10/11/1944	Joan	1970 to 1994	1381	24/08/2019
06/01/2023	Stan		Medew	81	09/06/1941		1996 to 2003	1393	06/12/2019
28/11/2022	Edward	David (Ed)	Kay	82	01/03/1940	Margaret	38 years to Dec 2008	1328	24/02/2018
26/11/2022	Donald	(Don)	Pollard	77	15/05/1945	Shirley	23 March 1968 to 1983	1203	02/12/2013
16/11/2022	John	(Clogs)	De Boer	87	1935		26 years to 1995	1113	09/06/2010
02/11/2022	Laurie		Henry	82	26/12/1939	Janice	22 years to 02/02/1990	1013	02/07/1990
01/11/2022	Stephen		JUBB
20/10/2022	Lyle	Douglas	Teakle	86	26/08/1936		32 years to 2002	1413	11/08/2020
07/10/2022	Edward	Francis (Ted)	DEVILLE
28/09/2022	Ronald	Lawrence (Ron)	Hartley	80	20/05/1942	Sandra	19 years to 22/02/1984	1073	27/10/2004
16/08/2022	Ken		Clarkson	82	08/01/1940		1951, June 55 to June 1979	1074	30/03/2005
13/08/2022	Patrick		LENEHAN
24/06/2022	Warren		Ashley					1096
21/06/2022	James	Arthur (Jim)	Osmotherly	80	26/04/1942		21 year to March 1988	1095	12/09/2007
11/06/2022	Charles	(Chas)	Martin, OAM
04/06/2022	Reginald	Keith (Sandy)	Jones	87	18/09/1934	Margaret	1957 to 1993	1216	03/06/2014
08/05/2022	Len		MITCHELL
04/05/2022	Ray		Hubbard	92	27/12/1929		27 years	1046	17/06/1996
09/02/2022	John	Henry (Jack)	Ellerton		26/02/1934			1301	23/03/2017
14/01/2022	Max		Beeson	94	21/05/1927		28 years to 30 July 1985	1002	04/06/1990
30/12/2021	John	William	Parkinson	81	05/03/1940		33 years to 02/1988	1163	31/07/2012
26/11/2021	Kevin		BRUCE
17/10/2021	Michael	(Mike)	GROVE
15/08/2021	Geoffrey	(Geoff)	Cousins	73	24/02/1948		8 years to Feb 1972	1046	05/07/2005
03/07/2021	George		Wait		13/08/1926		28 years to 23/07/1988	1017	28/09/1990
26/06/2021	Brian		Phipps	81	24/05/1940			1006	05/06/1990
06/06/2021	Phillip	(Phil)	Cavanagh	68	20/11/1952		32 years to 31/03/1994	1429	26/04/2021
13/04/2021	Peter	Alan James	Watson	81	21/07/1939			1115	24/06/2010
24/03/2021	Wallace	John (Wally)	McCurdy	79	26/10/1941		40 years to 10/2000	1322	03/01/2018
15/02/2021	Victor	George (Vic)	Henshaw	97	02/01/1924		19 years to 02/02/1989	1023	15/07/1991
08/02/2021	Ray		Neil					1209
08/01/2021	Brian		Kinsella
24/11/2020	Ronald		Batten	90	24/01/1930	Claire	12 years to November 1990	1012	22/06/1990
23/11/2020	Charles	(Charlie)	McLean	79	23/03/1941			1038	04/04/1994
14/11/2020	George		Prolonguae	103	08/03/1917		24+ years to 14/19/1993		02/03/2016
27/09/2020	Richard	James (Dick)	Cursons	77		Kerry	1966 - 3/2008. Commenced with Victorian Civil Ambulance in 1966 and apart from a short period of twelve months out of the evolving Service, on recommencement, continued to work until 2007. He worked 32 years from the Numurkah Branch.	1482
03/04/2020	Donald	(Don)	Carpenter	84	08/01/1936		1961 to 1964, 1974 to 1986	1127	16/03/2011
05/01/2020	Eric		Edwards	93	18/05/1926		31 years to 18/04/1992	1024	05/08/1991
09/09/2019	John		Perry	91	1928		27 years to 29/06/1990	1014	03/07/1990
11/05/2019	John	Neville	O’Keefe		?/?/1931			1347
29/03/2019	George	Roland	Jackson	91	02/05/1927		35+ years to 04/02/1990	1019	29/01/1991
20/03/2019	Zitamae		Dobson	75	1944		43 years to 03/08/1981	1111
06/03/2019	Mark	Patrick	Middleton	59	27/11/1959		25 years to 13/10/1981	1329	28/02/2018
27/01/2019	Ian		Seaman	71	10/09/1947		10 years to 09/09/1970	1242	01/04/2015
12/12/2018	Frederick		Kane
12/12/2018	Gordon	William	O'Keeffe				?	1234	18/12/2014
18/11/2018	Francis	Michael (Frank)	Sammon	70	27/09/1948		September 1970 to September 1993	1327	21/02/2018
18/07/2018	Alan		Neicho
12/07/2018	Robert	Ivor (Bob)	Reeves
22/06/2018	George		Smith	95	03/12/1922			1008	07/06/1990
18/06/2018	Ralph	Alexander	McKelvie	86	06/10/1931		24 year to 19/02/1994	1078	18/06/2018
10/06/2018	Brian		Beckwith	86	28/06/1931		23 years to 10/1985	1041
26/02/2018	Martin	Vincent (Marty)	Moran			Eileen
26/11/2017	Robert	(David)	Appleton	83	26/09/1934	Mary	14 years to 06/1963	1065	19/09/2002
25/11/2017	William	Royston (Bill)	Bush	89	29/10/1928		05/10/1970 to 11/01/1999	1072	01/07/2004
03/10/2017	William	Francis (Bill)	Long
28/08/2017	Brian	Edward	Scully					1045
01/08/2017	James	Donald (Jim)	Mason	75	19/06/1942		31 years to 24/08/1986	1224	11/07/2014
05/07/2017	Gerald	Leonard (Gerry)	Thomas
24/06/2017	Ronald	John William (Sarge)	Jacobs
31/05/2017	Willem	Jan (Bill)	Steegstra
20/02/2017	Roger	Raymond	Street	78	02/05/1938		March 1978 to Sept 1998	1053	17/04/2000
14/02/2017	Charles	Robert	MacKinnon
26/01/2017	Ernest	Baden (John)	I’Anson				?
13/12/2016	Lionel		Schneider	95	31/12/1920		38 years to 04/04/1980	1217	24/06/2014
08/12/2016	William	Charles (Bill)	Spooner	73	27/02/1943			1160	20/06/2012
05/12/2016	Roger		Hardwick	79	24/12/1936		24 years to 05/10/1991	1208	14/04/2014
23/09/2016	Andrew	Douglas (Drew)	Haldane	70	14/09/1946		10 years to 1964	1068	01/07/2003
22/07/2016	Alan		McNie
07/06/2016	Paul		Malone				40 years to 2001	1218	25/06/2014
25/05/2016	Rodney	William	Morris	69	09/02/1947	Sandra	32 years to March 1988	5038	20/06/2013
12/01/2016	Hugh	McDonald (Don)	Taylor
05/11/2015	Noel		Owen	81	19/12/1933		30 years to June 1996	1027	01/10/1992
29/10/2015	Norman		Mills	86	07/08/1929		1977 to 2005	1009	08/06/1990
16/10/2015	Derek		Crouchan	68	1947		19 years to May 1985	1190	25/05/2013
29/07/2015	Robert		McFadzean	76	10/07/1939		1955 to 1962	1066	15/03/2003
06/06/2015	Brynley		Kendall	70	08/11/1944		33 years to January 1993	1226	29/07/2014
05/04/2015	Colin	(Col)	Swinton	86	29/04/1928	Alice	34 years to 11/07/1987	1010	18/06/1990
23/03/2015	Graeme	Henry	Linton				8 years to Nov 1985
21/07/2014	Noel		Murphy	72	27/12/1941		24 years to 25/04/1986	1200	11/09/2013
03/06/2014	Walter	George (Wally)	Drinkwater, OAM	76	07/10/1937	Vivianne	11 years 8 months	1051	01/07/1999
19/05/2014	Raymond	McCallum (Plod)	Thomas	76	06/04/1938		23 years to Feb 4995	1016	20/08/1990
12/05/2014	Robert	(Bob)	Henshaw	79	31/08/1934		12+ years to 01/07/1984	1187	30/04/2013
03/01/2014	Phillip		Matthews	57	26/08/1956		24 years to 30/11/2012	1204
01/01/2014	Eileen		Cefai				13 years to July 1982	A1039	01/09/2013
15/10/2013	Wallace	Robert (Wally)	Ross	92	19/11/1920		20 years to 1985	1005	04/06/1990
01/09/2013	Francis	(Frank)	Cefai	83	13/10/1929		32 years to 31/03/1994	1039	11/04/1994
26/07/2013	Leslie	(Les)	John	83	25/06/1930	Marjorie	39 years to July 1977	1194
17/04/2013	Maurice	James (Jim)	Gillett	83	14/05/1929	Kathleen	03/1962 to 06/1988	1025	24/11/1991
14/04/2013	Keith		Atkinson	82	21/04/1930		25 years to June 1984	1050	03/05/1999
26/11/2012	John	Trevor	Walker	70	31/12/1941		27 years to 1994	1166	15/08/2012
24/11/2012	Noel		Edwards		08/03/1932	Julie	35 years to 1987	1003	04/06/1990
13/09/2012	Allan	(Big Al)	Downie	65	06/12/1946		16 Years to 7/10/1992	1167	08/09/2012
06/08/2012	Douglas		Woodhouse	87	17/09/1924		25 years to 1988		14/06/1990
21/06/2012	Carl		Bryant	73	11/01/1939		1960 to 2001		03/08/2009
06/01/2012	Kenneth	Wayne (Winky)	Welsh	66	28/01/1945		1948 to 28/071989		01/07/2001
01/11/2011	Harold	G (Jock)	Berry	88	19/06/1923		39 years to 03/07/1977		12/09/1990
01/08/2011	Albert	Edward (Ed)	Bailey	80	12/09/1930		12 years to 02/02/1990		01/06/1990
25/07/2011	Terence	Thomas (Terry)	McKervey			Margaret
13/03/2011	David	Michael	McCann	69	27/03/1941		30 years to 1993		2005
13/03/2011	Allen	Jarron (Rocky)	Roberts	66	27/08/1944		35 years to 2008		25/11/1996
26/01/2011	Robert	Leslie	Strachan
20/05/2010	Alan		Watkins	72	18/02/1938		08/58 to 11/03/1988		01/07/1995
07/05/2010	Willian	Dennis	Salisbury
20/04/2010	Arthur	George	House
05/04/2010	Barry		Shadlow
14/12/2009	Alan	Grant	Young	69	12/10/1940				01/04/1994
03/06/2009	John	Allan (Jack)	Skinner
18/01/2009	Bryant	Jay	Parker
15/12/2008	William	Joseph	Hughes
05/11/2008	William	Thomas Jack	Vaux
29/10/2008	Peter	John	Watson	55	10/09/1953
11/10/2008	Garry	Ian	Pink
15/08/2008	Thomas	A	Lowrey	84	28/07/1924		28 years to 04/05/1981		27/06/1990
17/05/2008	Charles	Raymond	Woodman	74	01/12/1933				06/06/1990
09/05/2008	Leslie	R	Lucke		0/05/1916		16+ years to May 1969		04/06/1990
29/01/2008	Ian	B M	Crighton	76	31/08/1931		25 years to Dec 1984		01/02/1972
05/06/2007	Raymond	George	Beaven	64	14/07/1942		22 years to 18 /01 1993		27/06/1990
19/04/2007	David	Thomas	Boyle	65	1932
23/07/2006	Brian	Maxwell	Lundberg	78	15/09/1927		31 years to Sept 2005		1994
20/07/2006	Leslie	William	Tate	72	21/11/1933		29/08/1988 to 24/02/1995		01/05/1995
23/03/2006	Donald	James	Pirie	75	20/12/1930	Thelma	26 years to 1984		06/06/1990
17/08/2005	Denis		Clarke	63	10/06/1942		19 years to 1993		01/07/1994
14/06/2005	Ronald	Edward	Molden	72	24/03/1933		25 years to 1988		27/03/1991
21/05/2005	Alan	Norwood	Powell
16/04/2005	Raymond	John	Sommers	62	07/05/1942		27 years to 0/07/1989		05/05/2003
27/01/2004	Kenneth	Percy	Bickham						01/06/1990
01/12/2003	Arthur		Stanley	88	04/04/1915		1962 to 1981		12/07/1990
15/08/2003	Francis	Lawrence	Mills	76	22/04/1927		20 years to Sept 1990		24/06/1990
06/09/2002	Walter	(Wally)	Mueller
20/06/2002	Thomas		Kelly	85	22/10/1916		28 years to 2002		05/06/1990
14/06/2002	Maxwell	Thomas	Noonan	76	14/10/1925		1964, 69 P/T 29/01/69 to 20/10/93 F/T		28/03/1991
30/05/2002	Ronald	David	Dickison			Freda
01/05/2002	William	Alexander	Brown	89	16/05/1912		30 years to 05/07/1985		04/06/1990
07/08/2001	Francis	Alfred (Frank)	Veitch				26 years to 06/06/1993		01/06/1990
28/10/2000	Angus	John	Kavanagh
13/06/2000	Maurice	Charles	Pearce	79	16/03/1921		October 1954 to 1977		11/06/1990
27/03/2000	Desmond	Lyle	Carroll	74	01/06/1925				04/06/1990
15/03/2000	Graham	Phillip	Davies	72	1938		15 years to Feb 1987		01/07/1998
09/03/2000	John	Clifford	Reese	73	16/03/1926		35 years to 02/07/1981		03/06/1990
24/04/1999	Rex	James	Foster		04/11/1937	Margaret	15/02/1971 - 15/12/1993
11/01/1999	William	Henry	Hall			Eileen
01/11/1998	Cliff		Head	70	25/03/1928		20 years to 1995		01/12/1991
24/10/1998	Peter	Harold John	Moxom
28/05/1998	Ian		Clifford	44	1954		MCA
01/09/1997	Colin		Barrowman	71	13/11/1925		10 years to November 1987		11/12/1990
01/06/1997	Ben		Gill	59	06/04/1938		34 years to 31/01/2003		01/06/1990
17/06/1996	Edward	Wallace	Thomas	69	03/06/1927				10/06/1990
17/06/1996	Ronald	David	Hunter	68	10/12/1927				04/06/1990
20/03/1996	Joseph	Thomas	Chilcott		31/03/1925		10 years to 1976		08/01/1991
12/08/1995	William	Frederick	Buckley	70	21/07/1925		11years to 04/03/1974		04/06/1990
23/04/1995	Ernest	William	Gauhl		06/02/1928	Norma	20 years to 05/11/1989
01/08/1994	Nelson		Dellar	69	1925		15 years to Feb 1987		03/12/1990
28/07/1993	Raymond	E	LeRoy	62	13/06/1931				01/03/1993
20/04/1993	Robert	G	Cooper	77	1916		34 years to 2003		06/06/1990
08/01/1993	Francis	(Frank)	McNeill	59	13/12/1933		4/07/1977 to 2013 (35 years)	1029
16/12/1992	Robert	W	Donald	76	03/08/1916	Winifred	1969 to May 2012	5005	01/06/1990
19/11/1992	Gerry		Edwards		19/09/1927		1977 to 10/07/1988		20/04/1992