OBITUARIES

Jack Stiglitz, M.B., B.S. 21 June 1947 – 19 September 2020 MHS 1962-1965 Jack Captained Yarra’s Third Form Table Tennis Team, a sport he continued to play at MHS.  He was also a member of […]

Ian Hugh McGlaughlin 12 July 1933 – 24 May 2019 MHS 1947-1951 Ian was active from his arrive at MHS from Gardiner Central, joining the school swimming team, and his first of many leadership roles, […]

Professor Harry Redner, M.A. 1 February 1937 – 5 September 2021 MHS 1951-1954 Harry Redner was born in Stanislaw Poland, and being Jewish and holocaust survivors, escaped with his Mother coming to Australia in 1948. […]

Graham Walter Rowe, B.Com. 19 November 1930 – 3 March 2020 MHS 1948-1949 A Mentone Grammar student who transferred for Leaving and Matric, he won the Speech Night Prize for History and received Matric Honours […]

Gordon Charles Keatch 30 April 1924 – 25 June 2019 MHS 1938 Gordon came from Middle Park Central School, he initially joined the Army in October 1942, after a year’s service with the 44 Field […]

Professor George Gordon Bennett, M.Surv., Ph.D., OAM 21 December 1926 – 21 November 2018 MHS 1949 A Returned Serviceman, but from the British Army, he completed his studies with Matric Honours in Pure Maths. Luke […]

Gan Kim Hoe 27 July 1943 – 2 October 2020 MHS 1961 Kim Hoe was one of a number of Asian students that attended MHS in the 1960’s, a time when under the Colombo Plan, […]

Francis William Paine 27 June 1922 – 13 July 2020 MHS 1935-1937 Francis William Paine, known as Frank, gave much to many, earning the respect of all he met and the deep love and affection […]

Edmund Marks Wolfe Visbord, B.Com., OBE, AO 21 September 1928 – June 2018 MHS 1942-1946 In his final year, Edmund was in the School Rugby Team and the Yarra Soccer Team, completing his Matriculation with […]

Donn Fox 4 July 1935 – 19 September 2020 MHS 1949-1951 Donn was a quiet man but wouldn’t hesitate to make his views known when necessary. He was a mechanic extraordinaire when it came to […]