Reg Peterson Explained
| Reg Peterson |
| Fullname: | Reginald Lochiel Peterson |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Unley, South Australia |
| Death Place: | Repatriation General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Carlton reserves |
| Height: | 182 cm |
| Weight: | 75 kg |
| Statsend: | 1933 |
| Years1: | 1929–30 |
| Club1: | Port Melbourne (VFA) |
| Games Goals1: | 23 (12) |
| Years2: | 1930 |
| Club2: | Brunswick (VFA) |
| Games Goals2: | 6 (5) |
| Years3: | 1930–31 |
| Club3: | Brighton (VFA) |
| Games Goals3: | 15 (45) |
| Years4: | 1931–32 |
| Games Goals4: | 20 (8) |
| Years5: | 1933 |
| Games Goals5: | 1 (1) |
Reginald Lochiel Peterson (16 August 1907 – 23 May 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of Henry Christian Peterson (1872-1939),[2] and Jessie Peterson (1877-1943), née MacKenzie,[3] Reginald Lochiel Peterson was born at Unley, South Australia on 16 August 1907.
He married Joyce Esmerald Morris (1916-1979) in 1940.[4]
Military service
Peterson later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[5] He was a prisoner of war in Malaya.
Death
He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 23 May 1961.[6]
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.
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
- Web site: World War Two Nominal Roll: Sergeant Reginald Lochiel Peterson (VX39288). Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- B883, VX39288: World War Two Service Record: Sergeant Reginald Lochiel Peterson (VX39288), National Archives of Australia.
External links
Notes and References
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.701.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205626864 Deaths: Peterson, The Age, (Tuesday, 9 May 1939), p.1.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11340032 Deaths: Peterson, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1943), p.2.
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241313262 Women Fined £75 and £25 -- Bets Taken, The Herald, (Thursday, 8 June 1944), p.7.
- Nominal Roll.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uYRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ra8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5830%2C3482955 Deaths: Peterson, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 May 1961), p.24.
