The Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Funeral Service for The Honourable John Edward Delzoppo OAM will take place at 1.30 pm on Tuesday, 3 December 2024 at St John’s Cooperating Church, Main Road, Neerim South, Victoria.
Mr Delzoppo served the electorate of Narracan as their local member of the Victorian Parliament from 1982 to 1996. During his time as a member of the Victorian Parliament, Mr Delzoppo was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1996. He also served on a variety of committees, including the Member Legislative Assembly Standing Orders Committee and the Member Public Bodies Review Committee.
Following his retirement, Mr Delzoppo was the President of the Victorian Parliamentary Former Members Association from 2002 to 2015. In 2009, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the Parliament of Victoria, to local government, and to the community of Neerim.
Details regarding the service and livestreaming can be found on the Nielsen Funerals’ website.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Tuesday, 3 December 2024 in Victoria only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available on the Department's website.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer