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The 25 oldest
known living
Old Boys
1. Rev. William Morgan, b. 23 October 1915.
Captain 1935. Aged 101
2. Harold Knights (Hal) Oxley, b. 22 November 1916.
Aged 100
3. Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt OBE,
b. 7 May 1917. Aged 100
4. Arthur Henry Chesterman Atkins DFC,
b. 5 August 1917
5. Dr Herbert Culvenor Purton, b. 21 November 1917
6. Sidney Pascoe Birch, b. 8 February 1918
7. Cuthbert Beresford Barry, b. 7 April 1918
8. John Morton Parker, b. 24 July 1918
9. John Henry Asher, b. 13 September 1918
10. Daniel Glasser, b. 28 September 1918
11. Reginald Llewellyn Stanley, b. 6 November 1918
12. Thomas Henry Iser, b. 20 April 1919
13. Bruce McInnes Plowman, b. 9 May 1919
14. Lionel Liddell Smith, b. 13 May 1919
15. Joshua John Pitt, b. 31 May 1919
16. Allen Cansdell Cover b. 13 July 1919
17. Charles Otto Malmgren, b. 14 August 1919
18. Alexander Marshall, b. 18 September 1919
The 25,000th biographical
file in Archives
19. Malcolm Robertson Riddle, b. 18 December 1919
20. Russell Stanley Garnsworthy, b. 29 December 1919
21. James Moore Allard, b. 12 February 1920
22. Ronald Taft, b. 3 June 1920
23. Dr James Kenneth Mackenzie, b. 14 June 1920
In or about 2006, Old Boy volunteers John
Smith (SC 1950-54) and Gary Spears Day (born
20 February 1935, SC 1948-53, died 24 April
2015), under the direction of then-Archivist, Dr
Jim Mitchell, (SC 1957-64) began putting together
biographical files from the masses of material
stored in the Archives. Gary sorted the material,
John created the file with a name and date of
creation, and Gary put identifying stickers on it.
Soon after they began this work, the Archives
at the rear of 2 Morrison Street were extended,
and compactuses installed to provide storage
superior to that which existed. Files were,
and are, named after consulting the Mishura
biographical FileMaker Pro database, which
currently has over 38,000 entries on Scotch boys,
Old Boys, staff, council members, benefactors,
and others connected in some way with Scotch.
Other volunteers involved with this process
have included Bill McNaughton (SC 1949-54), Ian
Munro (SC 1945-49), Harry Bloch (SC 1947-54),
Ian Kerr (SC 1957-61) and Elizabeth Douglas. In
2007 approximately 500 files were being made
every three months. In May 2011, a total of 6991
had been made, which was then 20 per cent of
the database. The introduction of a label printer
in 2012 hastened progress, and on 1 August
2017 John Smith fittingly made the 25,000th
biographical file, for Edward Lesh (born 19 March
1907, SC 1918-23, died 22 December 1985). Bill
McNaughton (left) and John Smith are holding
this file in the photograph above.
The volunteers are a valuable part of the
Archives, and deserve the Scotch Family’s thanks
for their time in helping organise, preserve, and
increase our knowledge of those who have
contributed to the story of Scotch.
24. Benjamin Pascoe Hanna, b. 9 October 1920
25. William Wallace Stuart, b. 19 October 1920
The youngest boy is Louis Zhi Yi Ting, b. 16 April 2012
REV. WILLIAM MORGAN
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