John Robert Salmon (Prefects, 1943).
After matriculating at Geelong College he entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1944. He was commissioned in 1946, serving in artillery and junior staff appointments in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan, and in Australia. In 1952/53 he served with 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery in Korea from where he was invalided home after being wounded in action. His artillery service includes a Long Air Defence Gunnery Staff Course at Manorbier, Wales, command of an Australian artillery battery in Malaysia and numerous instructional appointments at the Royal Military College, Duntroon and School of Artillery, North Head including that of Commanding Officer and Chief Instructor in 1967/68.