from VK7WI 21/12/2003

DAVID THORNE, VK7MR - SILENT KEY

Dave Thorne, VK7MR, died peacefully in his sleep on the 18th December 2003
following a long illness.

Dave was first licenced in the late 1950s as VK7ZAI and became VK7MR
in the late 1960s.

Dave trained as a technician in the Post Master General's Department
and spent his whole life working in radio, joining the PMG's Radio Branch
and continuing as his employers name changed several times over
the years to the now Australian Communications Authority.

Vale Dave Thorne, VK7MR SK

(Dave, VK7DM & Richard, VK7RO)