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relatives included his brother Kenneth Ian McKenzie( born 9 December 1928, SC 1942-45, died 23 September 2012), cousins, an uncle, his son David, and grandsons Fergus( SC 2004-07) and Hugh( SC 2005-08).
Bruce joined the Citizen Military Forces and was fortunate to join the Australian and New Zealand Coronation Contingent that travelled through the Commonwealth countries between Australia and the United Kingdom in 1953. He was part of the Australian guard at Buckingham Palace.
Highlights of his post-school sporting career were winning a boxing tournament for his weight division in the United Kingdom on the Coronation tour, being state junior( under 21) 110 yard hurdles champion in 1951, and also running the fastest recorded 440 yard hurdles that year. Bruce competed in the 120 yard hurdles trial for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
On 10 February 1955 Bruce married Lorraine Rita Boyce at Scotch. She died on 15 May 1984. Bruce owned Tait’ s Corner Store in Box Hill, and had two other stores, at Doncaster and Burwood. He gradually scaled down the business, and worked from home until the age of 79.
Bruce committed much time to helping others. Active in the Box Hill Rotary Club for 60 years, he represented Rotary nationally and internationally. For as many years he contributed in various ways to the Box Hill community. Bruce died at the Box Hill Hospital, on 30 May 2017.
McLEOD, Donald Hamilton(’ 33) Donald’ s son, Ross, wrote:
Don was born at Echuca on 19 August 1915, the son of farmer, grazier and Old Boy Hector John
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McLeod( born 16 August 1891, SC 1907, died 2 April 1918). Don entered Scotch in 1930, boarding in Leighwood House on Glenferrie Road( 1930-31) before becoming a day boy. All his life he kept records of his time at Scotch. Don played in the 2nd XVIII, and left on 7 October 1932. Also at Scotch were his brother Edward Henderson McLeod( born 26 February 1917, SC 1932- 33, died 18 July 2015), nephew James McLeod( SC 1952-61) and great-nephew Matthew Tusa( SC 1991-96).
Don’ s mother directed him to accounting, and he often came first or second in his class. He kept letters received when changing jobs, with former bosses usually writing in glowing terms of him. Working initially as a bookkeeper, Don became an accountant, and, later, company secretary of Geelong’ s Federal Woollen Mills.
On 4 January 1939 Don married Inez Annie Vine at the Wyclif Congregational Church, Surrey Hills. She died on 9 September 2009. Don served in the RAAF( 1942-45) and was demobilised as a flying officer. He considered himself most fortunate to have had an enjoyable war, especially when based at Benalla, flying aeroplanes over pleasant countryside, and playing tennis and other sports in his spare time. His talent as a teacher led to his role as a pilot instructor, and the knowledge and skills he passed on ensured he lost none of his students.
In about 1970, aged 55, Don had a remarkable career change. The oldest of a group recruited by the T & G Society( later National Mutual) for training as superannuation consultants, Don was not only the best student, but also among the top performers in generating new business.
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Don was a member of the Rotary Clubs of Corio, Preston and Forest Hill( 1963-84), and, in retirement, the Forest Hill Probus Club. He was president of the Blackburn Bowls Club( 1984-85), among other roles. Don particularly loved tennis, lawn bowls and chess, with his greatest attributes being his competitiveness, and his ability to teach and recruit others.
Donald Hamilton McLeod was Scotch’ s oldest known living Old Boy – an achievement of which he was very proud. His driver’ s licence was renewed in 2016, and he was still driving aged 101. Don died at Knox Private Hospital, Wantirna, on 25 June 2017.
McPHATE, Dr Alan Peter(’ 49) Dr John Mathew( SC 1950-53) wrote:
Dr Alan Peter McPhate was born at the Mordialloc Hospital, Mordialloc on 9 February 1929, the son of a pay clerk in the Department of the Interior. He attended Scotch from 1942 to 1946.
Deciding against teaching, Alan graduated from Melbourne University( MBBS 1952). As a young doctor he worked at the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, then moved to Warragul, joining the Gippsland Medical Centre in 1955.
Alan worked in Gippsland for the next 40 years, and particularly enjoyed midwifery and delivering the child of a mother he had also delivered. He helped establish the Mawarra Centre in Warragul for disabled people, was a member of the Good Neighbour Council, which promoted the integration of new immigrants, and was a marriage guidance counsellor. Alan was active in the Aboriginal Advancement League and had a good rapport with local elders.
Alan was a long-serving council member of the Australian Medical Association( Victoria), travelling monthly from Warragul to attend
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meetings. He was a life member of the Australian Labor Party, with executive positions in the Warragul and Mount Martha branches. For over 20 years he was a member( and president) of the Humanist Society of Victoria.
Inspired by his father’ s conscientious objector service as a World War I stretcher-bearer, Alan was a member of the Medical Association for the Prevention of War. He worked with the Social Justice Network of the Mount Martha Uniting Church, the Friends of the ABC, and the Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group.
In retirement, Alan moved to Mount Martha, taking up bowls, continuing table tennis, and becoming active in the local Uniting Church. He died at home at Mount Martha on 19 October 2016, survived by his widow, children and grandchildren.
PEACE, Ian Victor(’ 59) Ian’ s brother, Robert( SC 1954- 57), wrote:
Ian was born at 60 Lillimur Road, Ormond on 29 April 1942, the son of Old Boy Gordon Robert Bernard Peace( born 16 March 1907, SC 1921-23, died 13 January 1985). Ian attended Scotch from 1956 to 1957 and was a member of the Cadet corps. After leaving Scotch he worked in sales for a number of years across several disparate fields.
On 6 August 1960 Ian married his childhood sweetheart, Elain Anne Mentha, at the Williamstown Presbyterian Church. Ian later worked at the Mobil Oil refinery in Altona until his retirement as a production foreman. He was a member of the Werribee Masonic
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