Norm Bradford Explained

Norman Bradford
Fullname:	Alfred Norman Bradford
Birth Date:	17 August 1894
Birth Place:	Ascot Vale, Victoria
Death Place:	Pozières, France
Originalteam:	Yarraville
Statsend:	1915
Years1:	1915
Games Goals1:	7 (9)

Alfred Norman Bradford (14 August 1894 – 4 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Family

Son of Alfred David Bradford (1858-1941),^[1] and Margaret Mary Bradford (1865-1946), née Thompson,^[2] Alfred Norman Bradford was born at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 14 August 1894.

Football

Recruited from Yarraville Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA),^[3] he played 7 senior games with South Melbourne in 1915.

His first match for the South Melbourne First XVIII was against St Kilda on 24 April 1915,^[4] and his seventh and last match, prior to his enlistment was against Fitzroy on 24 July 1915.

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915;^{[5] [6]} and, leaving Australia on the HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 27 October 1915, he served overseas in the Australian Imperial Force as a Corporal in the 23rd Battalion of the Australian Infantry.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Death

Bradford was killed in action while in charge of a section of his battalion's bomb throwers, at Pozières, France, on 4 August 1916.^{[16] [17] [18]}

His name is engraved on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, a memorial to all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War whose graves are not known.^[19]

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• Main, J. & Allen, D., "Bradford, Norman", pp. 23–25 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Corporal Alfred Norman Bradford (2577), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Alfred Norman Bradford (2577), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• World War One Service Record: Corporal Alfred Norman Bradford (2577), National Archives of Australia.
• Roll of Honour Circular: Corporal Alfred Norman Bradford (2577), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Roll of Honour: Corporal Alfred Norman Bradford (2577), Australian War Memorial.
• Corporal Alfred Norman Bradford (2577), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Notes and References

1. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205150917 Deaths: Bradford, The Age, (Thursday, 3 April 1941), p.1.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22251539 Deaths: Bradford, The Argus, (Tuesday, 21 May 1946), p.2.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154945512 South Melbourne's New Men, The Age, (Tuesday, 20 April 1915), p.11.
4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242365774 Football: League: St. Kilda v. South Melbourne, The Herald, (Saturday, 24 April 1915), p.3.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75011139 The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 31 July 1915), p.2.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75011460 The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 16 October 1915), p.2.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page7220653 Soldiers' Letters; Life Aboard a Transport, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 8 January 1916), p.2.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75011935 From Private Norman Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 5 February 1916), p.3.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75011950 From Private Norman Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 12 February 1916), p.2.
10. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75012108 Private W. (sic) Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 11 March 1916), p.2.
11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75012217 Soldiers' Letters: Privates Norman Bradford and "Boxer" Milne, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 8 April 1916), p.2.
12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75012279 Soldiers' Letters: Private Norman Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 22 April 1916), p.2.
13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75012468 Private Norman Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 10 June 1916), p.2.
14. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75012630 Soldiers' Letters: Private Norman Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 29 July 1916), p.3.
15. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75012742 Soldiers' Letters: Corporal Norman Bradford, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 2 September 1916), p.3.
16. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74255301 Roll of Honor: Cpl. A. Norman Bradford, The (Footscray) Independent, (Saturday, 16 September 1916), p.2.
17. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1611664 Australian Casualties: 212th and 213th Lists Issued: Killed in Action: Victoria, The Argus, (Saturday, 16 September 1916), p.17.
18. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155171190 Deaths: On Active Service: Bradford—Rogers, The Age, (Saturday, 23 September 1916), p.7.
19. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.