ARCHIVES
THE 25 OLDEST KNOWN LIVING OLD BOYS ( AS AT 20 MAY 2024 ) 1 .
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Rev . William Morgan , b . 23 October 1915 . School Captain 1935 . Aged 108 |
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William Simpson Brake , b . 12 May 1923 . 1941 Prefect . Aged 100 |
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Bruce Acland Miles , b . 2 August 1923 . Aged 100 |
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Maurice Smith , b . 15 November 1923 . Aged 100 |
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Robert Wilbur Wishart , b . 7 May 1924 . Aged 100 |
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Dr Trevor Percival Telfer , b . 7 August 1924 |
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Edward Graeme Marshall , b . 2 September 1924 |
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Herbert Neil Kelly , b . 10 November 1924 |
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William Geoffrey Wicks , b . 11 November 1924 |
10 . Cornelius Jan Schram , b . 29 November 1924 |
11 . Donald Albert Howarth , b . 26 December 1924 |
12 . Russell Callum Jack , b . 13 January 1925 |
13 . Bruce McKenzie Crowl , b . 1 September 1925 |
14 . Douglas Roland Zerbe , b . 13 January 1926 |
15 . Stuart Paton Wilson , b . 15 February 1926
16 . Adrian Donald Waller , b . 20 March 1926 . 1938 Junior School Captain .
17 . Dr Arthur George Stephens , b . 23 March 1926 . 18 . Rex Jenkins , b . 22 April 1926 19 . Douglas Skinner Anderson , b . 5 May 1926 20 . Thomas Morland Glazebrook AM , b . 7 May 1926 21 . Donald John Sutherland , b . 8 May 1926 22 . Donald James Little , b . 18 June 1926 23 . Alan Fyfe Stuart , b . 24 July 1926 24 . Frederick Randall Pearson , b . 27 July 1926 25 . Adrian Maddren Graley , b . 29 July 1926
The youngest Scotch boy is James Ooi , b . 29 March 2019 – 103 years , 5 months and 6 days younger than the oldest known living Old Boy
A LIFE OF SERVICE : WILLIAM SHEARER PHILIP
Born on 18 August 1891 at Williamstown , Bill attended Scotch from 1906 to 1908 . He served in in the AIF in World War I from 1915 to 1919 , winning the Military Cross on 9 April 1918 near Albert , France , for coolly commanding his section on the front line during a 12-hour enemy artillery bombardment . For more details , see https :// www . scotch . vic . edu . au / ww1 / honour / philipWS . htm
In addition to Bill ’ s medals , including the Military Cross , the wartime collection includes an astonishing address book filled with details of his movements during the war , letters sent and received , and casualties and deaths . There are four letters relating to his Military Cross ,
ON 21 FEBRUARY 2024 MEMBERS OF THE PHILIP FAMILY DONATED A COLLECTION TELLING THE STORY OF BILL ’ S LIFE OF SERVICE
including letters from General William Birdwood and Sir H . S . Rawlinson .
An accountant and partner at Flack & Flack and at Price , Waterhouse & Co ., Bill served on various councils and boards , but charities were his passion . He was on the Alfred Hospital ’ s board of management ( 1935-75 ), its Treasurer ( 1939-48 ) and its President ( 1948-75 ). Bill oversaw an expansion of the Alfred ’ s medical services and buildings , which included a block named after him in 1963 . He felt that ‘ the
highest standard of medical care should be made available to all the people ’.
In 1961 he was awarded the Order of St Michael and St George ( CMG ) and in 1975 he was knighted ‘ for service to hospital administration ’. Both of these awards were included in the donation to Scotch .
Bill ’ s life of service ended with his death on 25 August 1975 at Toorak .
Scotch is grateful to his descendants for donating items that chronicle his life of service .
108 Great Scot Issue 171 – Edition 1 2024