Lieutenant-Colonel Michel Graeme Le Maistre
27 September 1933 – 8 November 2019
MHS 1948-1952
Michel was a very active student, in the Cadet Corps he rose to Cadet-Lieutenant, and won the Speech Night Prize, and was in the School Rifle Shooting Team for three years. He was a rower, both coaching and in the 1st IV. A member of the Unicorn Committee he was also Yarra House Captain.
After leaving school he joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of Army. He joined the Australian Army in 1956, as 2nd Lieutenant. A Major in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps, he served in Vietnam at the HQ of the Australian Force Vietnam. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Luke Savage, Honorary School Archivist