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Managing Director of manufacturing company,
Arnos Australia, which specialised in office
products, until his retirement a few years ago.
Roger maintained his passion for tennis,
fulfilling a childhood dream to attend every
worldwide Grand Slam event, which he did
with Susie. As an avid Hawthorn supporter he
naturally saw many premierships, including all
their most recent ones.
Roger and Susie had four children. Their
three sons, Talbot, Cameron (SC 1985-94)
and Sebastian (1986-93) attended Scotch.
Unsurprisingly, Roger and Susie purchased
their family home on Glenferrie Road at the top
of ‘Scotch Hill’ in 1982.
Speaking at Roger’s funeral, lifelong friend
David Prentice (SC 1954-61) said Roger loved
life and loved people. ‘Send him into a room
of strangers and he’d emerge with four new
best friends and possibly a couple of long-lost
relatives. He was a giver. He never saw your
faults.’
Weeks before his death, Roger celebrated
his 75th birthday at Glenferrie Road with family
and many close school friends. Roger also
managed to meet his grandson, Oliver Roger
Henry – in the womb: he was born on 24 Match
2019. Roger died on 27 October 2018 after a
long battle with prostate cancer.
ISER, Thomas Henry (’36)
Tom’s son, John, and
grandson, David (SC
1984-89), wrote:
Thomas Henry Iser was
born at Bendigo on 20
April 1919, the grandson
of German immigrant timber merchants.
He attended Scotch from 1932 to 1935 as
a member of School (later called Littlejohn)
House, and as a boarder in McMeckan House.
Tom received House colours in athletics,
swimming and rowing for Littlejohn House. He
was a member of the 1934 Swimming team.
Also at Scotch were his brothers Leslie William
Iser (born 6 April 1917, SC 1932-34, died 19
July 2012) and Harry Iser (born 11 February
1924, SC 1938-41, died 28 September 2014),
grandsons David, Matthew (SC 1993) and Peter
(SC 1994-99), granddaughter Kate Lindquist
(Staff 2012 to present) and great-grandsons
Oliver (Year 9) and twins Alexander and
Jonathon (Year 7).
Tom left Scotch to work as an accountant
with the family timber firm, Hume & Iser Pty Ltd,
in Bendigo. He married Evelyn Mary McNaught
on 7 September 1940, a marriage lasting 73
years until Mary’s death on 13 December 2013.
Tom enlisted in the Citizen Military Forces in
1939 and served in the Australian Imperial
Force from 1942 to 1945, including nine
months in Bougainville with the 24th Australian
Infantry Battalion in 1945. He was demobilised
as a Captain and returned to Hume & Iser,
where he served as Payroll Officer and later
as a Director.
Tom travelled widely with Mary and his
family, including visits to Papua New Guinea,
the South Pacific, and Japan. He also enjoyed
a lifetime of carpentry and woodwork,
producing over 90 items of furniture and toys
for his many descendants. Tom was affiliated
with Bendigo Legacy for 72 years from 1947,
including serving as President. He also served
as President of the Bendigo Swimming Club,
and enjoyed long memberships of Barwon
Heads Golf Club, Bendigo Golf Club, the
Sandhurst Club, the Essendon Football Club,
and the Melbourne Cricket Club.
Ever humble, cheerful and acknowledging
his fortunate life, Tom was proud to attend
Scotch on Grandparents’ Day in 2017. Tom was
the eighth oldest known living Old Boy at the
time of his death at Bendigo on 9 December
2018.
JACKSON, Andrew James
(’90) Andrew wrote his own
obituary:
Andrew James Jackson
was born at East Melbourne
on 24 December 1972, the
son of John (SC 1956-61).
He was the brother of David (SC 1987-98) and
the father of William (Year 8). Other relatives
at Scotch include his great-uncles Charles
Columbine Jackson (born 16 July 1886, SC
1900-03, died 21 August 1951) and Pelham
Steane Jackson (born 26 November 1889,
SC 1902-04, died of wounds at Gaza on
19 April 1917).
A member of a trial year of Prep at Scotch
in 1978 before it offered a Prep year, Andrew
was a proud member of Bradshaw House in
the Junior School. In the Senior School he was
a member of Monash (Senior House) and Orton
(Minor House), followed by Littlejohn House
after the 1989 reorganisation of the House
system. Andrew was a keen rower, and he also
played the lead role in the senior play with St
Catherine’s.
Graduating from Deakin University with
a Bachelor of Commerce, Andrew entered a
postgraduate diploma in Economics at the
University of Melbourne. He commenced and
later deferred that course, travelling to Europe
in 1996, but remained in London for the next
eight years.
On 1 October 1999 Andrew married Victoria
Lynn Newton in New York City, New York,
United States of America.
Andrew worked as an analyst at the Lime
Street headquarters of Lloyds of London,
before working as a money markets dealer
at Deutsche Bank in London and Frankfurt.
In 2000, Andrew joined UBS as an Equity
Research Analyst in Quantitative Research, and
relocated back to Melbourne with UBS in 2004.
He ran his own business, importing IT and
AV equipment from 2008, before returning to
finance after a long illness spanning 2012 and
2013. Andrew worked at ANZ before moving to
Vanguard Investments in 2015.
Both at work and as a hobby, Andrew was
a keen spreadsheet and software developer.
He was a contributor to the Rubberduck VBA
software project, and a presenter at ModelOff
training camps for Excel modelling.
Following a long battle with melanoma,
Andrew died at Cabrini Palliative Care, Prahran,
on 7 December 2018.
He is survived by his wife, son, and
daughter Anna.
MACKENZIE, Dr James
Kenneth (’37)
James’ daughter, Terri,
wrote:
Dr James Kenneth
Mackenzie (Jim, or Jock)
was born at 72 Kambrook
Road, Caulfield, on 14 June 1920. He was a
kind brother to Margaret, Libby and Janet. He
entered Malvern Grammar School in 1925,
and attended Scotch from 1932 to 1937 as a
member of Morrison House. Jock played in the
1937 1st XV and completed Leaving Honours
(now Year 12). He loved his school work and
was 1937 co-Dux of Scotch. Jock completed
Science and Arts degrees at Melbourne
University.
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