RADCLIFFE, Robert Egerton (1917-1946)
RADCLIFFE, Robert Egerton (1917-1946)
Robert Radcliffe was born on 25 June 1917 and became aday student at Geelong College on 12 September 1933. His entry address was 'Warrain', Eastern Beach, Geelong. He had a tutor prior to attending College. At College he was stroke of the 1st Rowing VIII in 1935 and was a member of the Athletics Team for three years in 1933, 1934, and 1935. He was also a School Prefect in 1935.
Pegasus reported his early death:
'Robert E. Radcliffe was both a pupil and a master at Geelong College. As a boy he was a prefect, a successful scholar and a brilliant sprinter, stroked our 1935 crew and held a commission in the OTC; the first year's activity of the House of Guilds revealed his exceptional artistic gifts. In 1937-38 he was Warden of the House and then spent a year abroad studying art and textiles. He entered the woollen manufacturing business with a special interest in it's colour and pattern aspects and at the time of his death on April 16 (1946) was assistant manager of the Albury Woollen Mills.'
Sources Pegasus June 1946 p54.
Robert Radcliffe was born on 25 June 1917 and became aday student at Geelong College on 12 September 1933. His entry address was 'Warrain', Eastern Beach, Geelong. He had a tutor prior to attending College. At College he was stroke of the 1st Rowing VIII in 1935 and was a member of the Athletics Team for three years in 1933, 1934, and 1935. He was also a School Prefect in 1935.
Pegasus reported his early death:
'Robert E. Radcliffe was both a pupil and a master at Geelong College. As a boy he was a prefect, a successful scholar and a brilliant sprinter, stroked our 1935 crew and held a commission in the OTC; the first year's activity of the House of Guilds revealed his exceptional artistic gifts. In 1937-38 he was Warden of the House and then spent a year abroad studying art and textiles. He entered the woollen manufacturing business with a special interest in it's colour and pattern aspects and at the time of his death on April 16 (1946) was assistant manager of the Albury Woollen Mills.'
Sources Pegasus June 1946 p54.