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Albert Charles King 
Formerly a student at Brighton Technical School, Victoria.
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His name was incorrectly recorded as Albert Edward King in the Obituary that appeared in the 1945 edition of the Brighton Technical School magazine, “Sea Spray”.
 
Albert was born in Sandringham and, prior to his death at the age of 15 years, resided at 13 Dreadnought Street, Sandringham.   He died on the 27th. October, 1945.
 
He enrolled at Brighton Technical School, Berwick Street, Brighton, at the beginning of 1943.   Albert King was an outstanding athlete, Junior Champion in 1944, and under 16 Champion in 1945, and also participated in the activities of the Sandringham Amateur Athletic Club.  
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Albert Charles King. Photograph from the 1945 "Sea Spray", page 7.
As a member of the School baseball team he was very successful as a catcher and wielded a strong, vigorous bat.   During the latter half of the season he played with Elsternwick Baseball Club and showed very definite promise.   Albert was also a member of the School cricket team during 1944-45, his best score in that season being 67 n.o.   He was a very keen fieldsman and aggressive with the bat.
 
But, it was not in sport alone that Albert King showed qualities of leadership.   His housemates did him the high honour of electing him House Captain, and his classmates appointed him Vice-Captain of his section – tributes to his popularity and manly bearing. 
 
Albert brought to his studies that determined application which made him so outstanding at sport, and his scholastic record is one of steady improvement from the time he entered the School until he won first place in his class at the mid-year examination in 1945.
 
The death of such a fine, apparently physically fit young person, at the age of 15 years, poses many questions left unanswered in the “Sea Spray” report.   An investigation into his “cause of death” revealed Albert died from Oedema of the lungs and Cerebral haemorrhage.   Were the forces that drove Albert in his sporting and academic pursuits too intense?
 
Further investigation into the lives of members of his family suggests that other family members may have had medical issues that led to their early deaths.
 
Albert’s mother, Amy Louisa King, of 13 Dreadnought Street, Sandringham, died, aged 73 years, on the 6th. January, 1970.   Cause of death, Cerebral thrombosis – minutes.   Hypertension.   Amy Louisa married Albert’s father, Arthur Victor King, in Twickenham, England, when she was 21 years of age.
 
Albert’s father, Arthur Victor King, Motor Mechanic/Foreman, whose “Usual Place of Residence” was 13 Dreadnought Street, Sandringham, died aged 79 years on the 27th. March, 1977.   Cause of death, Uraemia – 6 days, Congestive cardiac failure – 6 days, Pulmonary oedema – 6 days, Hypertension and coronary arteriosclerosis – years, Suspected carcinoma of stomach?
 
Of interest is the fact that when Arthur Victor King died in 1977, four of his eight children had predeceased him.   They were recorded on Arthur’s Death Certificate as follows :
 
            Victor Charles Arthur, 57 years.
            Laurence William Henry, deceased.
            Vincent, deceased.
            Dulcie, deceased.
            Irene Doris, 50 years.
            Albert Charles, deceased.
            Ruth, 43 years,
            Catherine May, 41 years.
 
The Death Certificate of Arthur Victor King also records that he married his wife, Amy Louisa Head, in Middlesex, England, when he was 20 years of age.
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13 Dreadnought Street, Sandringham, Victoria. Formerly the home of Albert Charles King.
Albert Charles King, former Brighton Technical School student who died aged 15 years, was buried in the New Cheltenham Cemetery, Wangara Road, Cheltenham, on the 29th. October, 1945.   (In 2017, the New Cheltenham Cemetery is named Cheltenham Memorial Park).
 
Grave reference of Albert Charles King :
Church of England.   Section 333.   Grave 8.
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The grave of Albert Charles King. Cheltenham Memorial Park Cemetery, Wangara Road, Cheltenham, Victoria. Church of England. Section 333. Grave 8.
REFERENCES :
 
Brighton Technical School “Sea Spray” Magazine, 1945.   Page 7.
Death Certificate -  Albert Charles King.
Death Certificate – Amy Louisa King.
Death Certificate – Arthur Victor King.
Records of the Cheltenham Memorial Park Cemetery.
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      • George Scott
      • MMBW Plan C. 1905
      • Annual Awards 1977
      • Letters to the Editor 1991
      • Cookery 1942
      • Memories ... 1943–1945. Valda Tibbits
      • Marketing in 1984
      • Year 12 Courses 1986, Open Day 1986 and Folder
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      • Homework - Cartoon
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      • In the Class Room - Boys' School
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        • Dressmaking Drafts
        • Artwork Design - a Career
        • Girls' Metal Work
        • Horticulture in 1945
        • Horticulture in 1946
      • In the Class Room - Boys and Girls >
        • We need your help!
      • In the Class Room - Community Education
      • Sporting Achievements and Trophies >
        • Human Dominoes
    • Acknowledgements
    • Latest News
    • Demolition and Auction
    • Alumni and Tributes >
      • Donald Anderson
      • Allan Thomas Bernaldo
      • Michael Burge OAM
      • Lindsay Chapman
      • (Margaret) Joan Couzoff, nee Staindl
      • Anzlie Vivian Chick
      • Percy Edgar Everett
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      • Stoker J. H. Hill
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