Jack Price (Australian footballer) explained

Jack Price
Fullname:John Frederick Price
Birth Date:26 June 1901
Birth Place:Camberwell, Victoria
Death Place:Syria
Height:170 cm
Guernsey:27
Statsend:1929
Years1:1925
Games Goals1:10 (2)
Years2:1926–29
Club2:Camberwell (VFA)
Games Goals2:41 (6)
Games Goalstotal:51 (8)

John Frederick Price (26 June 1901 – 27 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The son of John Price, and Annie Price (née Hunt), John Frederick Price was born at Camberwell, Victoria on 26 June 1901.

He married Emslee Margaret Gladys Murdoch in 1921.

Football

Originally playing with Carlton reserves, Price transferred to Hawthorn during the 1925 VFL season,[2] making 10 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

He subsequently played with Camberwell in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) for four seasons.

Military service

Price enlisted and served in the second AIF in the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion (as did Max Wheeler).

Death

He was killed in action in Syria on 27 June 1941.[3] He has no known grave, and is commemorated at the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014).
  2. News: FOOTBALL. . . Melbourne . 21 May 1925 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: Roll of Honour:John Frederick Price. Australian War Memorial.
  4. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.