Jock Menzies Explained

Jock Menzies
Fullname:	John Menzies
Birth Date:	31 October 1887
Birth Place:	Port Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	Essendon West, Victoria
Originalteam:	Port Melbourne Juniors
Height:	169 cm^[1]
Weight:	73 kg
Statsend:	1913
Years1:	1913
Games Goals1:	4 (1)

John Menzies (31 October 1887 – 14 May 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Family

The son of Andrew Constable Menzies (1858–1939),^[3] and Williamina Menzies (1858-1919), née Smith,^[4] John Menzies was born at Port Melbourne, Victoria on 31 October 1887.

He married Elsie Louise Martin (1886-1966) on 5 September 1922. They had one child: a daughter, Dorothy Elsie Menzies (1924-2023), later, Mrs. Kenneth David Gould.

Football

On 23 April 1913 he was cleared from Port Melbourne to St Kilda.^[5]

St Kilda (VFL)

Menzies made his debut, as the resting forward-pocket rover, for St Kilda, against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 26 April 1913.^[6]

Port Melbourne (VFA)

On 28 May 1914 Menzies was cleared from St Kilda to Port Melbourne.^[7] He played in 8 games, at centre half-forward, in the 1914 season, kicking 4 goals.^[8]

Military service

He enlisted on 15 September 1914, and served overseas with the Australian Army Medical Corps of the First AIF.^{[9] [10] [11]} He was wounded twice, in action on 3 May 1915,^{[12] [13]} and on 21 August 1915^{[14] [15]} while serving in the Dardanelles campaign, and returned to Australia on HMAT A29 Suevic, arriving in Melbourne on 5 January 1919.^[16]

Death

He died at West Essendon on 14 May 1967.^[17]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Private John Menzies (753), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Private John Menzies (753), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Private John Menzies (753), collection of the National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • "Jock" Menzies, at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Service Record.
2. Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 604.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206332142 Deaths: Menzies, The Age, (Saturday, 23 September 1919), p. 15.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202451652 Deaths: Menzies, The Age, (Thursday, 24 July 1919), p. 1.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10779575 Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 24 April 1913), p.5.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241840243 The League: South Melb. v. St. Kilda, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 26 April 1913), p.8.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7277447 Victorian Football Association: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Friday, 29 May 1914), p.12.
8. The VFA Project.
9. Nominal Roll.
10. Embarkation Roll.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1585907 Football: St. Kilda Club, The Argus, (Thursday, 16 December 1915), p.12.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1518512 Nineteenth Casualty List: Wounded: Victoria, The Argus, (Friday, 21 May 1915), p.4.
13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241677272 Australian Casualties: 44th List: Victoria: In Hospital England: Previously Reported Wounded, The (Ballarat) Evening Echo, (Saturday, 26 JUne 1915), p.1.
14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1567624 Australian Casualties: 86th List Issued: Wounded: Victoria, The Argus, (Tuesday, 5 October 1915), p.5.
15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page29526505 Australian Casualties: Lists 90 to 94: Victoria: In Hospital: at London, Australian Town and Country Journal, (Wednesday, 20 October 1915), p.16.
16. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155230746 Returned Troops, The Age, (Monday, 6 January 1919), p.6.
17. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mY4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=807%2C3018335 Deaths: Menzies, The Age, (Tuesday, 16 May, 1967), p.18.