REMEMBRANCE DAY
This year ’ s Remembrance Day Assembly was marked by the presence of our special guest , James Taylor ( Jim ) Murrell who read The Ode to the Fallen . Jim attended Scotch from 1961 to 1963 as a boarder in McMeckan and School Houses . In 1968 Jim served in the Vietnam War as a private in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps . He ducked when he should have weaved , and was badly wounded , resulting in him being sent back to Australia .
After an introduction from the Vice Principal – Head of Senior School , Mrs Katrina Brennan , the Vice Principal – Teaching and Learning , Mrs Kristy Irwin reminded our students about the significance of Remembrance Day and the special resonance of the event taking place in this Hall , which was built dedicated and named as a memorial for those 223 former
students and five staff members currently known to Scotch to have died in or immediately afterwards as a result of World War I . After the Hymn ( O God , Our help in ages past ) and the Chaplain ’ s address and prayer , OSCA Executive Director , Scott Montgomery (’ 85 ) read out the names of 40 Old Boys and staff who died as a result of their service between 26 April and 11 November 1918 , and a further 16 who died after 11 November but as a result of the war – a total of 56 names .
Upon leaving the Assembly , all attendees had the opportunity to pay further respect to these fallen Old Boys thanks to the Year 7 students who had earlier laid crosses and Magen Davids on the lawn in the Quadrangle , bearing the names of the Old Scotch Collegians and staffwho died serving this country in war .
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