LAIDLAW, Charles Sutherland (1928-2014)
LAIDLAW, Charles Sutherland (1928-2014)
Charles Laidlaw, grazier, became a long serving Geelong College Council Member from 1974-1985 during a critical period when the School introduced co-education. He and his family had moved from the Wilaura district to the property ‘Gnarpurt’ near Lismore during the mid-1960s.
His community involvement grew from this time and ‘Charlie’ became a committee member of Lions, an Elder of the Lismore Presbyterian Church and the Ballarat Presbytery alternate elder to the Victorian General Assembly. For 50 years he was a member of the Rural Fire Brigade becoming both Captain of the Lismore Brigade and later Group Officer. Chairman of the fundraising committee for the Lismore Community Centre, he gained recognition as the Shire of Hampden’s 'Citizen of the Year’ in 1991.
‘Charlie, the son of Adam Laidlaw and his wife Jean Sutherland was born on 13 April 1928. He grew up on his parent’s farm, ‘Parrie Yalloak’, attended Ararat High School and became a boarder at College from 1942 to August, 1944. His sons, Stuart (1957-1970), OGC 1971 and Andrew, OGC 1979, and his brother Kenneth Sutherland Laidlaw (1930-1995), OGC 1944, also attended College. ‘Charlie’ died on 27 May 2014.
Charles Laidlaw, grazier, became a long serving Geelong College Council Member from 1974-1985 during a critical period when the School introduced co-education. He and his family had moved from the Wilaura district to the property ‘Gnarpurt’ near Lismore during the mid-1960s.
His community involvement grew from this time and ‘Charlie’ became a committee member of Lions, an Elder of the Lismore Presbyterian Church and the Ballarat Presbytery alternate elder to the Victorian General Assembly. For 50 years he was a member of the Rural Fire Brigade becoming both Captain of the Lismore Brigade and later Group Officer. Chairman of the fundraising committee for the Lismore Community Centre, he gained recognition as the Shire of Hampden’s 'Citizen of the Year’ in 1991.
‘Charlie, the son of Adam Laidlaw and his wife Jean Sutherland was born on 13 April 1928. He grew up on his parent’s farm, ‘Parrie Yalloak’, attended Ararat High School and became a boarder at College from 1942 to August, 1944. His sons, Stuart (1957-1970), OGC 1971 and Andrew, OGC 1979, and his brother Kenneth Sutherland Laidlaw (1930-1995), OGC 1944, also attended College. ‘Charlie’ died on 27 May 2014.
Source
Geelong Advertiser 3 June 2014; Ad Astra July 2014 p45. OGC 1941.