OBITUARIES

Harold Keith Griffin, B.Com., Dip.Ed. 19 June 1924 – 7 November 2019 MHS 1938-1940 Harold was in the Forrest Swimming team, and became a Junior Clerk after leaving School.  Once of age he enlisted in […]

Harold Trevor Clifford, D.Sc., Ph.D., OAM 18 April 1927 – 4 May 2019 MHS 1941-1944 A noted athlete, representing both Como and the School, and runner up for the Senior Athletics Championship.  He won a […]

Gordon Verey Jones, B.Sc. 1 July 1923 – 26 March 2019 MHS 1937-1940 A noted Hockey player, who was in the School team when only 14, winning the Speech Night Prize whilst in Fourth Form […]

Gilbert John Bell 11 July 1921 – 23 February 2020 MHS 1936-1937 Gilbert Bell, who was an elder at Sunshine Presbyterian Church for over 70 years, passed away on 23rd February at the age of […]

Geoffrey William West, B.E.Sc., B.E.E., B.Sc. 10 December 1923 – 15 April 2020 MHS 1939 Geoff transferred from Coburg High School to complete his Matric and played in the School and Yarra House Lacrosse Team’s. […]

Frederick George Peel 30 January 1926 – 16 September 2019 MHS 1939-1940 Fred joined the P.M.G. upon leaving school as a Telegraph Messenger.  He then enlisted in the Army, seeing service in the 25 Australian […]

Felice Zaccari, M.B., B.S., OAM 13 September 1927 – 19 January 2019 MHS 1943-1946 Felice studied Medicine at Melbourne University and was a Medical Practitioner in Queensland. A life member of the Mental Illness Fellowship […]

Dean Howard Mortimer, B.S., M.A.(Ed.) 23 January 1946 – 20 March 2021 MHS Staff 1975-1980 Dean was one of a number of teachers recruited from overseas and taught P.E.  With Gordon Lowing, he coached the […]

David Mauger McGee 24 August 1929 – 24 September 2020 MHS 1944-1947 David was active with both the Unicorn Committee and The Sentinel, contributing a number of articles.  He was a keen debater, in both […]

Charles Ronald Tuplin 21 May 1925 – 19 June 2019 MHS 1940-1941 He left school at the age of 16 to join General Motors Holden at Fishermans Bend as a costing clerk.  After 18 months […]