OBITUARIES

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, […]

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 […]

Laurance “Laurie” Carlson 18 September 1936 to 20 January 2022 MHS 1950 – 1954 Laurie attended Graeme Street Primary School and then Middle Park Central School where he was the dux in his final year. […]

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. […]

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 […]

Harry Edgar Richmond 12 March 1930 – 28 August 2010 MHS 1944-1946 Harry attended Gardenvale Central School before MHS, and in 1944 he would have been at Tooronga Road Central, which was our Junior Campus, as […]

The Honourable Justice Graham Lewis Fricke, LL.M., QC 5 December 1935 – 7 November 2021 MHS 1952 A Matric student from Northcote High School, a brilliant debated he was in the Yarra and School teams, […]

Khow Lai Ka 16 May 1950 – 28 August 2021 MHS 1969 Known as Jarrad when a student, and later as Gerry, he was a student at La Salle College, Malaysia, before coming to MHS […]

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 […]