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  • ALEXANDER, Donald McEwan OAM (’42)
  • ASHBY, John Rymill (’50
  • BALDERSTONE, Robert Taylor CMG MC (’39)
  • BELL, James William Bruce (’38
  • BLEAKLEY, Dr Dennis Nixon (’42
  • BRAIN, Frank Peter (’47)
  • BROWN, Ray Marsden (Staff 1963-80)
  • BRUMLEY, Dr Stuart Purves (’53)
  • CAMIER, Ian William (’44)
  • CARVER, Kevin Bruce (’41)
  • COWEN, Sir Zelman AK PC GCMG GCVO Kt KStJ (’35)
  • CUMMING, Bryan (’43)
  • DANCE, Kevin Hamlyn (’52)
  • DARBY, Ian Francis (’44)
  • DAVIES, Henry Leader (’42)
  • DAWBORN, Frederick James (’37)
  • DRUMMOND, Donald Alexander (’40)
  • DUNCAN, John Stuart (’44)
  • ELY, John David Ogilvie (’45)
  • FREEMAN, Paul Alexander (’79)
  • FYFE, Gordon Stewart (’48)
  • GLENN, Sir Joseph Robert Archibald Kt OBE (’29)
  • HABERMANN, Gerald Guy QPM (’36)
  • HAYES, Professor Robert Alexander (’59)
  • HEATH, Jeremy James (’93)
  • HENLEY, Reginald George (’41)
  • HERBERT FRGS, Jock Pirie (Staff 1978-81)
  • HODGES, Rev David McIndoe AM (’41)
  • HODGES, John Bertram (’50)
  • HOPKINSON, Douglas Arthur (’41)
  • HYNE, Ronald Henry John (’45)
  • KAY, Rev Colin Kenneth (’41)
  • KIRK, Brian Thomas (’54)
  • LIE, Harvey Lorie Sverre (’42)
  • LITHGOW, Keith Robert (’51)
  • LONG, David Murdoch (’60)
  • MacDOWELL, Geoffrey Lyndhurst (’37)
  • MACFARLANE, John Leslie (’62)
  • MAYOR, Geoffrey Maurice (’51)
  • McDONALD, Hector Colin (’31)
  • McGAW, Neil Joseph (’45)
  • McMEEKIN, Donald Peter (’35)
  • MOLYNEUX, David Charles (’49)
  • MORRISON, Murdoch Donald (’44)
  • NICHOLLS, John William (’58)
  • NISBETT, Gavin Mattingley (’54)
  • ORR, Robert Panter (’40)
  • PICK, Martin Peter (’93)
  • PITCHER, Geoffrey George (’43)
  • POLLARD JP (later FISHER
  • POLLARD), Dr John Fisher (’44)
  • RIDE, Emeritus Professor William David Lindsay AM (’44)
  • ROBERTSON, Ian Alfred (’45)
  • SCANLAN, John Alexander Rentoul (’43)
  • SCHREUDER, Rev Andrew James (’45)
  • SEAL, Alan Douglas (’41)
  • SMART, David Mayhew (’42)
  • SMITH, Austin William Gardner (’49)
  • SMITH, Donald Norman (’48)
  • STEELE, Kenneth Stanley (’58)
  • TAYLOR, Stanley Bryce (’41)
  • TERNES, Lionel Leonard (’31)
  • THOMPSON, William Campbell (’43)
  • TIVEY, Bruce Rowland (’46)
  • TOVELL, John David Mitchell (’39)
  • TYERS, Noel Stanley (’41)
  • WHITE, Ronald Foster (’51)
  • WILSON, Dr Charles William Edgar (Bill) (’42)
  • WILSON, Robert Coates (’54
  • WRIGHT, George Freeman (’40)

Donald McEwan ALEXANDER OAM(’42) was born at Merbein on 22 January 1926. He boarded at Scotch in 1942 and was a member of Littlejohn House. Donald became a research scientist and on Australia Day 1987 was awarded the OAM ‘in recognition of service to primary industry, particularly plant propagation.’ Donald lived at Mornington and died on 26 December 2011.

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John Rymill ASHBY (’50) was born at Footscray on 28 October 1932, the son of a draughtsman. John attended Scotch from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the under 15A football team and left as a member of Form VIIID. John was a farmer. He died on 15 November 2011.

Robert Taylor BALDERSTONE CMG MC (’39) was born at home in Balwyn Road, Canterbury, on 2 May 1921, the younger twin brother of Jim (SC 1930-39). Known as Bob, he attended Scotch from 1930 to 1938 as a member of Monash House. Bob was a member of the 1932 under 11 football team, 1937 Class Captain of Form VIIh and 1938 Class Captain of VIIe. He served in the AIF from 1941 to 1945 and was demobilised as a lieutenant in the 2/6 Commando Squadron. For ‘high courage and leadership at Kaiapit [PNG] on 19/20 Sep 43’ he was awarded the MC. He had made a lone 64m advance across open ground to clear an enemy position with grenades.

Bob married Judith Eleanor Sachs at Brisbane on 8 October 1946. She died on 26 July 1992. He became a grazier and in 1971 was running Corriedale sheep at Warrnambool with Angus cattle and fat lambs. In 1973 Bob became vice-president of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, and on New Year’s Eve 1979 was awarded the CMG ‘in recognition of service to the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria.’ He was a councillor of the Royal Agricultural Society for 41 years and president from 1976 to 1982. Bob won the inaugural Rural Press Club of Victoria award as the person who made the most worthwhile contribution to Victorian agriculture or rural life in 1981. He was then also chairman of the Young Farmers’ Finance Council, which aimed to assist young people into permanent farming. Bob was involved in a plethora of other country-related organisations.

Bob’s family at Scotch included his brother John Russell Balderstone (born 10 June 1909, SC 1919-27, d. 21 November 1953), sons Michael (SC 1959-65) and Simon (SC 1964-71), nephews John (SC 1944-52), Peter (SC 1946-53), David (SC 1954-64), Jim (SC 1955-64) and Richard (SC 1965-76) and great-nephews John (SC 1980-85) and Ned Balderstone (Year 12) and Tom Lloyd (Year 10). Bob’s sister Betty married Sir Archie Glenn, making Bob the uncle of Gordon (SC 1954-65) and great uncle of Hugh (SC 1988-96) and Edward (SC 1990-97). Bob’s sister Barbara married John Blanch (’38), making Bob the uncle of John (SC 1953-64) and Graeme (SC 1957-69) and great-uncle of Sam (SC 2000-04) and Charles (SC 2004-07). With such ties to Scotch it is no surprise that Bob supported Scotch as a member of the Alexander Morrison Circle.

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Bob died at Bangalow, New South Wales, on March 2012.

James William Bruce BELL (’38) was born at Hawthorn on 11 May 1921. He entered Scotch in 1928, leaving on 17 May 1928, returning in 1929, and leaving a last time in 1931. James is Scotch’s only known metrologist. He was in Sydney by 1949 and was living at Castle Hill when he died on 16 February 2011.

Dr Dennis Nixon BLEAKLEY (’42) was born at Horsham on 23 September 1923, the son of a farmer. He attended Scotch from 1939 to 1940 as a boarder in School House and as a member of Littlejohn House. Also at Scotch was his cousin Alan George Bleakley (born 2 April 1920, SC 1935-38, died 31 March 1968). Dennis graduated MBBS from Melbourne University in 1960 and commenced work as a medical practitioner at the Footscray and District Hospital. He died on 14 March 2012.

Frank Peter BRAIN (’47) was born at Maffra on 22 February 1930, the son of an engineer. Known as Peter, he attended Scotch from 1942 to 1946 and was a member of the 1944 and 1946 Swimming teams. Also at Scotch was Peter’s brother Tim (SC 1951-55). In 1962 Peter was sheep farming at Kojonup, Western Australia. He retired to Tasmania, where he was heavily involved in the battle to save the Franklin River and other wilderness areas. In 1981 he appeared in a 1981 ‘NO DAMS’ advertisement and was involved in the 1986 Farmhouse Creek protest. Peter was a director of Friends of the Wilderness which owned the Tasmania headquarters of the Wilderness Society. In 1992 Peter stood as a Greens candidate for the Tasmanian parliament under the slogan ‘Put a Brain into the Legislative Council.’ Former Greens party leader Bob Brown paid tribute to Peter, saying, ‘Peter’s charm, friendliness, humour, hard work and dedication will be sorely missed.’ Peter died at Hobart on 15 February 2012.

Ray Marsden BROWN (Staff 1963-80) was born at Somerset House, East Melbourne on 17 August 1917 as Ray Marsden Maddock. She attended Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School. Ray taught at Camberwell Grammar School from 1938, meeting her future husband on staff there in 1939. On 20 March 1942 at the Collins Street Methodist Church she married future Scotch teacher Stanley Francis Brown (born 4 August 1918, staff 1954-83, died 13 May 2004). She resigned as head of Camberwell’s Junior School in 1945 to start her family.

Ray and her husband ran School House from Easter 1964 to December 1973, with Ray acting as a surrogate ‘mother’ for many homesick boys. She was a temporary teacher’s assistant in July and August 1963 and may have done casual work in 1964. She did paid work at Scotch again from May to August 1969 and from May 1974 until 1980. She was involved in 13 years of summers at Scotch at Cowes. In the 1970s Ray started the Special English Support program which was later run by Don Macmillan. Ray’s son Howard attended Scotch from 1955 to 1963 and her grandson Jonathan attended from 1991 to 1996. Ray supported Scotch as a member of the Foundation. She died at Kew Gardens Aged Care, Kew, on 13 April 2012.

Dr Stuart Purves BRUMLEY (’53) was born on 9 November 1935. He attended Camberwell Grammar School before attending Scotch from 1946 to 1953 as a member of Monash House. He was a CUO in cadets. Also at Scotch were his brothers Graeme (SC 1946-51) and Ian (SC 1953-62) and his nephew Colin (SC 1971-80). Stuart graduated MBBS from Melbourne University in 1961 and became an ophthalmologist. He died on 15 April 2012.

Ian William CAMIER (’44) was born at East St Kilda on 24 April 1927, the son of the (in 1942) acting controller of stamps. Ian attended Ivanhoe Grammar School in 1941 before attending Scotch in Term 1, 1942. He returned to IGS and finished his schooling there in 1944. Also at Scotch was his cousin Vernon (SC 1938-43). Ian because a draughtsman. He died on 14 January 2012.

Kevin Bruce CARVER (’41) was born at Balwyn on 19 February 1924. He attended Trinity Grammar School from 1931 to 1933 before spending 1934 to 1935 at Scotch. Kevin served in the RAAF from 1942 to 1946 and was demobilised as a corporal. He became a company director and died on 18 July 2011.

Sir Zelman COWEN AK PC GCMG GCVO Kt KStJ (’35). Sir Zelman’s obituary appears in the features section of this issue of Great Scot.

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Bryan CUMMING (’43) was born at Black Rock on 23 May 1925. He boarded at Scotch from 1935 to 1941including boarding in Arthur Robinson House after it opened in 1938. He was a member of Littlejohn House. Bryan married Lorna Jean McInnes in the Rutherglen Presbyterian Church on 11 June 1955. Their sons Andrew (SC 1974-77) and Craig (SC 1977-80) attended Scotch. Bryan was a farmer who lived at Greenmount, Browns Plains. He died at home at Greenmount on 6 September 2011. Bryan’s ashes were scattered on his property.

Kevin Hamlyn DANCE (’52) was born at Camberwell on 18 November 1934, the son of a gas company collector. He attended Scotch from 1947 to 1950 as a member of Lawson-MacFarland House and was a Cadet. Also at Scotch were his cousins Rob Dance (SC 1946-51) and Graeme Goodall (SC 1946-47). Kevin was a customs officer, wool valuer and traveller, farmer, and a business and consumer affairs investigator. He died on 7 February 2012.

Ian Francis DARBY (’44) was born at Hawthorn on 6 July 1927. He attended Scotch from 1933 to 1944 as a member of Lawson House. Ian was a 1939 Junior School Treble Choir member, 1943 Form Captain of VIIIb Science, a 1944 member of the Ninth and was a 1944 Probationer. During 1944 he became Vice-Captain of Lawson. Ian was a member of the Ski Club from 1941 to 1944. He played in the 2nd XI and the 2nd XVIII and was a Cadet and Dux of Physics.

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Also at Scotch were Ian’s brother Hugh (SC 1938-49), sons Tony (SC 1961-72), David (SC 1963-74), Michael (SC 1965-76) and Christopher (SC 1968-79), and grandsons Tim (SC 1998-2003), Nick (SC 2000-05) and William (SC 2001-2006). On 1 October 1953 Ian married Suzanne Frances McCallum at Christ Church, South Yarra. She died of cancer on 16 May 1995.

Ian graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Melbourne University in 1948, in which year he was awarded his Blue for skiing. He became an electrical engineer, and from 1949 to 1985 worked for Brown Boveri & Cie of Switzerland on its heavy electrical engineering products. From 1952 to 1959 Ian was sales representative for its agents Gibson Battle and became its state manager for Victoria and Tasmania from 1960 to 1985. Major projects contracts included the generators for Newport and Loy Yang power stations. From 1986 to 2000 Ian was chairman of the Salvation Army appeal for Richmond, Abbotsford, Collingwood and East Melbourne. He was treasurer of St James’ Anglican Church, Point Lonsdale, and was a member of Probus and the Barwon Heads Golf Club. He played the flute and spoke German. Ian died in his sleep of a heart attack at home at Point Lonsdale on 12 January 2012.

Henry Leader DAVIES (’42) was born at Armadale on 8 January 1924, the son of a hardware merchant. He attended Scotch from 1938 until 26 July 1940 when he left to join the workforce. From 1943 to 1946 Henry served in the RAAF and was demobilised as a flying officer.

On 17 September 1949 he married Joyce White at Scotch. Henry became a merchant. He died on 16 February 2012.

Frederick James DAWBORN (’37) was born at Camberwell on 21 May 1920, the son of an iron and steel merchant. Fred attended Trinity Grammar School from 1927 to 1928 and Scotch from 1929 to 1936 as a member of Lawson House. He was a member of the 1932 under 13 football team, the 2nd XVIII and the 1936 1st XI. From 1941 to 1944 Fred served in the RAAF and was in Bomber Command in Europe. He was stationed at the Leuchars airfield near St Andrew’s golf course and became a wireless air gunner in 455 Squadron torpedo bombers. A serious crash in 1942 hospitalised him for six months and he was sent home as a warrant officer.

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Fred joined the family business, Dawborn Steels Limited, of Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, which his father founded in 1921, becoming its managing director on his father’s retirement. On 12 January 1944 Fred married Joyce Winifred Johansen at Scotch and their son Leigh attended Scotch from 1954 to 1965. Also at Scotch were Fred’s brother Ken (SC 1945-48), nephew David (SC 1970-81), grandsons Timothy (SC 1988-93) and Toby (SC 1991-96), and great-grandson Noah Croes (Year 7). Fred died on 21 April 2012.

Donald Alexander DRUMMOND (’40) was born at Murtoa on 8 November 1923, the son of a head teacher, and attended Scotch from 1937 to 1939. Donald served in the army as a private in 1942, and from 1942 to 1946 served in the RAN. He was demobilised as an able seaman. On 27 April 1950 Donald married Margaret Hardess Meyer at St Andrew’s, Gardenvale, and their marriage ended with his death.

Donald was an engineer.

Relatives at Scotch included his brothers Richard Drummond (born 31 July 1914, SC 1928-31, died 8 January 1996), William Fraser Drummond (born 4 September 1918, SC 1932-33, died 27 May 1981) and Ian (SC 1944-46), cousins John Alexander Robertson Drummond (born 5 June 1920, SC 1932-38, died 3 January 2001), Jock Sutherland (SC 1939-44), Richard Henry Dalitz (born 28 February 1925, SC 1938-41, died 13 January 2006), Gerald Dalitz (SC 1940-43) and Christopher Dalitz (SC 1953-58), uncles Norman Sutherland (born 28 May 1887, SC 1901-02, died 8 September 1948), John Miller Sutherland (born 3 December 1891, SC 1906-07, died 17 May 1972), William Fraser Sutherland (born 19 May 1895, SC 1909-14, died 17 December 1973) and Alexander Sutherland (born 24 September 1897, SC 1911-14, died 5 August 1972), and nephews Rob (SC 1971-74), Andrew (SC 1973-76), Philip (SC 1973-78) and Peter (SC 1975-79). Donald died on 26 March 2012.

John Stuart DUNCAN (’44) was born at Malvern on 13 January 1926. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1942 and was a member of the 1939 under 14 football team. Also at Scotch were his brother Harry (SC 1937-41) and son David Stuart Duncan (born 23 November 1952, SC 1962-69, died 7 December 1972 in the Penang General Hospital, Malaysia after being hit by a bus). From 1944 to 1946 he served in the RAN and was demobilised as an able seaman. John became a salesman and on 12 March 1949 married Alison May Woodmason at Scotch. John died on 29 February 2012.

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John David Ogilvie ELY (’45) was born at Melbourne on 21 November 1927. He attended Trinity Grammar School from 1936 to 1939 and was at Scotch from 1940 to 1944 as a member of Morrison House. He was a Scout. Also at Scotch was his brother Brian (SC 1940-47). John was involved in the 1941 school play, the 1944 production of Richard III and was a 1944 choir member. On 24 April 1959 he married Noelian (Noelle) Norman at Scotch. John became a radiographer. John assisted in the Archives by listing 19th century Scotch staff members identified in annual reports. He died at home at Mount Waverley on 10 February 2012.

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Paul Alexander FREEMAN (’79) was born at Adelaide on 16 August 1961, the son of a senior assistant to the Postmaster General. He attended Scotch from 1974 to 1979. Paul was a member of Helms (minor) House and Gilray (major) House. He was a member of the cross-country team, the Chess Club, the Ski Club and was president of the War Games Club. He participated in Scotch in the Alps, Social Service and was a Scout. Paul graduated with a degree in accounting from Deakin University in 1984 and became an accountant. He was a member of the Impact Club and the Rotaract Club of Waverley. He died on 15 January 2012 after a brief illness.

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Gordon Stewart FYFE (’48) was born at Glasgow, Scotland, on 4 May 1930. He attended Scotch from 1945 to 1947 and became a dairy farmer after attending Dookie College. He later started a limousine stud. Also at Scotch were his brother James (SC 1945-46) and sons Andrew (SC 1970-74) and Donald (SC 1972-75). Gordon was a life member, past president, cattle committee member and VASA delegate on the Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Inc, and supported the Berwick/Upper Beaconsfield Red Cross. He was a board member of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union and the Victorian Farmers’ Federation. Gordon was the director of the Berwick and District Artificial Breeders Association. For approximately 25 years he was on the management committee of Akoonah Park, Berwick, and a month before his death was still actively working on it. Gordon died on 18 April 2012.

Sir Joseph Robert Archibald GLENN Kt OBE (’29) was born at Sale on 24 May 1911, the son of a farmer. He attended Scotch from 1927 to 1929 and made the most of his three years at the school. He rowed in the 1st VIIIs of 1928 and 1929, was 1929 Captain of Boats, and is the only APS oarsman known to have lived to 100. Archie was a member of the 1929 Scotch Collegian editorial committee. He played in the 1929 1st XVIII, was 1929 Captain of Monash House and was a 1929 Prefect. In the 1929 Leaving examinations, Archie won first class honours in Algebra (coming second to Scotch’s Eric Russell Love), and Geometry and second class honours in Trigonometry. He won an Ormond College entrance scholarship. In 1934 he graduated BCE from Melbourne University, which awarded him a Blue for rowing.

On 14 November 1939 he married Elizabeth Mary Margaret ‘Betty’ Balderstone at All Saints’, East St Kilda. She was the sister of Sir James Balderstone (’39) and his brothers, whose sister Barbara married John Blanch (’38). She died on 25 August 1988 and Archie married Susan Debenham. Michael Robinson’s eulogy of Archie in this edition of Great Scot details aspects of Archie’s career.

Relations at Scotch include Archie’s cousin Samuel Edward Johnson Miller Glenn (born 9 October 1916, SC 1932-34, died 26 February 2002), son Gordon (SC 1954-65), grandsons Hugh (SC 1988-96) and Edward (SC 1990-07) and great-nephew Joel Rache (SC 1981-84). Archie died on 4 January 2012, having been Scotch’s second-oldest known living Old Boy and the 11th oldest known Old Boy of all time.

Gerald Guy HABERMANN QPM (’36) was born at Kew (or Burrumbuttock, New South Wales, according to different records) on 25 March 1918, the son of a retired farmer. He attended Scotch from 1933 to 1934. Known as Guy, he joined Victoria Police in 1939 and had country postings at Korumburra, Foster and Erica before returning to Melbourne as a senior constable. In Melbourne he won the middleweight and welterweight Victorian wrestling titles. He worked in the wireless patrol, vice squad and gaming branch. In 1967 Guy commanded the fifth contingent of Australian peacekeepers to the UN mission in Cyprus. He became superintendent of Maroondah district then chief superintendent of Melbourne district, and on retirement in 1978 was commander in charge of the Melbourne metropolitan area.

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On 12 June 1976 Guy was awarded the Queen’s Police Medal, and on 25 January 1982 he was awarded the National Medal for diligent long service to the community in hazardous circumstances. He also received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal and several UN honours. Guy was active in the Safety Beach Probus Club, enjoyed barramundi fishing, crocodile safaris, and shooting wild pigs, goats, emus and kangaroos. Guy’s son Peter attended Scotch from 1956 to 1961. Guy died at the Frankston Hospital on 7 February 2012.

Professor Robert Alexander HAYES (’59) was born at Melbourne on 12 January 1942, the son of a builder. He attended Camberwell Grammar School before entering Scotch in 1955. Robert was 1959 Captain of Music and was a 1959 Probationer in his last year. Also at Scotch was his brother Peter Ross Hayes QC (born 30 October 1948, SC 1961-66, died 22 May 2007). Robert became vice-warden of St John’s College, University of Queensland in 1966. He taught at McGill (1971) and Toronto (1974) Universities in Canada and in 1971 helped establish the law school at the University of New South Wales. Robert was awarded his PhD by Monash in 1973. As well as lecturing he was a barrister who specialised in defamation.

Robert became a full-time commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission (1980-85), helping steer a massive report into privacy law. In 1982 he wrote Mental retardation: law, policy and administration, which successfully insisted that the intellectually impaired be respected as human beings. His Simply Criminal (1984) dealt with impaired people’s criminal responsibility. Robert was president of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (NSW, 1990-2000) and strove to protect some of society’s most marginalised people. In 2002 he co-authored Criminal Law and Procedure in New South Wales and became director of studies of the NSW Bar Association (2002-04). Robert’s last office, from 2004, was as associate professor of Law at the University of Western Sydney. It was the last of seven universities at which he had inspired Law students with his straight-shooting and humour. He died of a brain tumour at a hospice at Darlinghurst, New South Wales, on 24 November 2011.

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Jeremy James HEATH (’93) was born at Melbourne on 3 November 1975. He attended Carey Baptist Grammar School from 1984 to 1991 before spending 1992 and 1993 at Scotch as a member of Fleming House. He played football and cricket, and coached junior sport. Jeremy died on 30 March 2012.

Reginald George HENLEY (’41) was born at Prahran on 18 April 1924, the son of a railwayman and assistant station master. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1939 as a member of Monash House. Reginald served in the RAAF from 1942 to 1946 and was demobilised as a corporal. He became a clerk and bank accountant, and on 9 November 1984 married Mary Pamela Baker at Scotch. Reginald died on 4 March 2012.

Jock Pirie HERBERT FRGS (Staff 1978-81) was born at Lindfield, New South Wales, on 2 September 1924. He served in the army and AIF from 1943 to 1946 and was demobilised as a gunner. Jock taught at Trinity Grammar School from 1946 to 1966, was assistant headmaster of Yarra Valley Grammar School, and for six years before coming to Scotch was headmaster of Scotch College, Launceston. At Scotch he taught Geography, was a Nankervis House tutor and coached under 13 cricket. He was awarded a Fulbright Award in 1977 to study school evaluation procedures in the USA. In 1979, in addition to part-time teaching at Scotch, he was executive officer of the National School Evaluation Committee of the Headmasters’ Conference and Heads of Independent Girls’ Schools. Jock coordinated aspects of the evaluation of Scotch in 1979. He left in 1981 to teach at Wesley College. Jock died at Melbourne on 8 May 2011.

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Rev David McIndoe HODGES AM (’41) was born at Glen Iris on 9 January 1924, the son of a member of the Railways Superannuation Board. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1940 and was a 1938 relay team member. David served in the AIF from 1943 to 1944 and was discharged as a corporal with experience in tank warfare. He graduated BA from Melbourne University while working in the Wesley College boarding house, but his war service turned him to religious service. David was assistant to Dr Charles L Warr at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, where he attended the Queen during her pre-coronation visit.

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Following his 1952 graduation (in first place) with a Bachelor of Divinity from New College, Edinburgh, David was appointed assistant to Rev A Crichton Barr at Scots Church, Collins Street, at which he was ordained, and was married to Eleanor Le Plastrier on 27 March 1954. His first parish was Bairnsdale (1954-60), then Scots Church, Adelaide (1960-68). He was inducted in 1968 into the collegiate ministry of the Toorak Presbyterian (later Uniting) Church. A key figure in the creation of the Uniting Church, David retired from full-time ministry in 1983. He was deputy chairman of the St Catherine’s School council. On Australia Day 1983 he was awarded the AM ‘for service to religion and to the community.’

David’s many relations at Scotch include his brothers Ian Graham Hodges (born 6 December 1921, SC 1936-38, died 12 October 2006) and Ronald Graham Hodges (born 24 January 1927, SC 1941-44, died 14 October 2009), cousin Nigel Graham (SC 1931-40), first cousin once removed Mark Graham (SC 1967-69), uncle Howard Boyd Graham (born 30 August 1891, SC 1905-08, died 30 August 1965), sons Christopher (SC 1968-73) and Alistair (SC 1968-77), nephews Hugh (SC 1967-70), Rohan (SC 1963-69), Graham (SC 1967-72), James (SC 1963-74), Derek (SC 1972-77) and Andrew (SC 1974-79), and great-nephews Stephen (SC 2001-06), Peter (SC 2004-09) and Barton (SC 2005-10). David died at home at Glen Iris on 22 January 2012.

John Bertram HODGES (’50) was born at Melbourne on 17 June 1932. He attended Scotch from 1946 to 1950 as a member of Monash House. Also at Scotch were his first cousins once removed Rohan (SC 1963-69) and James (SC 1963-74). John rowed in the 2nd VIII from 1948 to 1950. He was a violin player, leader of the school orchestra and was a warrant officer in Cadets.

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He spent a year at Duntroon in 1951 but the military was not for him. Returning to Melbourne he worked in government and commercial radio and the recording industry. John joined the Commonwealth public service and in 1959 moved to Canberra when promoted to the Department of Foreign Affairs. On 13 October 1962 at Colombo, Sri Lanka, John married Elfriede Ingeborg (Inge) Hoffman. He worked in the Australian diplomatic service in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s, then Thailand, returning to Australia in 1964 before spending the remainder of the 1960s in Sweden. Returning to Australia in 1973 after two years in the Philippines, he spent three years in Tokyo, where he was second secretary. He was Australian Consul at Warsaw from 1976 to 1977.

He retired aged 47 due to ill health and moved to Exeter, England in 1979. His lengthy retirement included several moves, house renovating, gardening, and lending his dressing gown to Dame Edna Everage at the stately Luton Hoo house in Hertfordshire. He died in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, England on 4 November 2011.

Douglas Arthur HOPKINSON (’41) was born at Camberwell on 12 February 1924, the son of a commercial traveller. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1940 as a member of Monash House. Douglas was a Cadet, and from 1942 to 1943 served in the army and AIF as a private. He became a horticulturist and retired in 1994. Douglas was a Freemason and an elder of the Presbyterian (later Uniting) Church at Red Cliffs from 1961 to 1984. He died at Princes Court Homes, Mildura, on 30 January 2012.

Ronald Henry John HYNE (’45) was born at Ivanhoe on 29 January 1926, the son of a builder. He attended Scotch from 1939 to 1944, when he left to join the RAAF. Ronald served in the RAAF in 1945 and was demobilised with the rank of aircraftman 1. He wanted to become a veterinary surgeon, but as he understood Melbourne did not then have a veterinary science course, he went to Sydney. In 1956 Ronald graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Sydney University and practised as a veterinary surgeon. He lectured in the university course and lived in Sydney for the rest of his life. He was the chief veterinarian for Warragamba Lion Park and was awarded the Seddon Prize in Veterinary Science by the Australian Veterinary Association. He said he was lucky to have had a career he enjoyed so much. Ronald died at Sydney on 23 February 2012.

Rev Colin Kenneth KAY (’41) was born at Yarram on 23 October 1923, the son of a farmer. He won a senior entrance scholarship and attended Scotch from 1939 to 1941. He boarded until October 1939 in Arthur Robinson House as a member of Littlejohn House. Colin played in the 3rd XI and 3rd XVIII, and was a 1941 Probationer and a 1941 Scotch Collegian editorial committee member. In the 1941 Leaving examinations he was awarded second class honours in French, European History, and in Greek and Roman History, and third class honours in English. Colin received a Dick Bursary and an entrance scholarship to Ormond College. He was rejected by the RAAF on medical grounds and graduated with a BA and MA in History and BD in 1948.

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Ordained at St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, Sydney on 17 December 1948, he became a missionary in South India in Tamil Nadu. He met Kathleen Schwabe in India and they married at Ottawa, Canada on 16 July 1954. Colin was responsible for mission schools in about 30 villages. In 1964 Colin returned to Australia and after three years at Cobram went in 1967 to the Southport Presbyterian Church in Queensland. In 1977 he went to Ipswich as a Uniting Church minister. Following ministries at Kennedy Terrace and Auchenflower he retired in 1989 to Southport. Retirement included serving in the Darwin Uniting Church in 1993, then Roma in 1994 and Northam, Western Australia before returning to minister at Southport. Colin died of cancer at Hopewell Hospice, Arundel, Queensland, on 3 July 2011.

Brian Thomas KIRK (’54) was born at Oakleigh on 29 April 1937, the son of a real estate agent. He attended Scotch from 1949 to 1953 as a member of Lawson-MacFarland House. He was a Form Captain. In about 1958 he began working as a real estate agent for Hammond Olsen & Co. When he retired in about 1992 he sold the business, which he had been running at offices in Murrumbeena and East Malvern. On 28 May 1960 he married Edyth Estelle Driver and their son Greg attended Scotch (1975-80). Now at Scotch are Brian’s grandsons Angus Hill (Year 4) and Edward (Prep). Brian died of cancer at Cabrini Palliative Care, Prahran, on the day of his 75th birthday.

Harvey Lorie Sverre LIE (’42) was born at St Kilda on 25 January 1925, the son of a paper and pulp mill agency businessman. He attended Melbourne Grammar School in 1931, Scotch from 1932 to 1936, and due to his father’s work was at Geelong Grammar School from 1937 to 1942. He was a member of the 1936 Junior School football team, and was captain of the 1942 GGS 1st XI in his third year in the 1st XI. He played sub-district cricket for Hawthorn-East Melbourne. From 1943 to 1946 Harvey served in the RAN on the corvette HMAS Launceston in the Indian Ocean, and in 1945 on HMAS Napier. He was discharged as an able seaman.

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On 22 February 1951 Harvey married Belinda Fraser in Melbourne. He married Heather Mary Crossett at Sydney on 26 August 1978. Harvey’s many relatives at Scotch included his brothers Lorie (SC 1932-36) and Rolf (SC 1940-43), great-uncles Philip Acland Jacobs (born 18 January 1873, SC 1888-89, died 4 September 1963) and Emmanuel Julian Jacobs (born 23 December 1877, SC 1889, died ?) , nephew James (SC 1991-98), grandsons Charles (SC 1998-2003) and Angus Lie (SC 2000-05), and David Maplestone (SC 1985-96) and Richard Maplestone (SC 1987-98).

Harvey worked in the papermaking industry, beginning in his father’s paper agency, with training in Sweden and the UK. Harvey established his own agency firm in Sydney in 1960, selling predominantly European paper mill products until retirement on 24 December 1986. Harvey was a Community Aid volunteer driver, a Clean Up Australia site supervisor, and for seven years served on the Taronga Zoo Animal Ethics Committee. He died on 20 December 2011.

Keith Robert LITHGOW (’51) was born on 2 May 1933. He left Camberwell Grammar School to attend Scotch from 1944 to 1949 as a member of Morrison House. Also at Scotch were his brothers Donald James Lithgow (born 20 March 1927, SC 1935-43, died 28 April 1998) and Bruce Whyte Lithgow (born 23 August 1929, SC 1935-46, died 31 March 2011), uncle Ernest Roy Halse (born 9 May 1898, SC 1912-14, died 12 July 1977), great-uncle Robert Nairn (born 30 January 1878, SC 1891-94, died 12 May 1952), nephew Peter (SC 1965-76) and great-nephew Alistair (Year 12). At Scotch on 19 January 1957 Keith married Margaret Lillian (Pixie) Rainbow. Keith became a gourmet food agent and clothing retailer and worked at Braebourne Park and Snack Foods International. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Bayswater from 1962 to 1994, becoming president and a Paul Harris Fellow. He died on 3 March 2012.

David Murdoch LONG (’60) was born at Yea Hospital on 29 April 1943, the son of Old Boy and farmer Hugh Shuldham Long (born 19 December 1911, SC 1926-28, died 2 November 1995). David boarded at Scotch from 1956 to 1960 in School House as a member of Littlejohn House. Also at Scotch were his brothers Richard (SC 1954-57), Andrew (SC 1965-70) and Michael (SC 1967-70), cousin Jeremy (SC 1965-68), uncle William John Long (born 12 May 1906, SC 1921-23, died 20 July 1984), grandfather William John Long (born 13 January 1871, SC 1886-87, died 2 October 1938), great-uncle James Leonard Thomas Long (born 10 February 1878, SC 1892-93, died 29 December 1949) and nephews James (SC 1986-89) and Darcy (SC 2000-05).

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David trained with accountancy firm Orr, Martin and Waters. He became an accountant for the Erinunda Timber Company and Plenty Meats and was a partner in the Hawthorn Bazaar. David played football and cricket with the Canterbury Presbyterians and as a car rally navigator won the 1977 Victorian state title with driver Gil Davis. In his later years he returned to Yea and enjoyed farming and the Yea community. He was a very active member of the Flowerdale Fire Brigade and was a communications officer during the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires when most of his small farm was burnt. David was past president and treasurer of the Rotary Club of Yea and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was also an inaugural board member of the Yea and District Community Bank (Bendigo Bank). David died at the Yea Memorial Hospital on 17 December 2011 after a long battle with cancer.

Geoffrey Lyndhurst MacDOWELL (’37) was born at Richmond on 18 October 1918. Geoff lived in Sydney near the Randwick Racecourse in a boarding house which included Phar Lap’s strapper. Geoff recalled the strapper putting him on Phar Lap and being walked around Randwick’s training circle. Geoff was one of the first eight children to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge when it was opened in 1932. He attended Scotch in 1935. In 1937 he joined Royal Exchange Assurance and joined the Naval Reserve.

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Geoff served in the RAN from 1939 to 1946 and was discharged as a leading writer. He was proud of his naval experience, which also gave him discipline and confidence useful in the business world. In January 1945 he married Enid King at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton. He became managing director of Philadelphia’s Insurance Company of North America in Australia and the Far East. Geoff played cricket at South Melbourne and golf at the Victoria Golf Club. After a long and happy life he died on 23 January 2012.

John Leslie MACFARLANE (’62) was born on 28 February 1944, the son of Old Boy and paper manufacturer John Joseph Ellis McFarlane (born 10 July 1916, SC 1929-35, died 6 October 1983). John attended Scotch from 1952 to 1962 as a member of Morrison House. He had a memorable Scotch career. John was a member of the 1958 Swimming team, the 1961 and 1962 Athletics teams, the 1962 1st XVIII, the 1960 to 1962 1st VIIIs (1962 Captain of Boats) and the 1961 and 1962 Military Bands.

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He was 1962 Co-Captain of Music and played the trombone. He recalled being a member of the Cadet Quarter Guard from 1958 to 1960, a choir member from 1958 to 1962 and a member of the orchestra (1957-62). He was a 1961 Probationer and a 1962 Prefect.

Relations at Scotch included his cousins Andrew Graeme Summers (born 5 December 1962, SC 1977-80, died 2 September 1986 in an aeroplane crash), Roger Summers (SC 1980-82) and John Berriman (SC 1954-58), uncle Raymond Leslie Summers (born 21 May 1929, SC 1943-46, died April 1994), son Cameron (SC 1982-90), nephew James Garland (SC 1991-96) and sister Cas McFarlane (Staff 2005-06). On 19 March 1969 John married Catherine Hilda Summerfield at Scotch. He later changed his name to Macfarlane. John was a stockbroker and an investment adviser at Austock Brokers Pty Ltd. He was an OSCA treasurer and from 1987 to 1988 was president of the Cardinal Club. John died suddenly on 6 May 2012.

Hector Colin McDONALD (’31) was born at Geraldton, Western Australia on 7 February 1914, the son of the sub-manager of a bank. Known as Bay, he attended Scotch as a day boarder from 1930 to 1931. He worked for G J Coles until 1941 when he enlisted in the RAAF, becoming a flight lieutenant before demobilisation in 1945. Posted to 13 Squadron in Darwin in 1942, in October 1942 he was severely injured in a plane crash. On 1 September 1945 Bay married Betty Laurel Dring at Scotch.

In 1946 he joined John Dring Transport and lived at North Adelaide, South Australia. In 1960 he inaugurated the container service from Adelaide to Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. He was appointed managing director in 1965 and sold the Northern Territory business component to Mayne Nickless in 1980. The trucking business was sold to E Murphy and Sons of Melbourne in 1990. Bay retained seven transport depots and retired in June 2008.

Bay was a member of Kooyonga Gold Club for 55 years, becoming captain, president and a life member. He represented it on the South Australian Golf Association for 40 years, becoming president and a life member of the association. In 1992 Bay was president of the Australian Golf Union. Before his death at Adelaide on 27 March 2012 he was seventh-oldest known living Old Boy.

Neil Joseph McGAW (’45) was born on 20 September 1927 and attended Scotch from 1940 to 1943. On 27 March 1952 he married Roma Morris at Scotch. Neil was a metallurgist and headed the materials division at RMIT. He organised the 1985 Institute of British Foundrymen’s world congress and was acclaimed as a legend of the institute. He was involved in Probus, and Rotary, where he became a Paul Harris Fellow. He sailed from the Mornington Yacht Club and enjoyed wood turning. Neil died on 2 December 2011.

Donald Peter McMEEKIN (’35) was born at Warrnambool, on 24 March 1918, the son of a merchant. He attended Scotch from 30 May 1933 to December 1933. Donald left to work as a merchant for family machinery company J P McMeekin & Co of Warrnambool, taking it over soon after his father’s death in 1935. He closed the company during his service in the army and AIF from 1942 to 1945 in the Light Horse Brigade (later the 4 Australian Motor Regiment).

On 20 July 1944 he married Coralie Victoria Henderson at Warrnambool. After being discharged as a sergeant he reopened the family business, selling it in 1952 to work for machinery businesses in Melbourne including William Adams Caterpillar and Victorian Country Group Buyers. Don built and ran a milk bar which was the first shop on the Beaumaris Concourse. With his wife he successfully lobbied for legislation to protect the deposits of people entering nursing homes.

Donald’s many relations at Scotch included his brother Hedley James Parker McMeekin (born 25 February 1916, SC 1930-33, died 18 February 1986), Gerstman cousins Stuart (SC 1953-66) and Murray (SC 1958-69), uncle Samuel Rudolph Gerstman (born 3 November 1905, SC 1920-23, died 22 June 1954), second cousins Ivan Junior McMeekin (born 15 September 1919, SC 1928-30, died 28 May 1993), Alexander Keith McMeekin (SC 1935-36), Duncan Dickson McMeekin (born 26 July 1924, SC 1937-40, died 18 October 1984), John (SC 1940-43), James Samuel McMeekin (born 21 July 1930, SC 1944-47, died 23 August 2006) and Robert Stedman McMeekin (born 8 October 1932, SC 1946-48, died 23 June 2002). Donald’s grandson attended Geelong College. Donald died at Roccoco Aged Care, St Albans Park, Geelong on 1 April 2012 in the presence of his family.

Geoffrey Maurice MAYOR (’51) was born on 16 April 1933, the son of Old Melburnian Austin Frederick William Mayor (MGS 1912-15). Geoffrey attended Scotch from 1945-49. Also at Scotch was his brother Peter Russell Mayor (born 31 July 1925, SC 1937-41, died 28 June 1980). On 16 December 1960 Geoffrey married Helene Ralph at Scotch. He became a printer and manager at Accent Art Calendars and was also involved in cattle breeding. Geoffrey died at Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, on 19 February 2012.

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David Charles MOLYNEUX (’49) was born at home at 16 Eleanor Street, Footscray on 1 November 1931, the son of a grocer. He was rescued from the 1939 bushfire at Yarra Junction to attend Scotch from 1944 to 1947 as a member of Morrison House. He was a 1944 choir member and played cricket as well as excelling at hurdling and the high jump. Also at Scotch was his brother Bill (SC 1947-50).

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David graduated from Longerenong Agricultural College with a Diploma of Agriculture in 1951 and moved to Horsham. He married Jean Catherine Campbell in 1955 and on 12 December 1969 married Hildegard Ida Helene. His cattle stud was Sefton Park and in 1965 he joined the Young Farmers’ Association, becoming area manager for East Gippsland and Bendigo regions. In 1968 he graduated with a Diploma of Education from Mercer House and began teaching Agricultural Science at Caulfield Grammar School in 1969.

His development of the subject attracted boarders to CGS, which was attended by his three adopted sons. He developed Environmental Science, taught Human Relations and from 1972 to his 1996 retirement due to ill health he was housemaster of Barnett House. From 1984 to 1990 he chaired the HSC Environmental Science committee. David coached CGS high jumpers and the 1st XI, and in 1996 a dinner honoured his contribution to APS sport. He was president of the common room association, and his love of gardening was applied to the Yarra Junction campus as well as his Mount Waverley home. CGS remembered him as a ‘gentleman educator and a genuine schoolmaster’, and as a ‘decent honourable man.’ David died on 9 December 2011 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Murdoch Donald MORRISON (’44) was born on 11 January 1926 at Port Melbourne, the son of a buyer. He attended Scotch from 1940 to 1941. Also at Scotch was his brother John James Morrison (born 5 April 1921, SC 1936-39, died 17 August 1967). From 1944 to 1946 he served in the RAAF and was discharged as a leading aircraftman. On 2 April 1953 Murdoch married Audrey Margaret Kinnear at Scotch. He became a proprietor and died on Anzac Day 2012.

John William NICHOLLS (’58) was born on 14 May 1941, the son of Old Boy and bank clerk William Barnsley Nicholls (born 15 August 1911, SC 1925-27, died 18 May 2001). John attended Scotch from 1955 to 1957. On 4 March 1966 he married Suzanne Harrison at Scotch. John was an accountant. He died on 3 March 2012.

Gavin Mattingley NISBETT (’54) was born on 1 April 1937, the son of Old Boy and accountant Kenneth Francis Nigel Nisbett (born 26 February 1907, SC 1920-23, died 7 March 1987). Gavin attended Scotch from 1951 to 1954. Also at Scotch was his uncle Graham Rodman Nisbett (born 22 June 1915, SC 1927-31, died September 1974). Gavin boarded the RMS Arcadia on 3 December 1956 for 18 months in England and Europe to continue his training in the personnel field. He followed his father in becoming an accountant. Gavin’s grandsons are booked to attend Scotch. He died at home on 19 April 2011.

Robert Panter ORR (’40) was born at Kew in the front room of 61 Alfred Street on 25 August 1923, the son of Old Boy and engineer Charles Frank Orr (born 16 January 1882, SC 1896-1900, died 27 September 1931). Known as Bob, he left Camberwell Grammar School to attend Scotch from 1932 to 1940 as a member of Morrison House. He recalled his brother Bill, a Victorian hockey player, approaching Scotch about forming a hockey team, and Bob played in the inaugural under 16 hockey team. As a Cadet he recalled Cadet camps at Portsea, travelling down on the steamer Edina and having a cigar on board with disastrous effects.

From 1942 to 1946 Bob served in the army and AIF, seeing action in New Guinea and Borneo in the 2/4 Field Regiment. He was demobilised as a bombardier, and took a motorcycle trip around Australia with his mate David Louis Anderson (’42). On 7 March 1951 he married Peggy Hamilton King at Scotch, to which school went their sons David (SC 1960-69) and Tony (SC 1965-74). Also at Scotch were Bob’s brothers Charles William Orr (born 21 December 1914, SC 1924-31, died 3 October 1954 in a car accident) and John Stuart Orr (born 19 June 1921, SC 1932-39, died 4 February 2004) and their uncle Rupert Wright Orr (born 11 June 1889, SC 1902-07, died 23 January 1961).

In 1948 Bob graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce. He joined Hall & Rose and became a chartered accountant in 1950. Bob commenced practice in 1952, and by 1954 practised as R P Orr & Murray. In 1964 it merged to become Orr Martin and Waters Chartered Accountants. By 1976 it was described by the Financial Review as one of Melbourne’s biggest medium-size firms.

Bob played in the centenary re-enactment of the 1858 football game against Melbourne Grammar School at the MCG in 1958. He was a Mulgrave councillor, simultaneously a member of 13 clubs, was treasurer for a myriad of local community groups, and published The Healing Axiom. Bob was an honorary life member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Mount Martha Yacht Club and the Confederation of Australian Motorsports. Bob loved Scotch all his life and felt blessed to have been sent to it. He supported Scotch as a member of the Foundation. His grandsons attended Melbourne Grammar School and Haileybury College. Bob died at the Frankston Hospital on 18 March 2012 after a long illness.

Martin Peter PICK (’93) was born at Melbourne on 29 January 1976, the son of a general manager. He attended St Ives Prep (1986-87) and Sydney Grammar School (1988) before attending Scotch from 1989 to 1993 as a member of Monash House. Martin played squash, was a Cadet, an Adventurer and performed social service. He was Scotch’s top humanities student in his last two years and studied Arts/Law at Monash University from 1994 to 1998.

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He was a construction lawyer at Minter Ellison and Baker & McKenzie before becoming legal counsel at GasNet Australia. Martin’s last role was as a principal at executive search firm Amrop Cordiner King. He died suddenly on 24 March 2012. Two nephews are booked to attend Scotch.

Geoffrey George PITCHER (’43) was born at Fairfield on 18 August 1925, the son of a manager of the Mica and Insulating Supplies Co. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1943 and was a 1943 member of the Ninth. Also at Scotch were his brother William John Pitcher (born 29 December 1915, SC 1929-34, died 7 May 1996), cousins George Reginald Organ Pitcher (born 20 April 1911, SC 1925-30, died 28 October 1998) and Ronald Franklyn Pitcher (born 7 August 1921, SC 1936-38, died 18 January 1998), sons Stephen (SC 1968-70) and Roger (SC 1967-72) and uncle George Frederick Pitcher (born 21 July 1877, SC 1890-92, died 7 December 1940). Geoff died on 8 April 2012. His son Stephen wrote:

Geoff was a career primary school teacher. His great loves apart from his family were cricket and his local Anglican church. Having made at least one appearance for Collingwood’s 1st XI in District cricket, he played for St James in the Heidelberg District Cricket Association until 1985. He acted in numerous leadership capacities at St George’s, East Ivanhoe throughout his lifetime.

Dr John Fisher POLLARD JP (later FISHER-POLLARD) (’44) was born at Canterbury on 9 December 1926, the son of a draftsman. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1944 as a member of Gardiner House. John was involved in the 1941 school play, was a 1942 and 1943 Scotch Collegian editorial committee member and was involved in the 1944 production of Richard III. He was a Scout from 1938 to 1940, becoming a King’s Scout, and from 1941 to 1942 was a Cadet. John was a 1943 and 1944 member of the Ninth.

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Also at Scotch were his brother Arthur James Pollard (born 22 July 1924, SC 1938-40, died 11 September 2008), cousin Arthur Lunt (SC 1947-51) and first cousin once removed Peter Lunt (SC 1980-85). In 1947 John changed his name from Pollard to Fisher-Pollard. John graduated from Melbourne University with an MSc (Hons) in 1950 and was awarded his PhD by Columbia University in 1991.

On 1 September 1956 John married Gillian Isabel Harley at the Wangaratta Anglican Cathedral. He became an agronomist and was managing director of Potash (Australasia) Pty Ltd, Sydney, and of Potash SA (Pty) Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa. From 1963 he was a fellow of the Institute of Directors, London. John lived at Tuross Head, New South Wales and died on 30 August 2011.

Emeritus Professor William David Lindsay RIDE AM (’44) was born at London, England, on 8 May 1926, the son of Old Boy and (then) Professor of Physiology Lindsay Tasman Ride (born 10 October 1898, SC 1912-16, died 17 October 1977). Known as David, he attended Scotch from 1939 to 1944 as a boarder in McMeckan and School Houses and as a member of Littlejohn House. David was 1939 Class Captain of IVb, was involved in the 1941 school play, was a 1944 choir member, and was involved in the 1944 production of Richard III. He rowed in the 1944 5th VIII and played in the 1944 1st XV.

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Also at Scotch were his brother Edwin John Lindsay Ride (born 12 November 1931, SC 1940-49, died 23 May 1996), cousin John Stewart Ride (born 26 November 1927, SC 1941-44, died 7 June 2010) and nephews David (SC 1977) and Christopher (SC 1977).

David served in the British Army until 1949 when he began a degree in Medicine at Hong Kong University, at which his father became vice-chancellor. David became interested in zoology and in 1951 transferred to Oxford University, completing an MA with first class honours in Zoology, followed by a PhD on fossil kangaroos. After two years as a lecturer at Oxford he was appointed director of the Western Australian Museum in 1957, serving it until 1974. His legacy was establishing a network of regional museums in Western Australia. He was chief research scientist at CSIRO from 1974 to 1980.

From 1963 to 2001 David was a commissioner on the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and was its president from 1973 to 1977 and 1983 to 1990. He established the Bureau of Fauna and Flora, initiating publication of the 58-volume Flora of Australia and the 35-volume Zoological Catalogue of Australia and Fauna in Australia. An honorary reader at the University of Western Australia (1960-74), he was also a member of its senate (1965-74). From 1988 to 2002 David was visiting fellow in Geology at ANU and from 1990 he was emeritus professor at Canberra University. On 25 July 1951 he married Margaret Eileen Stewart at St John’s Anglican Cathedral in Hong Kong.

On the Queen’s birthday in 1984 he was awarded the AM ‘for service to science and education, particularly in the fields of zoology and biology.’ On 1 January 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal ‘for service to Australian society in palaeontology.’ David died at the Canberra Hospital on 6 November 2011.

Ian Alfred ROBERTSON (’45) was born on 20 January 1928, the son of Old Boy and draper John Reginald Robertson (born 3 June 1892, SC 1906-08, died 25 February 1980). He attended Scotch from 1934 to 1943.

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Also at Scotch were his brother David (SC 1930-39), uncle Edward Graeme Robertson (born 20 October 1903, SC 1914-21, died 25 December 1975), grandfather Alfred Fowler (born 8 April 1859, SC 1873-?, died 16 August 1920) and nephew Ian (SC 1957-?).

Ian worked with his uncle in the leather trade until the regular employees returned from the war. He worked for textile importer Makower McBeath in Flinders Lane until it closed, and then spent 25 years in the shipping department of BHP until his retirement, aged 65. As wages of the ships’ crews could only be paid in cash, one of Ian’s jobs was to travel to the ships on a small boat with an armed escort and an enormous amount of cash!

On 15 November 1968 Ian married Judith Miriam Asher at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Brighton. For 19 years Ian was treasurer of the Brighton unit of Red Cross. He was president of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Victoria. He was a member of the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club for over 60 years and played veterans’ tennis all around Australia and in New Zealand. Ian played rugby until injuries took their toll, enjoyed sailing on Port Phillip Bay and had a great knowledge of early films. Ian supported Scotch as a member of the Alexander Morrison Circle. He died at home of pneumonia on 26 March 2012.

John Alexander Rentoul SCANLAN (’43) was born at Nyah on 11 June 1925. He came from Hobart to attend Scotch in 1942. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the AIF as a private in Z Special Unit. John became a public servant. He died in Tasmania on 27 January 2011.

Rev Andrew James SCHREUDER (’45) was born at Naiantha, Prospect Hill Road, Canterbury, on 6 June 1927, the son of a wood merchant. He attended Scotch from 1937 to 1945 as a member of Gardiner House. He was a member of the ASCM. Also at Scotch were his cousin Hubert Thomas Ronald Barrow (born 4 January 1929, SC 1942-45, died 7 March 1988) and first cousin twice removed Hugh Griffiths (Year 10). Andrew graduated from Ridley Theological College in 1952 and became an Anglican minister. He was treasurer of the Marysville and District Historical Society and played an active pastoral role in the aftermath of the Black Saturday fires in 2009. Andrew died at Eildon on 24 April 2012.

Alan Douglas SEAL (’41) was born at Caulfield on 24 October 1923, the son of an electrical engineer. He attended Scotch from 1938 to 1939 as a member of Gardiner House. Also at Scotch was his brother Geoffrey Arthur Seal (born 16 January 1929, SC 1940-44, died April 1987). From 1942 to 1946 Alan served in the RAAF and was demobilised as a leading aircraftman. He became an ANZ bank manager. Alan was a secretary and treasurer of RSL clubs and was an Apex club treasurer. He was a Melbourne Cricket Club member. Alan died on 17 August 2011.

David Mayhew SMART (’42) was born at Brighton on 17 September 1924, the son of a poultry farmer. He left Belgrave Grammar School to attend Scotch from 1939 until August 1942, in which year he was Form Captain of VII Biology. He boarded in School House and was a member of Littlejohn House.

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Also at Scotch were his cousins Ernest Reginald Whitehead (born 8 March 1915, SC 1923-32, died 2 August 2002) and Quintin Joseph Noel Whitehead (born 25 December 1918, SC 1932-36, died 28 April 2003), uncles Gerald Whitehead (born 2 December 1874, SC 1886-87, died 11 August 1958), Reginald Herbert Whitehead (born 12 March 1881, SC 1897-98, died 13 July 1904), Samuel Whitehead (born 30 April 1882, SC 1898-99, died 3 February 1938) and Ernest Whitehead (born Australia Day 1886, SC 1898-1901, died 5 December 1934), and great-uncle Lawrence Rostron Whitehead (born 1856, SC 1871-?, died 12 January 1924).

From 1943 to 1944 David served in the RAAF and was discharged as a leading aircraftman. On 4 February 1950 he married Moira Patricia Marchant at St Michael’s Anglican Church, Mount Dandenong. In 1955 they built a house and settled at Emerald. David was a bus driver at US Bus Lines and Grenda Bus Lines. He thoroughly enjoyed receiving Great Scot and would read the obituaries to check on boys he remembered from Scotch, as well as being amazed at the activities of current students. He died on 5 October 2011.

Austin William Gardner SMITH (’49) was born at Hawthorn in a hospital opposite Glenferrie Oval on Australia Day 1932. Known as Bill, he was the son of Old Boy and engineer Austin Harvard Smith (born 8 September 1904, SC 1917-20, died 8 April 1977). He attended Scotch from 1943 to 1949 as a member of Gardiner House. Bill was a Scout and was a member of the 1947 and 1948 Swimming teams. On 1 March 1957 Bill married Jennifer Beatrice Newitt at St Oswald’s, Glen Iris. She died on 16 October 2007.

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Bill worked for ICI in Melbourne, then Adelaide and finally Perth, where he retired in 1987 as a division manager. He had joined the naval reserve and was a volunteer in a civil disaster organisation. His many interests included vintage cars and holidays at the family’s Anglesea holiday home. His zany sense of humour was enjoyed by all, with possibly his greatest regret being failing to sell Mount Everest to the Japanese! Bill lived in Claremont, Western Australia, and while on a holiday in Melbourne he died suddenly in his room at his brother-in-law’s house on 17 March 2012.

Donald Norman SMITH (’48) was born on 26 May 1930 and attended Scotch from 1945 to 1948. Also at Scotch were his Tully nephews Andrew (SC 1966-68), James (SC 1966-71) and Peter (SC 1970-76). On 25 July of his first year at Scotch his father was killed when a train hit his car on a level crossing.

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Donald studied at the Royal Melbourne Technical College, at which he was later a lecturer, and graduated BA from Melbourne University. Donald was awarded the 1959 travelling scholarship of the English Speaking Union. He sailed to Italy in December 1959 for a three-month course in Italian art and literature at the University of Florence before going to London, where he stayed. Donald died at London on 12 February 2012 after an 18-month battle with cancer.

Kenneth Stanley STEELE (’58) was born at East Melbourne on 24 May 1941, the son of Old Boy and solicitor Stanley Jack Steele (born 18 February 1915, SC 1922-34, died 13 July 1985).

Ken left Carey Baptist Grammar School (CBGS 1947-52) to attend Scotch from 1953 to 1958. He was a member of the premiership 1958 Cricket team. On 11 April 1964 Ken married Elizabeth Anne Wilson at Scotch, and in 1997 he married Janet Parker. His sons at Scotch were Andrew (SC 1976-83) and Robert (SC 1981-88). Also at Scotch were his brothers Bryan (SC 1953-60) and Alan (SC 1958-67), cousins Tony (SC 1953-59) and Peter (SC 1961-72), uncles Raymond Charles Steele (born 19 May 1917, SC 1928-35, died 22 November 1993) and Alan (SC 1932-38), nephews Michael (SC 1979-86) and David (SC 1979-88) and grandson Lachlan Malcolm (SC 2005-2010). Ken became a company director. He died on 15 April 2012.

Stanley Bryce TAYLOR (’41) was born at Kew on 27 January 1924. Known as Bryce, he attended Scotch from 1936 to 1939 and as a 1938 Dramatic Society member was involved in the production of The Merchant of Venice. From 1942 to 1946 he served in the RAN and was demobilised as a lieutenant. He served in the naval beach commandos and said he acted as beachmaster in landings in New Guinea, New Britain, the Philippines and Borneo. Bryce served in the navy reserves from 1946 to 1958. On 25 June 1949 he married Dorothy Simmons at Scotch. Bryce became a hydrographer. He died at Beleura Hospital, Mornington, on 10 February 2012.

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Lionel Leonard TERNES (’31) was born at Albury, New South Wales, on 18 August 1914, the son of an optician. He attended Scotch from 1926 to 1930 and won the 1930 Art prize for drawing. He won a cup for House rowing. Also at Scotch were his brother Harold Frederick Ternes (born 9 October 1913, SC 1926-29, died 9 September 2004) and sons Barry (SC 1956-60) and Colin (SC 1962-67). Lionel studied life drawing at National Gallery of Victoria night classes and became a commercial artist. On 30 March 1940 he married Eileen Elizabeth Mellor at the Glenhuntly Presbyterian Church. She died on 29 May 2005.

Lionel served in the AIF from 1943 to 1945 and was demobilised as a sergeant after service as a sapper in New Guinea. As a commercial artist the army naturally made him an engineer, with tasks including building and later blowing up the same bridge. Post-war, Lionel started one of Melbourne’s first art studios and won awards for his packaging designs. He branched into exhibition displays for exhibitions such as the Melbourne and Sydney Motor Shows, and at the height of Moomba’s popularity he designed and built award-winning floats. Lionel retired aged 75, and travelled around the world, as well as taking annual trips to Queensland. He lived at home until his death on 15 August 2011.

William Campbell THOMPSON (’43) was born at Goroke on 23 August 1925, the son of a banker. Known as Campbell to his family, he attended Scotch from 1940 to 1942 as a boarder in Arthur Robinson House and as a member of Littlejohn House. At Scotch he was called William or Bill. As an only child he loved the company that boarding provided, and only received the cane once! From 1943 he worked for wool firm Australian Estates and was forbidden to enlist in the AIF as he was in a protected industry, but eventually served in the RAAF from 1944 to 1946. He trained as a teleprinter operator and was sent to Morotai Island. Campbell was demobilised as a leading aircraftman.

Returning to his old employer as a clerk, he studied accountancy at night at Melbourne University and worked for Australian Estates as an accountant and commissioner for affidavits. He resigned in 1978 rather than being moved to the Sydney head office. He worked until retirement in 1991 as an accountant at the Elna Press in Moorabbin. On 14 April 1949 Campbell married Elizabeth Margaret (Betty) Macartney at Scots Church, Elwood. They lived in Highett, Beaconsfield, Berwick, Pakenham, Emerald and Berwick again, with a holiday house at Rye. Campbell died on 8 January 2012 with his Scotch tie still hanging in the wardrobe.

Bruce Rowland TIVEY (’46) was born at East Malvern on 4 July 1928, the son of a law clerk. He attended Scotch from 1942 to 1946 as a member of Monash House. He was a member of the 2nd XI and the 2nd XVIII. In 1951 he graduated LLB from Melbourne University. On 21 March 1953 he married Ruth Lillian Ludbrooke at Scotch, to which they sent sons Graeme (SC 1970-74) and John (SC 1977-81), who were followed by grandsons Jack (Year 12) and Angus (Year 9). Bruce was a self-employed solicitor in Ararat. He was a life governor of the Ararat and District Hospital and a member of the Rotary Club of Ararat. Bruce died on 10 December 2011.

John David Mitchell TOVELL (’39) was born at Launceston, Tasmania on 27 December 1921, the son of a teacher. He left Brighton Grammar School to attend Scotch from 1937 to 1939. Also at Scotch was his first cousin once removed Charles Hamilton Tovell (born 9 February 1893, SC 1905-09, died 25 September 1961). From 1943 to 1946 John served in the RAAF and was discharged as a leading aircraftman. John became a primary producer in Montmorency. He later lived at Gordon, Tasmania, and died in Tasmania on 15 July 2011.

Noel Stanley TYERS (’41) was born at Oakleigh on 4 January 1923 and attended Scotch from 1935 to 1939 as a member of MacFarland House. He was a member of the 2nd XVIII. On 11 March 1950 he married Thelma Mirion Rigg at Scotch, which their son Mal attended from 1966 to 1971. Also at Scotch were his brother Clive John Tyers (born 5 March 1917, SC 1929-33, died 12 May 2004), nephew Robert (SC 1955-59), and grandsons Gus Tyers (SC 1997-2005) and Alex Boffa (SC 1998-2003). Noel died on 28 March 2012.

His mate Geoff Tolson wrote:

‘89 Fun-filled Years’ was the caption on the cover of Noel’s order of service. Over 220 family and friends crammed into Springvale’s Boyd Chapel to farewell the man whose son said: ‘His life was long and joy flowed from every part of his body, he held no grudges, he envied no person, he laughed and joked, he kept it simple.’

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Noel’s years at Scotch were full of learning and he personified the spirit of Scotch. He became a master builder with his father in and around Melbourne. A born teacher, his wife said, ‘He always encouraged people to keep on the happy side’, which he practised as a sportsman. He played nearly 500 games of football for the Melbourne seconds and the Carnegie Football Club. He won grand finals with Carnegie and coached it into grand finals for 10 years.

Noel’s golden Labrador, Rocky was team mascot, leading Carnegie onto the field in his own jumper. At half-time during a bad performance, Noel said if Carnegie did not improve he would take two players off and bring Rocky and himself on!

Noel played cricket for Carnegie as a wicketkeeper and slow bowler. When an opponent was belting the attack Noel said, ‘I’ll have a bowl.’ The first ball – six, second ball – six, third ball – six. Noel walked down the wicket, and said to the batsman: ‘You’ll get sick of this before I do, son.’ It was always entertaining to play or learn with Noel. He made life fun. John Fowler, who played football with and under Noel at Carnegie, concluded: ‘We were very fortunate to have such a wonderful, caring, loving, genuine person help lead us through life. Our lives are enriched by knowing Noel. You took many of us from boys to men and along the way we learnt some of your pearls of wisdom.’

Ronald Foster WHITE (’51). Further to the obituary in the December 2011 Great Scot, Ron’s brother-in-law Geoff Walker (Staff 1971-90) adds:

After Scotch, Ron returned to his parents’ farm at Barmawn near Rochester, working on it until his father’s death in 1959. From 1963 he was a resident at Ormond College while completing his BA and BD at Melbourne University. While there he met Commerce graduate Mary Margaret Walker, of Stawell. She was also studying for her BD and tutoring Greek at Ridley. They married in the Ridley chapel in 1967. In 1968 they moved to Sydney, and after a year living on the harbour moved to Old Toongabbie.

Ron worked as a truck driver and storeman to get to know and understand all kinds of people. In the early 1970s he entered the Commonwealth public service. He became a clerk at the Department of Social Security at Strathfield, working there until his retirement in the late 1990s. Ron’s education and contact with people made this job thoroughly enjoyable. After 2000 Ron’s health deteriorated steadily and he suffered several strokes before his death.

Dr Charles William Edgar WILSON (’42) was born at Charlton on 29 November 1924, the son of a doctor. Known as Bill, he attended Scotch from 1936 to 1942 and was both a boarder in School House and a day boy in MacFarland House. He had an outstanding career at Scotch as a member of the 1939 Relay team, the 1941 and 1942 Tennis teams, the 1941 1st XVIII and the premiership 1942 1st XVIII. Bill was a 1941 Probationer, 1942 Captain of MacFarland, and a 1942 Prefect.

Bill graduated MBBS from Melbourne University in 1948, becoming an FRACP (1958) and MRCP (London, 1956). He was a member of Commonwealth Golf Club. Bill’s son James attended Scotch from 1978 to 1985. Also at Scotch were his brother John Rodney Wilson (born 5 October 1920, SC 1935-37, died 26 April 2002: his name appears on the World War II memorial in Memorial Hall), Urquhart nephews Donald (SC 1955-59, GC 1960-61), Ian (SC 1955-59, GC 1960-63) and Alistair (SC 1957-59, GC 1960-65) and grandson Jason (SC 2007-09). Bill died on 13 April 2012.

Robert Coates WILSON (’54) was born at Kew on 19 September 1937, the son of a mercantile broker. He left Trinity Grammar School to attend Scotch from 1944 to 1953, finishing in Lawson-MacFarland House. On 8 January 1966 he married Yvonne Irene Lewis at Scotch. Also at Scotch were his brother John (SC 1942-48), cousin David Coates (SC 1949-58) and uncle Clavering William Coates (born 27 April 1910, SC 1922-26, died 25 July 2002). Robert was a manufacturer at Wilson Packaging Pty Ltd and was a member of the Kew Golf Club. He retired to Tura Beach, New South Wales, and died on 3 February 2012.

George Freeman WRIGHT (’40) was born at Nurse Coe’s Baby Home, Box Hill, on 24 March 1922. He attended Scotch from 1937 to 1938 and in 1945 served in the RAAF with the rank of aircraftman 1. On 18 December 1946 George married Betty Irene Roberts at Scotch and became an electrical contractor. He died at the Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, on 4 January 2012.