OLD GUILDFORDIANS
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life more and enjoys helping people. He loves
fishing and also loves catching up with Old
Guildfordians and reminiscing, and he had a
great time reuniting with Dudley Maslen (Sc
1960-1965) in December 2014.
In year order
Richard ‘Dick’ Morris (Prep 1926-1926), now
deceased, features in a book by Sydney author
Dr Eileen Chanin called Limbang Rebellion:
Seven days in December. The book has won the
2014 Royal Marine Historical Society’s Literary
Award in the United Kingdom. The story is told
from the viewpoint of Dorothy, Dick’s wife, and
covers the rescue of the pair from the terrifying
1962 siege in Borneo. Royal Marines saved the
couple after being taken hostage in the town of
Limbang by rebel insurgents opposed to British
rule. Dick was a government official at the time.
David O’Halloran (He 1937-1940) reminisces
about how he attended Henn’s House in two
separate ways, firstly as a boarder 1937-1940
and secondly for surgery at the Army General
Hospital, as it was then during World War II in
1942, when he was able to tell the nursing staff
(mostly from New South Wales) something of
the history of the School.
Edmund ‘Noel’ Monks (He 1938-1941)
celebrates his 90th birthday this year. Noel has
spent a lifetime of just giving; to his family,
friends, community and country. He still
collects every year for Remembrance Day. Noel
was married in the School’s Chapel to Hilary
Stanley and they celebrated their 63rd wedding
anniversary on 22 February 2015. He has values
to be extremely proud of, and will always
be ‘a Guildford Boy’. Noel attends the Old
Guildfordians’ Annual Dinner every year.
David Brent (Sc 1941-1945) recently tried
to track down John Coles (He 1941-1945).
After leaving Guildford Grammar School, both
met again in 1946 while competing at the
Ashburton Shield, a shooting competition in
Bisley, United Kingdom (coincidentally located
quite close to Guildford in the UK). John was
at Cranleigh School in Surrey at the time. They
enjoyed meeting again in Malaya in 1957
when David was the Officer in Charge of Police
Old Guildfordian
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Carl Vine (Wb 1967-1971) was voted by
Limelight magazine as Australia’s second
greatest composer (after the late Peter
Sculthorpe).
Jamie ‘Stormie’ Mills (Wb 1979-1984) whose
moody artworks have generated a cult following,
plans to take one of his collections called A Fish
Tale to the big screen. He has teamed up with UK
filmmaker Mark Strong and launched a funding
drive in the first half of 2015.
Noel Monks collected for
Remembrance Day.
District Johor Bahru, across the Causeway from
Singapore, and John was based in Singapore
as a Captain in the British Army flying Austers
over David’s jurisdiction, which included the
rubber estate of John’s father. While searching
for John recently, David sadly discovered that
John passed away in Andora, on 18 March
2011, at the age of 80. David would like to pass
the following message on for John, “Hilang dimata, di-hati jangan”, which means “Tho’ lost
from sight, remains forever in our hearts”.
Simon Barker (Fr 1983-1987), during
December 2014 and January 2015, travelled
with his family to the United States of America
and Canada for a 4.5 week vacation.
Julius Skinner (St 1984-1988) is a partner
of Jackson McDonald Lawyers and is also
a member of the board for the Guildford
Grammar School Foundation. In April 2015 he
was voted Lawyer of the Year in his area of Law
as voted by his peers. Katrina, his wife, and his
children Conor (St 11), Emma (Prep 4) and
Thomas (Prep 3) are all very proud of him.
Hugh Reynolds (He/St 1948-1953) celebrated
his 80th birthday with family and friends, at
Sittella Winery, in November 2014.
Murray Smith (Fr 1985-1989) is now living in
Melbourne with his wife Sorcha. He is working
for Mining Plus as a Principal Mining Consultant.
David Lovelock (Ha 1960-1961) is currently
the President of the Victoria Plains Shire, and
represents WA on the Cattle Council of Australia
and on many other industry organisations.
Michael Ottaviano (Wb 1986-1990) is Chief
Executive Officer of Carnegie Wave Energy, an
ASX-listed inventor, owner and developer of
the patented CETO wave energy technology.
Over $80m has been raised to fund the
development of CETO which converts ocean
swell into zero-emission renewable power
and desalinated freshwater. Commercial scale
in-ocean testing is being carried out at Garden
Island, Western Australia.
Lindsay Le Lievre (Ha/Wb 1959-1963) has
forever been in Derby and he is managing the
Aboriginal hostel in town. Lindsay played in a
Rock ‘n’ Roll band called Chisel & True Dinkum
for 20 years but has now retired from playing
gigs. He has been a Justice of the Peace for
28 years. Lindsay has four children, three girls
and one boy, who all work in Broome except
for one. As he gets older Lindsay appreciates
Joel Cooper (Wb 1986-1993) is the proud
father of Oisin Heath Cooper, born 3 July 2014
weighing 3.124kg.
Old Guildfordian memorabilia can be now be purchased online. To view all the items
available go to www.oldguildfordians.com.au/#h_Memorabilia otherwise you
can contact David Williams on [email protected] or (+61 8) 9377 8522. Postage and
packaging fees are applicable for all mail orders. (items marked * available to members only)
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