[Waverley ARS] Fw: Silent Key - Tony Mulcahy VK2ACV

[Jim Ayling]

FYI - I have lost a friend.

73s .......... Jim  VK2JA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ayling" <jimayling at optusnet.com.au>
To: "ARNSW" <vk2wi at ozemail.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:26 PM
Subject: Silent Key - Tony Mulcahy VK2ACV


> For broadcast  -  VK2WI NEWS, Sunday 25th November 2007.
>
> Silent Key
>
> It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tony Mulcahy 
> VK2ACV of Eden on the
> NSW South Coast, formerly of Bankstown and Carlingford.  Tony, aged 79, 
> died in Pambula
> Hospital last Wednesday evening 21st November 2007 after prolonged 
> illness.
>
> Tony's affiliation with the WIA dated back to "the Atchison Street St. 
> Leonards days", he was a
> former President of the WIA NSW Division and a life member of the Radio 
> Amateurs Old Timers
> Club of Australia.  He was many times an announcer or engineer on these 
> broadcasts.
>
> Tony had been at sea as a Marine Radio Operator before joining Hawker de 
> Havilland as a radio
> technician and eventually became a Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer 
> in Radio, Electrical
> and Instrument Systems.  Tony founded Navitron Avionics at Bankstown 
> Airport in the 1970s
> and was operating in three states in the 1980s.
>
> He was always generous with his time and expertise and willing to help an 
> Amateur or anyone
> else with an electronics problem.  When he moved to Eden he helped out 
> with the Royal
> Volunteer Coastal Patrol.
>
> A funeral will be held at the Wolumla Crematorium, near Pambula, on 
> Tuesday 27th November 2007 at 10:00 am.
>
> He is survived by his wife Lee, daughters Sue and Lynne and four 
> grandchildren.  He will be missed by all who
   came to know, love and respect him.  Vale - Tony Mulcahy  VK2ACV.
>
>                             ========================================
>
>                      Information supplied by Jim Ayling VK2JA, friend and 
> former business partner.
>                                       Phone Numbers:  (02) 9349 4582  & 
> 0419 125 397
>
>                                                 For the attention of Tim 
> Mills VK2ZTM.