Howard+Hitchcock

====**Howard Hitchcock-** (born in Geelong 1866-1932) Aside from being Mayor of Geelong, philanthropist Howard Hitchcock organised the funding and construction of Australia's Great Ocean Road. A trust to raise money for the work on the section between Eastern View and Apollo Bay had Counsellor Hitchcock as its president. His plan was that the Great Ocean Road would be built by returned soldiers as a memorial to all those who were killed in WWI.====