SAVILLE Owen Redman (13 February 1999 Aged 83)
Owen enlisted in 7" Field Brigade Australian Field Artillery on 6 February1932 reaching the rank of Sergeant before transferring to the Permanent Military Forces in 1937, serving in 1 Field Cadre and `A' Battery RAA.
Following the outbreak of war he
transferred in November 1939 as one of the original members to 2/1st
Field Regiment AIF. Owen was quickly promoted to Sergeant in 1 Battery and then
became the first TSM of "A" troop as a W02, later becoming BSM and on occasions
acted as RSM of the Regiment. He served with the Regiment in all its campaigns
and was one of the fifty or so original members of the Regiment remaining in the
Unit at the end of the War.
At the end of the War he returned to the
Permanent Army becoming an instructor at the school of Artillery, North Head and
then an instructor at the Royal Military College, Duntroon.
On the
commencement of National Service in 1951 Owen was appointed Platoon Commander 18
Platoon D Company, 12 National Service Training Battalion. In 1954 Owen as a WO1
was appointed as RSM of 7 Field Regiment at the same drill hall and Unit he had
first enlisted in 22 years earlier. He held this posting until 1960 when he was
transferred to the School of Artillery taking his discharge on 24 April 1960 and
was placed on the retired list as a Lieutenant.
Owen was one of the foundation members of the Association being on the Committee 1986/87, Vice President 1987-92 and Patron 1992-1995.
SHORTUS Dennis Edward (25 January 1991 Aged 62
Dennis was one of the few stalwart volunteers during the National Service years in the 1950's.
He was commissioned in 1958 and transferred to the Reserve List of Officers, as a Lieutenant, in the early 1960's.
STARK Loxton Glyn Varley ED (15 December 2001 Aged 84)
Glyn enlisted in 7th Field Brigade RAA (Militia) in August 1936 and was commissioned on 24 November 1939.
On 1 May 1940 he transferred to the AIF with 17 Officers including the CO LTCOL Ralph Daly and 63 Other Ranks to form 2/6th Field Regiment AIF.
Glyn was promoted to Captain on 29 January 1943. On 21 February at Kumisi River, New Guinea he was seriously wounded in a leg while on a patrol.
On 10 June 1944 he was seconded, as a spotter, to 1 Australian Naval Bombardment Group. On 12 November 1945, his AIF service finished and he was placed on the Reserve of Officers RAA (2MD) on 13 November 1945.
The reforming of the CMF found Glyn on 1 May 1948 the Commanding Officer of 1 Combined Operations Bombardment Regiment RAA. He was promoted to Major on 27 November 1952, becoming the Commanding Officer of 1 Amphibious Observation Regiment RAA, which became 130 Coastal Bombardment Staff Troop RAA until 1955 when he was transferred to the Reserve of Officers.