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Fifty years to the day, they returned to visit
Scotch and the Chapel.
Terry’s army career spanned three
decades, from 1952 to 1988. He was in
the Army Reserve (1950 to July 1970) and
retired as a full colonel in 1988. He is the
only medical corps pharmacist to achieve
the rank of full colonel in a non-corps post
to date. During his career he had postings
to Singapore, Adelaide, Melbourne and
Sydney. Terry received the Reserve Forces
Decoration, and the Efficiency Decoration.
After retiring, Terry moved to the Gold
Coast in Queensland, where he worked at the
Gold Coast Hospital and later in a pharmacy
in the Gold Coast Hinterland, retiring again at
the age of 83.
His great passions were politics and
sport. His numerous letters published in The
Australian will be missed by many readers.
Terry died on 23 September 2019 at
Benowa, Queensland. He leaves his wife,
three children, and four grandchildren.
MELVILLE, William
Patrick (Pat) (’43)
Pat’s brother, Colin, wrote:
William Patrick Melville
was born at ‘Merrigal’,
Stradbroke Avenue,
Toorak, on 18 August 1927.
Pat attended Scotch from 1940 to 1944
as one of the third of five generations of
Melvilles at Scotch. His grandfather, William
Henry Melville (born 19 August 1859, SC
1870-79, died 8 May 1926) was a founder of
the Old Scotch Collegians’ Association, and
largely responsible for constructing the Lower
(Melville) Oval at Scotch.
Pat’s father, Henry Douglas Gordon
(Harry) Melville (born 29 August 1896, SC
1913-15, died 7 September 1958) sent Pat,
Ken (SC 1943-48) and Colin (SC 1945-52) to
Scotch. Pat sent Andrew (SC 1967-72), Tony
(SC 1969-74) and Tim (SC 1974-79) to Scotch,
and enjoyed seeing grandsons Hugh (SC
1995-98), Rowland (SC 1996-99) and Cam
(SC 2002-07) become Scotchies.
At cadet camp during World War II, Pat
challenged the dustman with his horse and
cart at the camp entrance, who replied in no
uncertain terms, ‘You know what you can
do!’, and drove straight through.
Pat was Dux of Latin in 1943. He
graduated from Melbourne University with
a Bachelor and Master of Laws. Pat was a
third generation lawyer. He did Articles with
Melville & McConkey, worked at Shepparton
with P V Feltham, and then travelled overseas,
meeting Patricia Maureen Leahy, of Yorkshire.
They married at St Bartholomew’s Church,
Marsden, Yorkshire, on 12 June 1954.
In Australia Pat contracted polio,
severely weakening his left arm and legs. He
recovered and played tennis for 60 years. Pat
went into partnership and practised with his
father in Malvern for 37 years, before joining
his son, Tony, at Aitken, Walker and Strachan,
as a consultant for six years.
In retirement Pat joined the University
of the Third Age. In the Monash University
Library he researched quirks of law and
lectured on interesting cases. Pat loved
tennis, and being ambidextrous, confused
opponents by playing cross-court forehands
from both sides. He was a Kooyong member
for over 50 years, and a Melbourne Cricket
Club member for 85.
Pat died on 22 September 2019 at
Monash Palliative Care, Clayton. He
is survived by his wife and sons, six
grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
NORTON, Thomas Bruce
(Bruce) (Staff)
Richard Bayliss, Scotch
Rugby Coach, and
Beverley Knowles, Old
Scotch Rugby Club, wrote:
Thomas Bruce Norton
was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on
26 September 1937, and learned his rugby
there. Before his appointment to Scotch
in 1999, Bruce coached Scotch players in
the Victorian Schoolboys at the Australian
Championships from 1988 to 1996 and on
three international tours. He also coached
or managed the Australian Schools Rugby
Union’s division two team six times, including
its 1992 tour to Japan. Many former Scotch
players were coached by Bruce at local clubs
such as Harlequins and Melbourne, with
Melbourne winning the premiership in 1988.
With his appointment as coach of the
Scotch 1st XV, Bruce began mentoring
another generation of young men. From 2001
to 2012 he was Director of Rugby Coaching.
Scotch played in eight grand finals for five
premierships, winning four consecutively from
2001 to 2004.
Bruce mentored all his coaches. He
selflessly gave his time to watch, discuss and
illuminate their practice, working closely with
Firsts coaches as well as many from other
grades.
Taking Scotch tours all over Australia,
to Japan, Singapore and New Zealand
gave Bruce a different dynamic to engage
with players and the opportunity to share
his wisdom outside rugby. He invariably
surprised players with the breadth and range
of his knowledge and experience.
Bruce believed rugby to be a metaphor
for life and its lessons, and he instilled in his
players his values of winning with style and
losing with grace, demanding that players
respect the game, each other and the
opposition.
Bruce’s rugby intellect was unrivalled. He
was a great analyser of the game, but was so
much more than a rugby skills coach. Those
he coached and mentored were privileged to
see and benefit from Bruce’s wisdom, care,
compassion and encouraging counsel.
Rugby and life at Scotch were enriched by
Bruce Norton and will be poorer without him.
The enduring catch-cry, ‘Style and grace!’ will
remain in the hearts of those Scotch players
lucky enough to have been coached by him.
Bruce died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital,
Parkville, on 30 March 2019.
PERMEZEL, Eric Clive
(Clive) (’60)
Clive’s son, Duncan, wrote:
Eric Clive Permezel
was born at Melbourne
on 10 July 1943, and
boarded at Scotch from
1957 to 1960. He was a 1960 Probationer
and Captain of Arthur Robinson House. Apart
from his brothers Malcolm (SC 1947-48),
Donald (born 9 January 1935, SC 1948-51,
died 8 January 2009) and Neil (SC 1952-54),
Clive’s many Scotch relations included his
grandfather, Edouard Holroyd Georges Alfred
Louis Alphonse Permezel (born 21 October
1864, SC 1876-82, died 28 July 1919), son
Duncan (SC 1985-89), grandsons Gus (SC
2014-19) and Lachlan (Year 10), and Scotch
teacher and great-grandfather Zephirin Pierre
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