Ernie Foo Explained

Ernie Foo
Fullname:Ernest Arthur Foo
Birth Date:30 July 1891
Birth Place:Fitzroy, Victoria
Death Place:Caulfield, Victoria
Originalteam:YMCA Sydney / Wesley College
Statsend:1914
Years1:1914
Games Goals1:4 (2)

Ernest Arthur Foo (30 July 1891 – 27 February 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of Thomas Foo and Mary Jane Williams (d. 1917),[2] Ernest Arthur Foo was born in Fitzroy on 30 July 1891. He married Olive Ida Wise in 1914. They were divorced in 1920.[3] [4] He married Lily Edna Hebditch in 1929.

Military service

Foo fought in World War I—having enlisting under the anglicised name "Ernest Arthur Ford"—serving in France in the latter stages of the war.[5]

Death

He died on 27 February 1934 at the Caulfield Military Hospital.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 286.
  2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1596914 Deaths: Foo, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 February 1917), p. 1.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page26327805 A Husband's Choice, The Herald, (Thursday, 29 July), p. 10.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4593164 Divorce Court, The Argus, (Friday, 30 July 1920), p. 4.
  5. Web site: Discovering Anzacs: Ernest Arthur Ford . National Archives of Australia.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203838139 Deaths: Ford, The Age, (Saturday, 3 March 1934), p.13.