Scotch College

More unhonoured war dead

We continue to find Old Boys who died in Word War II but are not commemorated on the Memorial Hall’s Honour Roll.

This emerges from our ongoing task of identifying which Old Boys served in any Australian or Allied armed service or merchant marine. So far I have found 3,500, and I am up to names beginning with K.

In addition to the 12 unhonoured dead named in the last Great Scot, we have found the seven listed below. Please contact us if you can tell us more about them.

Alexander William HILLIER (b. 25 May 1905 in Mildura). He enlisted in the army in 1942. Corporal Hillier of the Australian Army Personnel Depot died of illness at AIF 4 Div. Reception Camp at Bonegilla on 29 October 1944, aged 39. He is buried in the Albury War Cemetery.

Charles William Booth HOUGHTON (b. 16 February 1904 in Perth). He enlisted in the army in January 1942 (NGX510). Rifleman Houghton of the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles died at sea in the South West Pacific as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 1 July 1942, aged 38. He is commemorated in the Rabaul Memorial.

Douglas Bruce JEFFERY (b. 12 November 1923 in Hawthorn). He enlisted in the RAAF in 1942. Flying Officer Jeffery of 467 Squadron died in a flying battle over Belgium on 21 July 1944, aged 20. He is buried at Kortrijk (Courtrai) Cemetery, Belgium.

Kevin Anthony KEE (b. 1 November 1924 in Carlton). He enlisted in the RAAF in 1943. Flight Sergeant Kee of 150 Squadron RAF died on 24 March 1945, aged 20, on a raid to bomb the oil refineries of Harpenerweg near Dortmund and Bochum. His aircraft, a Lancaster PB 853 P, was hit by anti-aircraft flak and crashed. He was among the crew who managed to bail out and land safely, but the survivors were then murdered by German nationals. He is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Gordon Wilson KEIG (b. 29 Oct 1916 in Williamstown). He enlisted in the RAAF in 1940. Flying Officer Keig of the 5 Service Flying Training School died in an accident at Uranquinty, NSW, on 21 January 1942, aged 25. He is buried in the Wagga Wagga General Cemetery.

Patrick Anthony RALPH (b. 20 Aug 1911 in Auckland, NZ). He enlisted in the Australian Army in 1940. Corporal Ralph of the 23rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps, died of illness on 10 May 1942, aged 30. He is buried in the Sydney (Waverley) General Cemetery.

Thomas Alwyn SHANNON, MM (b. 8 June 1899 in North Fitzroy). He enlisted in 1940. He won his Military Medal during the Syrian Campaign, outside Damour, for ‘great courage, determination and endurance’ on 9 July 1941. Corporal Shannon of the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion died at sea in the south-west Pacific as a prisoner of war of the Japanese on 24 June 1944, aged 45. He is commemorated in the Singapore Memorial.

Dr Jim
Mitchell Archivist

The 20 oldest Old Boys

1. Alfred William Herbert Chandler, b 1 June 1905. Aged 100.
2. Melbourne Crutchfield Clayton, b. 30 Dec 1905. Now turned 100. Congratulations!
3. William Balleny Howden, b. 14 Mar 1906. Just turned 100. Congratulations!
4. Francis Campbell Stuckey, b. 14 Apr 1906.
5. Roy Riggall Prentice, b. 26 June 1906.
6. Charles Spencer Mann, b. 19 July 1908.
7. Robert Jarrett McCullagh, b. 17 Aug 1908.
8. Leslie Winsall Hall, b 18 Sept 1908.
9. Leonard Denton Kemp, b. 6 June 1909. Prefect.
10. John Hewitt Pope, b. 18 Sept 1909.
11. Albert Alexander Willis, b. 29 Sept 1909.
12. (John) Alexander Lyne, b. 23 Oct 1909. Prefect. Dux 1928.
13. Leslie Charles Blair Barker, b. 29 Dec 1909.
14. Walter Alexander Forbes, b. 21 Mar 1910.
15. Preston Dodds Reid, b. 20 May 1910.
16. Michel Krizoz, b. 3 Nov 1910.
17. Sir (Joseph Robert) Archibald Glenn, b. 24 May 1911. Prefect.
18. Frank Charles Lawson, b. 5 June 1911.
19. Ian Edwin Crapp (1927) b. 4 Oct 1911.
20. Frank Graham Engel (1929), b. 21 Oct 1911

The youngest boy is Jonathon Tong Zhang, b. 10 Apr 2001.