May 19, 2022
Michael Walkden Harris 29 January 1954 – 15 February 2020 MHS 1968-1970 One of two brothers to attend Melbourne High School, he played in the School Orchestra and was known as an outgoing, engaging student, […]
May 19, 2022
Leslie Adrian “Les” Rowe, B.A.(Hons)., Dip.Ed. 3 March 1945 – 28 February 2022 MHS 1959-1962 The following article was published in The Old Unicorn, Issue 249, Spring 2005 Trouble seems to follow Les Rowe, recently […]
May 19, 2022
Keith Alfred Brierley 26 October 1927 – 4 December 2020 MHS 1941-1943 A keen Lacrosse player, for both Yarra and the School, winning Colours in both, he also played House Hockey. Luke Savage, Honorary School Archivist. […]
May 19, 2022
John Roy Chanter, B.Com. 24 October 1940 – 6 November 2020 MHS 1954-1957 John joined the cadets, rising to Corporal and played Tennis for Yarra and Baseball for the School, a sport he continued to […]
May 19, 2022
Francis George West, T.P.T.C. 27 March 1925 – 25 June 2021 MHS Staff 1952 Francis joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1942 when he was 17. Qualifying as a coder, he saw service at various […]
May 19, 2022
Dr Robert Arrol Craig, M.Sc., Ph.D. 12 July 1927 – 14 March 2020 MHS 1941-1944 Robert was born at St Albans Private Hospital in Springvale, Victoria, Australia. His parents were John Frederick, a journalist, and […]
May 19, 2022
David Edward McElhinney 9 January 1936 – 23 July 2021 MHS 1950 A student from Spring Road, he stayed only for third form, during which he played Cricket and Soccer for Waterloo. David left to […]
May 18, 2022
Charles John Andrew La Nauze, B.E.(Met). 13 September 1938 – 1 April 2021 MHS 1953-1956 Son of the famous historian Andrew John La Nauze who wrote the authoritative biography of Alfred Deakin and was a […]
May 18, 2022
Bruce Page 1 December 1936 – 11 March 2022 MHS 1951-1953 Bruce previously attended the Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School in the U.K. before migrating and attend Melbourne High School. He played Soccer for Como, […]
May 18, 2022
Bruce Kelvin Brookman 4 September 1927 – 28 May 2019 MHS 1941-1942 A watchmaker by profession, he was working as a wharf labourer in 1956 when he and his wife (Gwendoline Patricia Lorkin whom he […]