April 21, 2021
As we emerge from Victoria’s fifth lockdown, we bring you a delayed second edition of our newsletter for 2021. In this issue we celebrate distinguished Old Boys who received Queen’s Birthday Honours. We also reflect […]
April 16, 2021
Australia Day Honours 2021 MHSOBA warmly congratulates members of the Old Boy community who received Australia Day Honours in 2021. Brigadier David John Kelly, C.S.C., D.S.M.MHS 1987-1990 Awarded Distinguished Service Medal, Australia Day 2021, for […]
April 15, 2021
Patricia (Pat) Lesslie Pat Lesslie has died in Canberra on 3 April 2021 aged 93. Pat was the second daughter of Brigadier George Furner Langley and his wife Edmee Langley. Born in Melbourne she attended […]
April 15, 2021
Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Raymond Harrison, B.C.E. 17 May 1947 – 15 March 2021 MHS 1961-1964 1962 Cadets, Corporal 1963 Cadets, Sergeant 1963 School Baseball Team 1964 Cadets, CUO 1964 School Baseball Team, Captain 1964 Speech Night […]
April 15, 2021
Trevor “Bluey” Lambert 15 February 1972 – 7 April 2021 MHS 1986-1989 Trevor was a key member of the School’s 1st XVIII football and 1st XI cricket teams. He was part of the MHS 1st […]
April 15, 2021
John Murray Gothe, B.Com. 5 August 1923 – 12 December 2019 MHS 1937 John joined the Commonwealth Public Service in 1939, marking a long career, interrupted when he joined the Army during WWII, before signing […]
April 15, 2021
Graeme Frank Barton 20 July 1934 – 22 December 2020 MHS 1948-1951 It is with a heavy heart I inform you that Graeme Barton passed away peacefully in his sleep on 22 December 2020 at […]
April 15, 2021
Colin Lovitt, BA, LLB, QC 17 March 1945 – 10 January 2021 MHS 1961-1962 Colin Lovitt was a late entrant to Melbourne High School. He came across from Northcote High School in 1961 for Leaving […]
April 15, 2021
Richard John Snedden, B.A., LL.B.,(Hons)., B.Ed. 8 October 1934 – 18 January 2021 MHS 1949-1953 Richard Snedden attended MHS from 1949 to 1953 and was heavily involved with the Art Club and had several drawings […]
April 15, 2021
Eric Meade DeBoos 22 December 1922 – 6 September 2020 MHS 1936-1937 A Tooronga Road boy, Eric left MHS after two years and become a Pharmacist. He married Joan Webb in 1945, and had a […]