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The following obituaries have been written by family or friends; except the
obituary for Dr Roger Michael Slade, which was written by the Scotch
Archivist, Paul Mishura.
ROGERS, John William (’71).
Born 27.2.1954, SC 1962-71, died
6.3.2019.
SCARBOROUGH, John James
Deighton (’88). Born 8.1.1970, SC
1982-87, died 6.2.2019.
SCOTT, Richard John (’49). Born
20.10.1931, SC 1946-48, died
9.12.2018.
SEARLE, Geoffrey Kenneth (’58).
Born 28.6.1941, SC 1955-58, died
23.2.2019.
SHORTHOUSE, Geoffrey Norman
Ellis (’48). Born 27.12.1930, SC
1945-47, died 23.11.2018.
SILCOCK, George Kennon (’39).
Born 25.2.1922, SC 1929-35,
GC 1935-37, died 16.12.2018 at
Bunbury, Western Australia.
SLADE, Dr Roger Michael. Born
22.7.1945, staff 1976-2007, died
15.2.2019.
SMITH, Dr William Colston (’40).
Born 25.6.1922, SC 1937-39, died
6.12.2018.
STENNING, Robert Raymond (’42).
Born 1.10.1923, SC 1933-41, died
8.11.2018.
STOKES, Eric (’48). Born 12.11.1930,
SC 1942-48, died 10.3.2019.
STUART, William Wallace (’39).
Born 19.10.1920, SC 1936-37, died
8.2.2019.
TIEDEMANN, Garry John (’87). Born
3.5.1970, SC 1984-87, died 8.5.2018.
TUCKETT, David Walter (’54).
Born 3.5.1937, SC 1951-53, died
13.11.2018.
WELLER, Geoffrey Albert (’54).
Born 21.8.1937, SC 1949-55, died
24.11.2018.
WHITE, Ian Basil (’41). Born
23.1.1924, SC 1930-40, died
5.3.2019.
WINNEKE AC, John Spence (’55).
Born 19.3.1938, SC 1946-46, died
4.4.2019.
ALLARD, James Moore
(’37) James’ son, Michael
(SC 1962-73), wrote:
James Moore Allard
was born at Heidelberg on
12 February 1920. Entering
Scotch in 1927, James was
1932 co-Dux of the Junior School with his
best friend, Rex Dawborn. James was a 1937
Probationer, and a King’s Scout. Also at Scotch
were his brothers Sir Gordon Laidlaw Allard
(SC 1920-26) and David Macdonald Allard (SC
1925-34), half-brother John (SC 1948-60), son
Michael, nephew Peter (SC 1948-56), Thorn
grandsons Edward (SC 1990-98) and Nicholas
(SC 1996-2001), and great-nephew Christopher
(SC 1979-88).
A member of the Old Scotch Hockey Club,
James also led the Old Scotch Collegians’
Rover Crew. He was one of the first men to
climb above the snowline on Mount Buller and
the Bogong High Plains to ski these mountains
before ski-tows.
Joining the militia in 1939, in 1941 James
transferred to the AIF. He had close shaves, as
former militia comrades went to Tobruk. Two
weeks before sailing for Singapore, it fell to the
Japanese. He enlisted in the 39th battalion, but
was transferred out before it ended up on the
Kokoda Trail. James served in the 2/4th tank
regiment in Bougainville, and, postwar, became
President of the 2/4th Association. He joined
the Citizen Military Forces in the 4th/19th Prince
of Wales’ Light Horse Regiment, and became a
Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer of
the 8/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles.
On 27 November 1948 James married
Shirley Kettle in the Napier Anglican Cathedral,
New Zealand. As well as their son, Michael,
they also had two daughters. James married
Mrs Shirley Freda (nee Woodgate) Burnett at
the Toorak Uniting Church on 19 January 1982.
They shared 35 wonderful years until her death
on 16 April 2017.
In 1977 James was a founding partner of
Allard & Shelton commercial real estate agents.
He was a member of the Savage Club, Royal
Melbourne Golf Club, the Melbourne Cricket
Club, and the Frankston Golf Club.
Till James’ last day, he maintained a quick
wit and a razor-sharp mind. He was a true
gentleman. His final months were spent at
Hawthorn Grange, Hawthorn, where he died
on 19 October 2018. He had been Scotch’s
14th oldest-known living Old Boy.
BEGG, Simon William
(‘51) Simon’s son, James
(SC 1972-83), wrote:
Simon William Begg
was born on 24 May 1934
at Korumburra to medical
practitioner John Begg
and his wife, Mollie, a pioneering landscape
gardener. Simon left Preshil to attend Scotch
from 1942 to 1951. He was 1946 Junior School
Dux and, a Cub, and played in the 1951
Tennis team.
Also at Scotch were Simon’s brothers
Andrew Shannon Begg (born 25 September
1937, SC 1946-54, died 26 April 2015) and
Chris (SC 1948-57), sons Tony (SC 1968-76),
James and Richard (SC 1977-82), and nephew
Andrew (SC 1979-88).
Completing National Service and initially
studying science at Melbourne University,
Simon graduated with a Law degree, and met
his first wife, Rosemary Ann Lumsden, whom
he married at the Toorak Presbyterian Church
on 5 June 1959. In addition to their sons they
had three daughters, who attended Methodist
Ladies' College.
Simon’s distinguished legal career began
as an articled clerk to eminent solicitor Vernon
Manson Corr (SC 1923-27). He became a long-
term partner in what became Corrs Chambers
Westgarth. His wide-ranging practice focused
on banking and finance. Simon was active in
legal reforms through long-term committee
and executive membership of the Law Institute
of Victoria, co-authoring legal books, and
submissions to state and federal government
inquiries that included the Banking Royal
Commission.
Maintaining an active sporting life helped
Simon meet his second wife, Mrs Marcia
Norma (nee Grant) Brookes, whom he married
at their Donvale property on 5 December 1977.
Their union added two daughters to his family.
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