Great Scot - The Scotch Family Magazine - Issue 151 September 2017 GreatScot_Internal_Sept_2017_FA | Page 94

Obituaries
up its electronic data processing
department, then introduced the
PDP-8 mini-computer to automate
hot-metal typesetting. It failed the
first time it was used in production.
The managing director, editorial
manager and chief engineer were
looking on. Reprimanded for telling
them it would work, he was cool
under pressure (calling on his
wartime navigation experiences)
and quickly solved the problem.
John founded Turn-Key
Systems in 1971 and began work on
software to automate the White and
Yellow Pages for NSW, Queensland
and WA. The company continues
today, developing and selling
automated technical publishing
software around the worl d. John
worked until he was about 90 years
old, fearing that to stop would
diminish his mind’s ability.
John married Lois Lesley Burke
at Scotch on 10 January 1948, and
Shirley Anne (nee Thornton) Keating
at the Sydney Registry Office on
5 December 1985. John died at
the Royal North Shore Hospital, St
Leonards, New South Wales, on 23
February 2017, leaving a legacy of
three generations of descendants.
FITCHETT, Peter
Heath (’41)
Peter’s son, Chris
(SC 1962-69),
wrote:
Peter Heath
Fitchett was born
at Hawthorn on 18 June 1923 and
began at Scotch in Form 1, 1931,
as a member of MacFarland House,
of which he became 1941 Vice
Captain. He received House colours
for swimming, football cricket,
athletics and tennis. Peter was a
member of the 1938 relay team, the
1940 and 1941 Athletics teams, the
1940 1st XI, and the premiership
1941 1st XI.
Satura reported that in Scotch’s
final match, against Wesley, he was
felled by the first ball on a ‘sticky
wicket’ and retired hurt, but later
courageously returned down the
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order to help guide the team to
the premiership. In 1940-41 Peter
was on the editorial committee of
The Scotch Collegian and was a
member of the War Effort executive
committee. He was a 1941 Prefect.
Peter completed a Bachelor
of Mechanical Engineering at
Melbourne University in 1947,
having been a flying officer in the
RAAF (1945-46). He joined Imperial
Chemical Industries (ICI), working
there for 34 years. He became
general manager of ICI’s Nobel
Group and chairman of the Institute
of Engineers, Australia.
On 13 December 1947 Peter
married Margaret Myfanwy (Peggy)
Roark at Scotch, and on 24 August
1974 he married Margaret Haswell
Cross at the Melbourne Registry
Office.
An expert yachtsman and
member of the Royal Brighton Yacht
Club, Peter competed on Saturday
afternoons in his first yacht,
Pandala, and sailed to Portsea every
summer. In retirement he sailed his
ocean-going yacht, Tarka II, from
Brighton to the Whitsundays where
he and his wife spent many holidays
cruising the Great Barrier Reef with
family and friends, including a trip
further north to Lizard Island.
Among others, Peter’s brother,
Michael (SC 1934-45), also
attended Scotch, as did his sons,
Christopher, Gordon (SC 1962-70)
and Stephen (SC 1966-75), and
grandson, James (SC 2007-08).
Another grandson will enter Scotch
shortly.
Peter died peacefully at home
at Kew on 26 June 2017 and is
survived by his wife, Margaret, and
three generations of descendants.
GROUNDS, Dr
Arthur David
(David) (’46)
David’s son, Rick,
wrote:
David was
born at Elsternwick
on 22 November 1928, the son of
Dr Arthur Edwin Ernest Grounds
(born 11 September 1898, SC
1913-16, died 29 July 1951) and
came from Tasmania to attend
Scotch in 1946 to qualify for medical
studies at Melbourne University.
He was related to every Grounds
boy at Scotch: uncles Marshall
Herbert, Roy Berman and Haslett
Hawksworth Grounds, sons Richard
(SC 1964-70) and Andrew (SC
1964-72), first cousin once removed
Charles Dudley Hyatt Grounds, and
second cousin twice removed Tom
Grounds (SC 1998-2003). David
fully enjoyed his year at Scotch.
Graduating with honours in
medicine and surgery, David spent
one year as a resident at Royal
Melbourne Hospital before fulfilling
an obligation to the Tasmanian
Government in general practice
in Scottsdale. A highlight was
administering the first Australian
injections of the Salk polio vaccine.
On 29 December 1952 he married
Patricia Badenach at Scotch. She
died on 23 January 2015.
In 1957 David returned to
Melbourne with his family, spending
13 years as a general practitioner
and physician, including a decade
as a partner in the trend-setting
Blackburn Clinic.
In late 1970, a growing interest
in mental health inspired three
years’ training as a psychiatrist,
followed by over three decades of
private psychiatric practice. Early
in his psychiatric career, David
was a key member of the team
that established a 90-bed private
psychiatric hospital, the Melbourne
Clinic, which opened in Richmond
in 1978. David developed a special
interest in bipolar disorder, and his
co-authored book, Ecstasy and
Agony, was widely used, revised
and reprinted.
David enthusiastically and
energetically pursued a wide variety
of interests and hobbies, including
photography, restoration of the
Blackburn Creeklands, native
birdlife, classical music concerts,
international travel, his Scottish
heritage and frequent letters to The
Age.
In his retirement, David
wrote detailed memoirs about
his professional and family life,
including a lively account of his year
at Scotch.
David’s long and fulfilling life
ended peacefully on 7 March 2017
at Regis Inala, Blackburn South.
KELSO OAM,
James Cousley
(’47)
Jim wrote his own
obituary:
James
Cousley Kelso
was born on 4 October 1930 at
Allendale private hospital, 25 Linda
Crescent, Hawthorn, the son of
James Edward Allen Kelso (born 12
October 1891, Scotch geography
and English teacher 1923-42,
died 8 May 1942) and brother of
Allen John Parker Kelso (born 12
November 1926, SC 1932-44, died
17 October 2014). Other relations
included Joseph Kelso (born 12
January 1872, SC 1887-91, died 7
April 1932).
From 1936 to 1946 Jim
attended Scotch, becoming a
Scout Patrol Leader. His greatest
achievements were making netting
and digging trenches at Scotch
during the war, and kicking the only
goal in a Lawson House number
two team on a flooded Lower Oval.
He was (disputed) school Fives
champion.
Jim graduated with a diploma
of metallurgy from (the now) RMIT.
He was a metallurgist at the Steel
Company of Australia and then
McPherson’s Ltd, where he worked
for 33 years. In 1964 Jim joined
sales, and managed McPherson’s
tool department.
In 1967 Jim became deputy
manager of McPherson’s Industrial
Products (NSW division), then state
manager and also managed the
company’s Queensland Industrial
Products division. In 1982 Jim
joined James Hardie Industries as
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