OBITUARIES

Dr Maurice Balson, B.Com, Ed.D. 10 November 1927 – 7 May 2022 MHS 1943-1946 Dr Maurice Balson, known as Morry, has died aged 94. Morry was at Melbourne High from 1943 to 1946 and was […]

William “Billy” Robert Picken 7 June 1956 – 23 July 2022 MHS 1974 At the school he was in the 1st XVIII as Vice-Captain and was awarded Full Colours in Football and Half Colours in Athletics.  He […]

Robert James Phillips, B.Sc., Dip.Ed. 28 December 1930 – 26 August 2022 MHS Staff 1954-1963 Robert was born in Bendigo, and when he joined the Education Department in 1949, taught for a year at State […]

Peter Richard Thodey, B.Ed., M.A. 17 June 1921 – 17 March 2022 MHS Staff 1957-1959 Peter was a student at Scotch College and served in the Army during WWII, as a Sergeant at Army HQ.   […]

Associate Professor Joseph Epstein, M.B., B.S., B.A., F.A.C.E.M., AM 21 June 1941 – 20 June 2022 MHS 1955-1958 His parents were from Lodz in Poland, his father an Engineer.  They were granted permission to migrate […]

Kenneth Edwin Dear, B.A., Dip Ed, B.Ed., M.Ed. 16 December 1928 – 17 May 2022 MHS Staff 1954-1956   Ken Dear has died at the age of 93. Ken was a teacher at MHS in […]

Kenneth Alfred Loyall 13 June 1937 to 19 May 2022 MHS 1951-1953 Ken came to MHS from Gardiner Central School.  He competed in the Under 16 220 Yards for Como in 1952 and also played […]

Dr. Yee Tuan “Eric” Yeo, M.B., B.S. 29 July 1933 – 12 January 2020 MHS 1953 A matric student from Camberwell Grammar School, he completed his medical degree and married Mildred Wai Peng Yaw in […]

Stephen Oswald Amos, B.Com.(Hons). 13 April 1940 – 20 June 2021 MHS 1954 -1957 Stephen’s father, Oswald Trethewey Amos had attended Melbourne High School 1924-1927, where he played in the 1st and A XVIII, the […]

Russell Edward Hillbrich 8 November 1948 to 8 May 2022 MHS 1964 -1967 Passionate Essendon supporter, avid consumer and collector of wine and Bob Dylan devotee, Russell passed away at St Vincent’s Hospital after a […]