I have heard the sad news of the passing overnight of Colonel Wayne Lynch (Rtd) and I would appreciate you posting this to your Veterans web page for the information of your readers.

Wayne Lynch enlisted into the Regular Army in 1971 and served initially as a rifleman in 1 RAR. He was selected for and attended the Officer Cadet School Portsea, graduating in December 1972. From rifleman, Wayne rose in rank to Colonel over his 38 years’ service in the Regular Army and the Army Reserve. Wayne had a wide range of appointments over the years, including company command in 3 RAR and 6 RAR, CO RURQ, CO QUR, and Commandant of LWC SQ. On his transfer into the Army Reserve in 1994, Wayne took up a public service appointment with DVA where he was employed in the Rehabilitation and Compensation area in the Brisbane office. He retired from DVA in March 2013 and was later appointed as a Member of the Veterans` Review Board located in Brisbane.

I have no further information at this time however, I will pass on any information that comes to hand in the next days.

Rest now digger, your duty done!

Greg Pike