List of Ipswich Grammar School Old Boys

Alumni of Ipswich Grammar School in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia are known as 'Old Boys' and automatically gain membership into the schools alumni association, the IGS Old Boys Association (IGSOBA). Established in 1907, IGSOBA organises regular reunions and occasional sporting competitions.[1]

Some notable Old Boys of Ipswich Grammar School include:

Academic

Dr J.J.C. Bradfield, 1933

Architecture, building and engineering

Entertainment, media and the arts

Military

  • Lt. Gen. John Coates AC MBE - Commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon; Head of the Australian Defence Staff, Washington and Chief of the General Staff, Australian Army[3]
  • Walde Fisher, Australian Infantry Soldier killed in action in World War I[5][6]
  • Major Percival Savage DSO[7] MBE[8] - Gallipoli veteran, farmer, chairman of the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing, Queensland for 30 years.[9]
  • Air Commodore Timothy Owen AM - Commander Surveillance and Response Group RAAF; Deputy Commander ADF Forces Iraq and Afghanistan.

Politics, public service and the law

Medicine and science

Sport

Basketball

Cricket

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Tennis

References

  1. "Old Boys". About OBA. Ipswich Grammar School. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
  2. "NSW Rhodes Scholars" Archived 2008-05-02 at the Wayback MachineUniversity of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)
  3. "Distinguished Old Boys". OBA. Ipswich Grammar School. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
  4. "Ipswich Grammar School (entry 600601)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  5. "Anzac Day Commemorations" (PDF). The Grammar Word - 1 May 2014. Ipswich Grammar School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. Church, Sophie. "A soul unsheathed : the life and death of Lieutenant Walde Fisher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  7. "Award: Distinguished Service Order". Australian War Museum. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  8. The Major to retire (Vol. 44 No. 2 ed.), Queensland Fruit and Vegetable News, 10 May 1973, p. 19
  9. 50 years of progress : The Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing, C.O.D. : 1923-1973. Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing. 1973. OCLC 221777895.
  10. Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1989–1991
  11. Wood, Ronald. Gibson, John Lockhart (1860–1944). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  12. Big Matt is back in town
  13. "Who Are Our Wallabies?". Sporting Notes. Ipswich Grammar School. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
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