Peter Moyes

Who was Peter Moyes?

Peter Morton Moyes AM OBE was the Headmaster of Christ Church Grammar School and Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference of the Independent Schools of Australia.

He was born as the fourth of six children to parents John and Helen Moyes. Educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide he moved with father to Sydney where he completed his education at The Armidale School, and finally the University of Sydney, where he graduated with a Bachelor of arts degrees in 1939.

He started his teaching career as assistant master at Canberra Grammar School, which was postponed by the outbreak of World War II . After returning from the Middle East, he volunteered to join militia units in Papua New Guinea, where he had been in support of Australian Brigadier Arnold William Potts. He was later appointed to the Z Special Unit, where he trained spies, he later returned home upon doctors orders.

Once the war ended, he and his wife, Judy travelled to the United Kingdom, where he became a Latin and History teacher at Winchester College in Hampshire. After three years, he returned to Australia, teaching at Geelong Grammar School. After spending two years in the role at Geelong Grammar, he came to Perth to take up the headmaster position at Christ Church Grammar School.