OBITUARIES

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 […]

Robert Geoffrey “Geoff” Allingham, T.D.T.C., T.T.C. 14 October 1927 – 23 January 2022 MHS 1941-1945 A frequent contributor to The Unicorn, writing articles which he also illustrated with his own  sketches.  His limited sporting prowess […]

The Right Reverend Phillip Keith Newell AO, G.C.S.J., B.Sc., M.Ed., Th.L.(hons). 30 January 1930 – 24 April 2022 MHS Staff 1954-1956 After completing his Matric, Newell joined the Education Department as a Junior Teacher in […]

Peter Morley Barkla 26 February 1936 – 4 March 2020 MHS 1950-1953 It’s with great sadness we announce that Peter Barkla passed away peacefully at Credit Valley Hospital on March 4, 2020, at the age of 84. […]

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, […]