Members of the Tait family have had a longstanding relationship with this school. William S Tait was an early pupil of aged 10 years from 1875 to 1878. He was the father of Cedric Errol (SGS 1911-1915) and Jack Mitchell (SGS 1911-1914). Cedric had two sons William (Bill) Sydney who attended from 1937 to 1940, and Robert Cedric from 1936 to 1937. Even Bill’s daughter-in-law, Netta Tait, was a member of Grammar’s Library staff from 2007 to 2019.
A recent donation to the Grammar Archives was made by Bill’s son Stephen Tait on behalf of the late Bill’s estate and was accompanied by a monetary donation to use towards restoration costs for the donated items, which included Bill’s school blazer, a prize oar, a photo collection and his father Cedric’s ceremonial sword from the First World War.
Bill’s donated School blazer includes badges for being a member of the First VIII of 1940 and 1941, GPS Rowing 1940 and First XV 1941. He also received a prize oar for his VIII crew winning the Head of the River in 1940.
Pictured: Bill Tait as a centenarian in 202
Pictured in header: Bill Tait (second from left) with other members of a gun reconnaisance crew during the Kokoda campaign 1941-42
