Harold Maskell | |
Fullname: | Harold Robert Maskell |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1911 |
Birth Place: | Mortlake, Victoria |
Death Place: | Heidelberg, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Camperdown (HFL) |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 81 kg |
Statsend: | 1936 |
Years1: | 1932 |
Games Goals1: | 9 (0) |
Years2: | 1934–35 |
Games Goals2: | 11 (2) |
Years3: | 1935–36 |
Games Goals3: | 8 (2) |
Games Goalstotal: | 28 (4) |
Harold Robert Maskell (17 March 1911 – 12 September 1972)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong, Carlton and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
When World War II began in 1939, Maskell volunteered for active service with the Australian Army. He qualified for the elite Commando force in 1942, and from then on fought against the invading Japanese Army in New Guinea and the neighbouring islands.[3]