OBITUARIES

Dr. Graeme Ivallan Duke B.A.(Hons.), Dip.Ed., D.D. 7 July 1926 – 18 December 2021 MHS Staff 1961-1986 Graeme Duke was born into a Methodist family and won a scholarship to Wesley College. He then went […]

Ronald Jowett Oldfield, B.Sc. 7 October 1933 – 25 April 2021 MHS 1949-1950 Ronald came across from Camberwell High School (where he had spent a year since migrating from India) to complete his Matriculation, he […]

Dr. Ronald Redvers Lee, B.A.(Hons)., M.D., Ph.D. 6 February 1930 – 1 April 2019 MHS 1950-1951 Ronald attended Caulfield Technical School before coming across for his Leaving and Matric, which he completed with Honours in […]

Raymond Horace Copley 13 July 1931 – 24 March 2020 MHS 1946-1947 On leaving school he became a wedding photographer on weekends and a journalist for a Sports paper during the week.  He left Australia […]

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 […]