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The 25 oldest known living Old Boys 1. Rev. William Morgan, b. 23 October 1915. Captain 1935. Aged 103 15. Peter Richard Thodey, b. 17 June 1921 2. Harold Knights (Hal) Oxley OBE, b. 22 November 1916. Aged 102 16. Edward McLaren Holmes, b. 9 November 1921 3. Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt OBE, b. 7 May 1917. Aged 101 17. Donald Graham McDonald, b. 23 November 1921 4. Arthur Henry Chesterman Atkins DFC, b. 5 August 1917. Aged 101 18. Robert Dennis Greenslade, b. 5 December 1921 5. Dr Herbert Culvenor Purton, b. 21 November 1917. Aged 101 19. Geoffrey Martin Dalton, b. 18 December 1921 6. John Morton Parker, b. 24 July 1918. Aged 100 20. Alan Peter Flockart, b. 22 February 1922 7. Daniel (Neil) Glasser MVO, b. 28 September 1918. Aged 100 21. John Henning Paterson, b. 24 July 1922 8. Joshua John Pitt, b. 31 May 1919. Aged 100 22. Barry Eastwood Christophers, b. 6 September 1922 9. Allen Cansdell Cover, b. 13 July 1919. Aged 100 Russell Norman McNaughton, b. 6 September 1922 10. Alexander Marshall, b. 18 September 1919 23. Harcourt Hilton Long, b. 23 September 1922 11. Malcolm Robertson Riddle, b. 18 December 1919 24. Geoffrey Arthur Tingate, b. 30 October 1922 12. Ronald Taft, b. 3 June 1920 25. Warwick Laslett Exton, b. 20 November 1922 13. Kenneth George Dumbrell, b. 17 January 1921 14. Graham James Carrick, b. 5 March 1921 The youngest boy is Ronak Shaw, b. 21 March 2014 The 25 oldest known Old Scotch Collegians of all time * There are nine living Old Boy centenarians, seven of whom rank in this list. The seven names are in italics, below. * As at 4 September 2019 SURNAME GIVEN NAMES YRS MNTHS DAYS 13. McLeod Donald Hamilton 101 10 6 1. Stuckey Francis Campbell 105 4 8 14. Purton Herbert Culvenor* 101 9 14 2. Chandler Alfred William Herbert 105 3 0 15. Geer Charles Keith 101 8 2 3. Morgan William* 103 10 12 16. Black Alan George 101 7 20 4. Howden William Balleny 103 3 18 17. Ponsford Robert Leslie 101 7 11 5. Durston Raymond George 102 9 23 18. Parker John Morton* 101 1 11 6. Oxley Harold Knights* 102 9 13 19. Robinson Harold George 100 11 8 7. Lyne John Alexander 102 6 27 20. Glasser Daniel (Neil)* 100 11 6 8. Taweel Victor George 102 4 2 21. Nicol John 100 9 12 9. Hewitt Cyrus Lenox Simson* 102 3 28 22. Glenn Joseph Robert Archibald 100 7 11 10. Atkins Arthur Henry Chesterman* 102 0 30 23. Paton Walter John 100 5 28 11. Baker Frederick Harry Uther 102 0 9 24. Clayton Melbourne Crutchfield 100 5 25 12. Duncan William Alan 101 11 3 25. Prentice Roy Riggall 100 5 24 Museum (such as it was in that era) had been completely disbanded the previous year, and there was no logical place for the medal to be stored and displayed. The current Scotch Archives was established in 1985. The locations of all eight oars from that famous crew are known, as is the Australian flag that flew from its bow, and also the locations of seven of the gold medals awarded to the nine crew members. Disher’s is one of the two missing medals. Anyone with information on the location of the missing medal, or where it was last seen, is requested to contact the Archivist, Paul Mishura, on 03 9810 4470 or email: [email protected]. www.scotch.vic.edu.au Great Scot 93