John Maxwell Howell 11 October 1938 – 22 June 2021 MHS 1952-1955 John Howell was the eldest of four children, and on the death of his mother when he was 14, had to assume various […]

John Maxwell Davey 1 August 1925 – 14 March 2019 MHS 1941 John joined the Bank as a Clerk after leaving school, before enlisting in the R.A.A.F., where as a Flying Officer with the 78 […]

John Harold Campbell, OAM 28 September 1925 – 1 November 2019 MHS 1939-1941 John attended Hyde Street Central School before MHS, he was active in the YMCA and contributed to the Unicorn.  He joined the […]

James Ronald Lawler, D.U.P., M.A 15 August 1929 – 28 July 2013 MHS 1944-1947 “Poetry has many different aspects. It is not just language – it is psychology, philosophy, history.” James who died in Paris […]

James Douglas Creed 2 February 1931 – 15 June 2020 MHS 1944-1947 A member of the Cadets, as well as the Magazine Committee.  He took part in the Yarra Banker competition (next to him in […]

Jack Stevenson Sutherland 15 June 1930 – 4 September 2020 MHS 1946-1947 A member of the cadets, he rose to Corporal, and was also a Form Captain, he returned to the U.S.A. after fourth form […]

Isidore Joseph “Isi” Leibler, B.A.(Hons)., AO, CBE 9 October 1934 – 13 April 2021 MHS 1949-1952 Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Isi was an active student, a member of the History and Social Studies Club and […]

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 […]