Mary Britten née Herring, who died in August 2011 at 97, was the wife of the Venerable Mervyn Britten (Chaplain 1946-49; Council 1959-61). She was warmly hospitable to the School community during their Corio years; and one of their three daughters, Elizabeth Britten (He’49), was the last Headmistress (1968-75) of The Hermitage and in 1976 a member of the GGS Staff, assisting the Head Master after the amalgamation of the two schools and Clyde. Mary, who was a trusted confidante of many in the Anglican world, whether clergy or lay, was well remembered in a memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne.
BIRTHS Meredith Cox and Ross Abraham (Fr’97), a son, Oliver Bryson Cox, on 13 April 2011 Jo and André Bertrand (P’95), a daughter, Ivy Molly, on 19 April 2011 Emma and Edward Bostock (M’94), a daughter, Nellie Victoria, on 14 July 2011 Sarah Bugg (Ga’92) and Garry Hatcher, a daughter, Lily Annie Matilda (Bugg), on 24 August 2011 Megan Curphey and James Cornell (M’91), a son, Oliver Gavin, on 27 July 2011 Amy Fleet (A’88) and Michael Day, a son, Thomas Hartley Fleet, on 20 February 2011 Susan née Little (Cl’89) and James Edmondson, three daughters: Felicity on 30 June 2003, Alexandra on 5 January 2005, and Isobel on 5 May 2007
Laura and Phillip Ingle (P’97), a daughter, Alexandra Braxton, on 28 July 2010 Nicole and Justin Kristiansen (Fr’89; Staff 2011-), triplets, Sara Eliza and Jakob Joshua and Hannah Eliza, on 19 February 2008 Yue and Thomas Luckock (Fr’92), a daughter, Donna, on 23 September 2010 Annabelle née Finlay (Cl’96) and James McDonald, a son, Samuel Alexander, on 17 October 2011 Michelle née Coutts (Cl’96) and Michael Mottee, a daughter, Phoenix Rene, on 12 May 2011 Louise née Mann (Cl’99) and Clayton Oldfield, twin sons, Lachlan Shane and Jack Edward, on 24 August 2011 Marnie née Bremner (Fr’93) and David Roberts, two daughters, Claire on 21 December 2009, Alyse on 25 February 2011 Trina and Sam Thawley (FB’87), a daughter, Alix Joy, on 16 August 2011 Christine Michael and Hugh Wallace Smith (A’90), a son, Oliver Hugo, on 25 March 2010
MARRIAGES Demelza Adams (Cl’04) married Mel Belrose on 17 September 2011 Marnie Bremner (Fr’93) married David Roberts on 8 March 2008 Andrea Burke (Ga’01) married Monty Hanger on 22 October 2011 John Colley (A’92) married Nadeeka Aramabella on 20 May 2011 Michelle Coutts (Cl’96) married Michael Mottee on 5 March 2011 Cristina (Crissie) Elliott (Fr’02) married Gavan Wright on 20 August 2011 Alice Finlay (Cl’02) married Andrew Landale (P’01) on 16 April 2011 Rowena Hammon (Ga’96) married Joe Calvert on 2 April 2011
DEATHS (2011 unless otherwise noted) Lesley Ann Arthur (former GGS Shop Assistant) on 31 August Alastair Ian Bayles (1952-59) on 21 August Babette Booker née Sinclair (The Hermitage 1937-39) on 25 June
FROM THE CURATOR
Audrey Mason (The Hermitage Staff 197375; GGS Staff 1976-89), who died on 14 October 2011, the day after her 82nd birthday, is fondly remembered by pupils and colleagues as a warm and vital personality who taught French with scholarly passion. She had won dancing championships in her native England before settling in Australia. There was deep sympathy for her when, having long cared for her invalid husband, Ronald Mason, who died in 1988, she suffered the great sorrow of the death in a road accident in 2005 of their only child, Paul (Fr’85), a talented linguist and fencer, and a worker for the Peace Boat, Amnesty International, and Red Cross. She is survived by Noah, born in 2000, the son of Paul and Sarah-Jane Mead.
Russell Richard Briers (1941-45) on 17 July Gweneth Mary Britten née Herring (widow of The Venerable Mervyn Britten [Chaplain 1946-49; Council 1959-61]) on 26 August James William Neil (Jim) Brockman (1958-65) on 6 September Barbara Brown née Beggs (The Hermitage 1925-31) on 26 October Edward Peter Owen Capper (1946-50) on 17 August Walter Malcolm Stuart Carter (1936-39) on 8 August 2010 Alan Wilfred Preston Cordia (1928-33) on 13 September John Austin Campbell Darling (1952-64) on 26 November Herbert William Eyre-Walker (Staff 1952-79) on 11 September Esther Fiona Francis née Gregory (1979-85) on 22 August William Stuart de Burgh (Bill) Griffith (1934-38) in February Alastair Brian Clarke Harrison DL (1931-40) on 21 August Ian Edward Hayne (1942-52) on 25 October Peter Edward Josep Jardine (Staff 1961-93) on 20 September Rosemary Lowing née Millear (Clyde 193741) on 3 April Iain Leslie Farquhar (Jock) Mackay (1930-37) on 4 October Ian Lester Mair (1953-59) on 9 August Audrey Mason (The Hermitage Staff 1973-75; GGS Staff 1976-89) on 14 October
John Andrew McHarg (1932-38) on Richard Hawker (M’99) married Freya Pescott 7 September (T’97) on 19 February 2011 Peter Graeme McIntosh (1935-38) Stephanie Hoessrich (He’99) married Philipp on 27 September Rabut on 4 June 2011 Angela Morse née McMillan (The Hermitage Justin Kristiansen (Fr’89; Staff 2011-) married 1952 and 1960-64) on 21 September Nicole Aisha on 24 September 2006 Margarette Joyce (Margaret) Moodie Amanda Lipman (Je/He’93) married Darrell (former Tuckshop Assistant; wife of Hamlyn on 15 April 2010 Ian Moodie [former Head Groundsman]) on 30 September Louise Mann (Cl’99) married Clayton Oldfield on 21 June 2010 Jocelyn Ogilvie Nilsen née Noall (Clyde 1942-47) on 1 June Sarah Parker (Cl’99) married Michael Clarke on 9 April 2011 Peter John Oyston (1948) on 9 October
Claire née Spraggett (Cl’93) and Mike Garrett, Alex Ross (Staff 2011) married Kirsty a daughter, Jemima Elisabeth Avril, on 1 Bennett on 17 September 2011 September 2011 David Sacks (FB’92) married Georgina Barker Amanda née Lipman (Je/He’93) and Darrell on 14 March 2010 Hamlyn, a son, Philip Louis (Pip), August 2011 Lachlan Scully (A’95) married Averil Besier Abbey and Anthony Hammon (M’00), a son, on 26 November 2011 Wally Henry, on 31 July 2011 Mury Susanto (FB’95) married Lily Yohanna Georgia née O’Shea (A’87) and Roly Imhoff Suwandi on 17 September 2011 (Cu’95), a son, Albert James Victor (Bertie), on 19 September 2011
Hugh Michael O’Dell Raymond (1935-47) on 11 November Rebecca (Bec) Reed (1982-84) on 7 September Irving John Reid (1951-55) on 31 October John Louis Warrington Studderd (1933-39) on 22 September Nowell Bernard Voss (1951-62) on 9 November Eric Maxwell Young (1948-50) on 1 October 39