CAMPBELL, John Leslie Pitts (1931-2012)
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John Campbell was the great grandson of the College founder Rev Alexander James Campbell (1815-1849). John’s grandfather, Frederick Alexander Campbell (1849-1930) was one of George Morrison’s first students at the College.
The son of John Dudley Pitts Campbell (1890-1957) and Doris May, nee Reid of ‘Westbank’, Camperdown, John was a boarder at the College from 1943 to 1949 where he was a member of the 1st Cricket Team in 1949, the 1st Football Teams of 1948 and 1949, and a member of the Cadet Corps (CQMS-Stores). In 1949, he was a Warrinn House Prefect and Calvert House Captain. In 1947, he was awarded the Douglas Higgins Memorial Prize (Dux of Form IV), in 1948, the Fen and Roy Pillow Bursary and, in 1949, the Dr Gus Kearney Memorial Prize which recognized proficiency in both academic and sporting achievement.
John took over the family farm ‘Westbank’ located near Camperdown in Western Victoria, managing this successful sheep and lucerne property until 1985 when the property was sold. For many years he operated a bed and breakfast business in Echuca known as ‘Murray House’ and more recently ran a business ‘Forest Fantasies’ making and selling red gum furniture. John died at Echuca on 15 March 2012.
John Campbell was the great grandson of the College founder Rev Alexander James Campbell (1815-1849). John’s grandfather, Frederick Alexander Campbell (1849-1930) was one of George Morrison’s first students at the College. The son of John Dudley Pitts Campbell (1890-1957) and Doris May, nee Reid of ‘Westbank’, Camperdown, John was a boarder at the College from 1943 to 1949 where he was a member of the 1st Cricket Team in 1949, the 1st Football Teams of 1948 and 1949, and a member of the Cadet Corps (CQMS-Stores). In 1949, he was a Warrinn House Prefect and Calvert House Captain. In 1947, he was awarded the Douglas Higgins Memorial Prize (Dux of Form IV), in 1948, the Fen and Roy Pillow Bursary and, in 1949, the Dr Gus Kearney Memorial Prize which recognized proficiency in both academic and sporting achievement.
John took over the family farm ‘Westbank’ located near Camperdown in Western Victoria, managing this successful sheep and lucerne property until 1985 when the property was sold. For many years he operated a bed and breakfast business in Echuca known as ‘Murray House’ and more recently ran a business ‘Forest Fantasies’ making and selling red gum furniture. John died at Echuca on 15 March 2012.