OBITUARIES

Mark James Stokes 8 October 1927 – 27 July 2021 MHS 1949 Mark enlisted in the interim Australian Army in March 1946.  He served in the B.C.O.F.’s Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre in Japan as […]

Joseph “Joe” Rozen 2 September 1935 – March 2021 MHS 1949-1952 Joe was in the School Soccer Team where he was noted for his fast speed on the wings and competed for Waterloo in the […]

Dr. James “Mark” Richmond, B.A.(Hons)., Ph.D. 22 January 1938 – 15 October 2021 MHS 1952-1955 Mark was a bright scholar at MHS excelling in history and literature.  With a refined taste for music, he contributed […]

Ian Arthur Pearce, B.Sc., B.Ed. 13 November 1935 – 23 September 2019 MHS 1949-1952 Ian was from Gardiner Central, he was involved in the Stamp Club, becoming President.  A good student, he received Matric Honours […]

Haig John Gaidzkar 6 October 1931 – 23 October 2021 MHS 1946-1947 His father was born in the Ottoman Empire, in what became Armenia, his family left in the fatal year of 1915, and arrived […]

Gordon James McKern, OAM 24 August 1935 – 29 November 2020 MHS 1949-1951 One of five siblings, each born in different states, as his father was a builder/project manager, who moved job to job.  Two […]

Glen Barry Lloyd Lethlean 23 August 1935 – 2021 MHS 1950-1952 A Gardenvale Central student, Glen played football for Como.  He completed his National Service with the Navy in 1954.  He married Noel Marie Peel […]

Professor Gabriel Andrew “Bill” Kune, M.D., B.S., F.A.C.S., F.R.A.C.S., F.R.C.S. 21 December 1933 – 29 October 2021 MHS 1948-1951 Bill as he was known, was born in Kosice in Czechoslovakia, which was incorporated into Hungary […]

Dr. John Allan Buntine – M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S. 4 April 1934 – 6 October 2021 MHS 1948 – 1951 John attended Melbourne High School where, in the final year, he gained the Exhibition in Biology, […]

Saul Dominitz, B.A.(hons). 16 June 1927 – 14 December 2019 MHS 1942-1945 Born in Germany to Jewish Polish parents, they migrated to Australia in 1938.  After attending Elwood Central School, he quickly became heavily involved […]