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and Melbourne campuses . He graduated in 1952 .
After serving as the first Resident Dental Officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1953 , Bob undertook further surgical training in the United Kingdom , receiving Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons .
In Melbourne Bob was appointed oral surgeon to four Melbourne public hospitals , for which he provided on-call services for facial trauma . Eventually Bob restricted his trauma load to the Royal Melbourne Hospital , where he was Head of Unit from 1971 to 1988 . An innovative surgeon , Bob advanced the care and correction of patients with acquired or developmental facial injuries . In 1964 , following a Zurich study visit , he performed Australia ’ s first mandibular osteotomy . This pioneering work set the scene for the rapidly developing field of orthognathic surgery .
As President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Dental Association in 1964 , Bob built a relationship between the profession and government through committee work . During this period , he was also Surgeon Lieutenant Commander and Consultant Surgeon to the Royal Australian Navy .
Bob was 1981 President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons . As the first Australian President of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons ( 1992-95 ), Bob was a wonderful ambassador for Australia .
In 1989 Bob was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to dentistry and maxillofacial surgery .
Bob married Gillian McLean Ferguson at Scotch on 15 March 1961 . Their sons Hamish ( SC 1968-79 ), Alistair ( SC 1969-80 ), and Matthew ( SC 1973-84 ) attended Scotch , and Kirsten attended Lauriston until 1985 .
An active member of Rotary and an avid traveller , skier , golfer and tennis player , Bob also ran a successful cattle breeding stud on the Mornington Peninsula .
Bob died at Brighton on 22 August 2020 , survived by his wife , children and nine grandchildren . His broadly rounded life of service and commitment was well lived . He will be remembered fondly by his family , friends and colleagues .
FREEMANTLE , Anthony Malcolm (’ 52 ) Tony ’ s family wrote :
Anthony Malcolm Freemantle was born at Hawthorn on 11 July 1935 , the son of Herbert Thomas Freemantle ( born 18 June 1893 , SC 1908 , died 2 April 1939 ). Tony attended Scotch from 1946 to 1952 as a member of Gardiner House .
Others at Scotch included his brother David Herbert Freemantle ( born 25 February 1931 , SC 1943-46 , died 29 May 2016 ), cousins , uncles , nephews , great-nephew Ben Hall ( Year 10 ) and great-uncle Edward Thomas Freemantle ( born 22 January 1865 , entered 1878 , died 2 May 1933 ).
Tony loved athletics , cadets and Scouts . A champion schoolboy high jumper , he was a member of the 1952 Athletics team , and , in 1956 , carried the Olympic torch .
Aged 20 , Tony and a mate drove a T Model Ford around Australia , working as jackeroos and surveyors . He split fenceposts in Gippsland , played football in Won Wron , and attended Dookie Agricultural College , meeting fellow Scotchie , Bill Sharp ( SC 1941-53 ), a lifelong friend . Tony rode over the Black Spur to the police station for his motorbike licence . ‘ How did you get here ?’ the policeman asked . ‘ I rode my motorbike ,’ he said . He got his licence .
In 1958 Tony suffered a near-fatal car crash . He woke from a coma with head injuries , no right leg , and titanium from left ankle to knee . Leaving hospital , he worked with a landscaper , where his first task was breaking up a concrete path with a sledgehammer . A week later , with raw stump and blistered hands , he decided that he was only disabled if he thought he was , never again feeling sorry for himself .
Tony married Margaret Cameron Grieve on 22 February 1964 at St Andrew ’ s Presbyterian Church , Hamilton . A sales representative in Hamilton , Tony then undertook livestock research at the Agriculture Department . He loved growing vegetables , barracking at his children ’ s
sport , singing , sailing and working for church and school . Tony built hundreds of wooden toys for children ’ s charities .
Tony died on 18 July 2020 at University Hospital , Geelong . Independent , inclusive , optimistic , faithful and hard-working , he lived with humility and humour . Tony lives on through Margaret , children James , Fiona and David , and the seven grandchildren he adored .
KIDD , Robert Brian (’ 54 ) Bob ’ s wife , Cecily , wrote :
Robert Brian Kidd was born at Armadale on 14 November 1936 , the son of Gordon Hadfield Kidd ( born 24.10.1902 , SC 1918-20 , died 6.7.1987 ). Known as Brian at Scotch , and afterwards as Bob , he attended Scotch from 1949 to 1952 as a member of Lawson-MacFarland House . He was Form Captain of Vc French II ( 1950 ) and Shell ( 1952 ). A good all-round sportsman , as a 1951 Athletics team member , Bob won the under 15 100 and 200 yard sprints in 10.6 and a record 24.3 seconds respectively .
His relatives at Scotch included his brother Bruce Hadfield Kidd ( born 2.5.1933 , SC 1945-50 , died 27.5.2000 ), cousins , and uncles John Chapman Kidd ( born 2.5.1905 , SC 1918-22 , died 19.8.1984 ) and David Alan Kidd ( born 13.7.1907 , SC 1920-24 , died 13.11.1989 ).
After jackerooing in Western Queensland , Bob returned to Melbourne as a sales representative for Olympic Tyres . He then became a sales representative for Shearers Farming Implements in Horsham , and sales supervisor for Hume Pipes in Melbourne . After building an Aireys Inlet holiday home , Bob moved there , and became a sales manager at Donald Don ( irrigation pumps ) in Geelong .
On 2 April 1977 Bob married Cecily Isobel Burton at Scotch .
Shortly after completion , the Aireys Inlet house lost its roof in a fierce storm . Acquiring the neighbouring block , Bob
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