TOPHAM Raoul Dymock (Ray) (26
June 2000
Aged 90)
Ray was commissioned on 8 August 1940 as a
Lieutenant RAA (Militia) (Field) and transferred to the AIF RAA (FD)
Reinforcements on 3 April 1941.
On 31 January 1942 in Singapore as a reinforcement he was allocated to 65 Field
Battery, 2/15 Field Regiment AIF and became a Prisoner of War on 16 May 1942. He
was discharged from the AIF on return to Australia on 5 December 1945 and posted
to Reserve of Officers (RAA) 2 Military District on 7 December 1945.
On the re-raising of the CMF Ray joined 7 Field Regiment RAA on 1 May 1948, was a temporary Captain 27 June 1949 and a Captain (provisional) from 1 May 1950 to 8 April 1951.
He transferred as a Lieutenant to the Reserve of Officers (RAA)(2MD) on 9 April 1951.
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TURNER Robert Lindsay RFD ED (14 February 1990)
Robert enlisted into the Army Mar 1952 and served in 21 Fd Regt, 131 Div Loc, 2 Div CSTU, HQ RAA 2 Div then back to 7 as 2IC.
Robert discharged on the 20 January 1976.
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