Alex Bomm (1/65) 3787079

Alexander Bomm was born on 27th Jan 1945 and lived in Echuca. He was called up in the first intake of Nashos on 30th Jun 1965 and graduated from Scheyville on 18th Dec 1965, being posted to 2 RAR. Alex rejoined the Army in 1969 as a Temporary Captain in the Pay Corps. He served in South Vietnam with HQ AFV (Army) as an ‘Audit Inspector’ from 16th Apr 1969 to 16th Apr 1970. After his Vietnam service Alex was discharged. Alex was living in Wagga prior to his death on 20th May 2014. He was buried in Wagga on 30th May 2014. He was 69.

David Roubin (1/65) 1731038

David John Roubin was born on 5th May 1945. He graduated from OTU with the first class and was posted to the RAAOC Centre. On 10th October 1967 David was posted to 2nd Composite Ordnance Depot (2 COD) in South Vietnam and from 1st January 1968 served with 2nd Advanced Ordnance Depot (2 AOD), returning to Australia on 25th February 1969. On 2nd July 1969 David joined the Australian Staff Corps and served in many RAAOC postings in his many years in the Regular Army retiring with the rank of Major. David was a Treasurer of the Brisbane Chevra Kaddisha and a long-time President of the Queensland Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women.
David passed away on 25th June 2015, aged 70 years. His funeral was held at the Jewish Chapel, Mt Gravatt Cemetery, Queensland on Friday, 26th June 2015 with a burial service at Mount Gravatt Cemetery, Macgregor. He is survived by his children Michael and Elizabeth and their children and brothers Gary (USA) and Loris (Melb) and sister Deborah (Melb).

Philip Michael Cogan (4/72)

5719748 Philip Michael Cogan was born in Perth, WA, on 30th June 1952 and completed his secondary education at Aquinas College. Prior to commencing his National Service Philip worked for Western Australian Petroleum as an Acc. Pay and Rec. Clerk. Little did he know then that his NS would only last just nine weeks before all NS commitments were cancelled. However, Philip was one of twenty three Nashos who completed their Officer Training Course in April 1973 after NS had been cancelled.
Phil’s family and friends told of how Philip put to good use the skills he picked up at Scheyville during his short Army career. These skills were used during a varied work life that included running his own catering businesses (one of which catered for the America’s Cup Challenge in Fremantle in 1983), a Service Station (Denmark, WA) and the working fifteen years with Mitre 10. Workmates said that ‘just working with Phil made you want to be a    better person’.
As well as his work Phil was a good sportsman and also found time to be  involved with community projects including surf life-saving and men’s groups.
Phil married a long-time friend Nicki McCarthy (the best looking girl on the  school bus) and together they had Joanna (recently married to Bowman) and  Sarah.
Phil died suddenly on 9th June 2015. The test of how good a person is will be  shown by the number of people who attend their funeral. Over 1,000 people  attended the ceremony to celebrate Phil’s life held at the Denmark Sea Rescue  Club at Ocean Beach on 20th June. Surf Club members formed a Guard of Honour when the casket left the club for a private cremation.
Right: Phil and Nicki at Denmark on ANZAC Day ‘14