As part of the Old Carey Grammarians Association Centenary, this year’s Senior School Anzac Day Assembly commemorated all of the 40 Old Carey Grammarians who served and lost their lives in World War II, honouring their sacrifice and legacy.
Harold Ernest Ball
Harold attended Carey in 1928 and was a member of the School’s Debating Society. He served as a leading aircraftman in World War II and lost his life in an aircraft accident at Gipsy Point, Victoria in 1943 at the age of 30.
Kenneth Beruldsen
Kenneth attended Carey from 1930 to 1938 and played in the 1933 First XVIII Football Team. Kenneth served as a flight lieutenant in World War II. He lost his life in Norway in 1944 at the age of 22.
Jack Bird
Jack was a boarder at Carey in 1928 and a member of the School’s Debating Society. He was a member of School House (now known as Steele House). Serving as a flight sergeant in World War II, he lost his life in Queensland in 1943 at the age of 27.
Keith Francis Blair
Keith attended Carey from 1926 to 1930. In 1939, he joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and served as a lieutenant with Line of Communication Signals Unit. He died in Victoria in 1942, aged 21, from injuries sustained in an accident.
Arthur William Charles Brown
Arthur attended Carey from 1924 to 1932. Serving as a leading aircraftman, he was taken as a prisoner of war (POW) and transported by the Japanese to the Thai–Burma Railway as forced labour. He died in captivity in Burma on 29 December 1942 at the age of 25.
Russell Forbes Chapman
Russell attended Carey from 1925 to 1928 and was Captain of the Swimming Team in 1927. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly after war broke out and, after six months’ training in Canada, gained his commission as a flying officer, and saw considerable service in raids over Europe. He lost his life in an air raid over Lorient, western France, in 1943 at the age of 32.
Frank Cook
Frank attended Carey from 1927 to 1930. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a flying officer. He was struck by enemy fire coming from a landing craft that he didn’t notice. He had to quickly dive his plane and ended up crashing into the sea off the coast of the Netherlands. He was only 21.
Roger Eaton
Roger attended Carey from 1932 to 1933 before enlisting in the RAAF, where he rose to the rank of flight sergeant. He lost his life during a night attack over Sicily, Italy, in 1943 at the age of 24.
Thomas Press Fraser
Thomas entered Carey in 1925 on a School Scholarship and left in December 1926. In early 1941, he enlisted in the RAAF. He had just finished his training course in Canada, being recommended for a commission, when he was killed in a plane crash. He was aged 30 years.
Noel Gadsden
Flight Sergeant Noel Gadsden attended Carey from 1931 to 1942, where he was a Prefect, played in the 1940 Premiership Football Team and set a breaststroke record. He enlisted with the RAAF in June 1942, trained as an air gunner, and was killed on 12 August 1944 when his flight was shot down over Hollenstein, Germany, after a raid on Brunswick. He was 19 years old.
John Harrison Gillespie
John attended Carey from 1933 to 1936. He was posted to North Africa in 1944 with the RAAF serving as a flight sergeant. On 7 October 1944 He died in Alexandria, Egypt, as the result of a training flight crash. He was 20 years old.
Ralph Halkyard
Ralph attended Carey from 1926 to 1927 before returning as a boarder from India in 1931. He was a prefect, a debater and a member of the First XVIII Football Team. Serving as a flight lieutenant in World War II, he lost his life in Germany on
4 April 1945 at the age of 24.
Robert Maxwell Harris
Flying Officer Robert Maxwell Harris attended Carey from 1928 to 1933, earning a Special Prize in his final year for ‘neat and careful work’. He enlisted in the RAAF in 1942 and had logged over 400 flying hours by the time he joined 467 Squadron. While flying a Lancaster bomber in air operations over Germany, he was killed on 22 May 1944. He was 23 years old.
Leslie Harry Harrison
Leslie attended Carey from 1931 to 1932. He enlisted in the AIF in February 1940 as a member of the Army Medical Corps and soon departed for the Middle East, where he served for nearly three years. Returning to Australia in early 1943 as a sergeant, he was later promoted to staff-sergeant. While preparing for deployment to New Guinea, he tragically drowned in a seaplane accident off the Australian coast on 17 August 1943. He was 24 years old.
Alfred Holt
Sergeant Alfred Holt was a boarder at Carey, attending from 1935 to 1936 and was a member of the tennis team. He enlisted in the AIF in November 1939 and, leaving Australia in April 1940, saw service in the Middle East for over two years. Alfred was killed in action in Egypt in 1942 at the age of 23.
Robert Hudson
Robert attended Carey from 1929 to 1938. He was a member of the Athletics Team and both the First XVIII Football and XI Cricket Teams. Robert died after his plane was shot down in a battle over the Mediterranean Sea in 1943. He was 21.
Ross Hutton
Ross attended Carey from 1926 to 1936 and was a talented sportsman, representing the School in football, cricket, tennis and athletics. He received the Henry Meeks Junior Award in 1933. Serving as a pilot officer in World War II, he lost his life in Kenya in 1941 at the age of 20.
John Herbert Jones
Leading Aircraftsman John Herbert Jones attended Carey from 1925 to 1926. He joined the RAAF in 1935 and served as an air gunner in a Sunderland Flying Boat. He drowned in a ground accident in the UK on 1 January 1941, just after receiving notice of a promotion. Aged 30, he was the first Old Grammarian to lose his life in service.
Eric Joyce
Warrant Officer Eric Joyce attended Carey from 1927 to 1929, where he made a mark as a talented athlete. A member of Moore House and both the First XVIII Football and First XI Cricket Teams, earning colours in both sports. In 1929, he was Vice-Captain of the Cricket Team, winning the batting average and finishing second in the bowling averages. Eric lost his life on 5 January 1944 during air operations over Stettin, Germany. He was 30 years old.
Kenneth ‘Barry’ Kemmis
Kenneth attended Carey from 1937 to 1940 as a boarder and was a member of School House (Steele House). He excelled in sports, representing the First XVIII, Athletics and Swimming, and also serving as a cadet officer. Barry served as a flight sergeant in the RAAF and tragically died at the age of 20 on 14 March 1944 as a result of an accident over the English Channel.
David Kitchen
David attended Carey from 1928 to 1933, excelling academically and as a school prefect. He enlisted in the RAAF in 1940, flying in major raids over Germany. In June 1942, he went missing after a raid on Emden. He was 27 years old.
Frank Knight
Frank attended Carey in 1927 to 1928. He enlisted in the AIF in 1940, serving in the Middle East before being sent to Java, Indonesia, where he was captured and detained as a POW. Transported to Burma to work on the Burma Road, he fell seriously ill and, despite great resilience, did not survive after a leg amputation. He was 30 years old.
John Alexander Brock Marshall
John attended Carey as a boarder from 1932 to 1933. He enlisted in the RAAF in June 1940, completing his training in Australia and graduating as a sergeant pilot. In August 1941, he was posted to England, where he served extensively. He was killed in air operations over Saarbrücken, Germany on 28 August 1942 while commanding a Halifax bomber. He was 24 years old.
Rupert McClelland
Leading Aircraftman Rupert McClelland attended Carey from 1929 to 1933. A talented athlete, he was a member of the First XVIII Football Team and the Athletics Team, and he was a Scout patrol leader. He enlisted in the RAAF shortly after war was declared and served in Singapore, Sumatra and Java before being taken prisoner in 1942. While being transferred from a POW camp in Burma, he was killed when the Japanese transport ship Rakuyo Maru was torpedoed by a US submarine on 12 September 1944. He was 26 years old.
Frank Wearne Pascoe
Frank was a 1923 Foundation Scholar at Carey. He left school in 1933 to tour Europe and attend the World Scout Jamboree. He enlisted in the AIF in 1941 and served in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, but was captured when Rabaul fell to the Japanese. He was one of more than 1200 prisoners on board the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, sailing to Japan, when it was torpedoed by an American submarine on 1 July 1942. He was 25 years old.
David Kingsley Powers
Flight Sergeant David Kingsley Powers attended Carey from 1930 to 1931. He joined the RAAF, training as a Wireless Operator before being posted to bomber command in England in September 1943. Serving with 166 Squadron RAF flying Lancasters, he and his crew were killed during a bombing raid over Stettin, a coastal city in eastern Germany on the Baltic Sea. He was 20 years old.
Ion Geoffrey Richardson
Ion attended Carey from 1924 to 1927 and had a strong passion for Scouting. In 1931, he founded the Carey Cub Pack and served as cubmaster for two years. He joined the Australian Army in 1942, and while serving as a private in Singapore, he was captured by the Japanese. Forced to work on the Thai–Burma Railway, he tragically died of malaria in Thailand on 18 August 1943 at the age of 31.
Keith Rimington
Keith attended Carey from 1928 to 1931 and was a member of Tranter House. He enlisted in the RAAF in 1941 and served overseas as a warrant officer. After completing several operations over Germany, he was part of a crew on a mission to attack Berlin on 20 January 1944. The Halifax bomber failed to return to base, and Keith was 27 years old at the time of his death.
Percy ‘Paddy’ Rowling
Paddy boarded at Carey from 1927 to 1928, excelling in athletics and football. He enlisted in 1941, trained in Australia and the UK, and joined No. 50 Squadron RAF in May 1942. He flew in major raids over German cities. On 16 December 1942, during his second-last scheduled operation, his aircraft and crew went missing over France. He was officially declared dead on 18 December. He was 30 years old.
Leigh Rule
Flight Lieutenant Leigh Rule attended Carey from 1926 to 1928. He enlisted in the RAAF in 1940 and served as a fighter pilot in Europe, the Middle East and India. By 1945, he returned to Australia and became an instructor with No. 1 Squadron. Tragically, he was killed in an aircraft accident near Kingaroy, Queensland, on 18 April 1945, at the age of 24.
Thomas Geoffrey Notcutt Russell
Flight Sergeant Thomas Geoffrey Notcutt Russell attended Carey from 1927 to 1929. He joined the RAAF in November 1940 and was posted to 14 Squadron (RAF) in the Middle East. On 9 May 1943, while on a special mission over the Tyrrhenian Sea, off Italy’s western coast, his aircraft went missing. He and his crew were presumed killed in action, but their bodies were never found. He was 21 years old.
Eric Sandell
Eric attended Carey from 1926 to 1934 and was a member of the First XVIII and was a Scout patrol leader. He enlisted in the 2/9th Field Ambulance in May 1940 and served in Malaya. After Singapore fell, he worked in Changi Hospital and was later sent to work on the Thai–Burma Railway. He contracted Weil’s disease and, after suffering for some time, passed away aged 25.
Richard Sherwood
Flight Lieutenant Richard Sherwood attended Carey in Years 1 and 2 (1928–29). He was held in a POW camp in present-day Poland for three years before being repatriated at the end of the war. He later rejoined the RAF as a test pilot but tragically died in an aircraft accident over England on 10 October 1946.
Howard Spry
Howard was a Foundation Scholar and boarder at Carey from 1923 to 1925. He was a member of School House (Steele House). He served as a captain in the Australian Army and was tragically killed in action on 2 July 1945, while flying as an artillery observer over Balikpapan, Borneo. He was 27 years of age.
Stuart Mill Swanton
Stuart was a Foundation Scholar at Carey, attending with his three brothers from 1923 to 1927. He was a proud member of School House (Steele House). After graduating, Stuart enlisted in the Australian Army and rose to the rank of acting corporal. At the age of 27, he tragically passed away on 14 August 1945 on Ambon Island, Indonesia, while a prisoner of war.
George Richard Taylor
George attended Carey from 1924 to 1927, excelling in sports. He joined the RAF in 1938 and flew in the first night-bombing raid on Berlin in 1940. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by King George VI, he became one of the youngest squadron leaders in the RAF. He was killed in action on 13 August 1941 during a raid on Berlin. He was 23 years old.
Ian Treloar
Ian attended Carey from 1930 to 1936 and returned in 1938 until 1940. He was School Captain and Captain of both the First XVIII Football and Cricket Teams, winning both batting and bowling averages. Ian received the Henry Meeks Senior Award in 1939 and earned colours in athletics, cricket and football. After piloting his Kittyhawk aircraft in a bombing raid, he was listed as missing in Sicily in August 1943, and later was presumed to have lost his life. He was 21 years of age. The Ian Treloar Memorial Prize for Specialist Mathematics is named in his honour.
Wesley White
Wesley attended Carey from 1928 to 1930, gaining his Intermediate Certificate. He was a member of Moore House and a keen tennis player. Wesley also won a merit prize in Form VII (Year 7). Serving as a flying officer during World War II, he died in Algeria in 1944 at the age of 28.
Donald Deakin Williamson
Donald attended Carey from 1938 to 1941 and was School Vice-Captain and Captain of Tranter House. He also served as a cadet lieutenant and was a member of the School Debating Team. Serving as a lieutenant in World War II, he died in Borneo in 1945 at the age of 21.
Keith Stillwell Wilson
Keith was a boarder at Carey attending from 1926 to 1927. He was a member of School House (Steele House). Serving as a flight rigger during World War II, he died in Deniliquin, New South Wales in 1942 at the age of 30.
Helen Wolff
Archivist, Community Engagement
Feature image: The Carey Cadets, 1940
