Carol, I haven't seen his name on any of the lists of dead or missing. Mitcham is much further east than any of the affected areas and is surrounded by suburbs, any one of which would have had the headlnes screaming even louder than they have been. Andrez posted (above, in the thread) a link to the Red Cross site that is collating info and requests such as yours.

All the best.

Cheers, Rowan