Notes
Born 5/5/1945 Sydney, NSW. President of QAJEX. "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)." Source: OTU Association of Australia.
John Monash (Monasch) born
in Melbourne, Australia on 27 June 1865, the son of
German Polish Jewish migrants, can be researched in any
military history encyclopaedia or in fact by just
‘Googling’ his name on the internet. His history
and list of achievements are long and far too many to detail
in this brief summary. However, might I say that reading his
history is well worth the effort and I can assure you that
his deeds will amaze you. I have found that the deeds are
better labelled on more than one man and in more than one
lifetime.
An
announcement was made in the weeks leading up to the
Centenary of ANZAC by Judy Landau, President VAJEX Aust.
She stated that it gave her great delight to announce
that VAJEX Aust (Victorian Association of Jewish Ex
& Servicemen & Women Australia Inc) has
successfully raised the required funds to build a new
Victorian Jewish Memorial after the style of the
historic Memorial located in the Jewish section of the
Melbourne General Cemetery. After an extensive two year
process, Judy has single-handedly sought letters of
support, raised the funds, and obtained approval from
the City of Port Phillip.