CLARKE, Douglas Hughan MacCallum ‘Mac’ (1918-2009)
CLARKE, Douglas Hughan MacCallum ‘Mac’ (1918-2009)
'Mac' Clarke died on 9 July 2009 at Colac. The son of Cyril McCallam and Elsie nee Vagg, he was educated at Colac West Primary School before attending the College from 1929 to 1936. At College, he was a member of the Cadet Corps and, in 1936, a cadet quarter master sergeant (CQMS). He served in the AIF during World War II becoming a staff sergeant. The School database states that he was strongly interested in philately and particularly postal history, an activity he first started in the House of Guilds while a boarder. He exhibited his collection both nationally and overseas and often acted as a judge at stamp exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand.
'Mac' Clarke died on 9 July 2009 at Colac. The son of Cyril McCallam and Elsie nee Vagg, he was educated at Colac West Primary School before attending the College from 1929 to 1936. At College, he was a member of the Cadet Corps and, in 1936, a cadet quarter master sergeant (CQMS). He served in the AIF during World War II becoming a staff sergeant. The School database states that he was strongly interested in philately and particularly postal history, an activity he first started in the House of Guilds while a boarder. He exhibited his collection both nationally and overseas and often acted as a judge at stamp exhibitions in Australia and New Zealand.
Source
Herald Sun (Melb) 11 July 2009; Geelong Advertiser 11 July 2009.