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

Since the inception of the Victorian Football League in 1897, many of its players have served in the armed services, including the Anglo–Boer War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War (in which Melbourne's Geoff Collins served as a fighter pilot), and the Vietnam War (in which Essendon's Keith Gent, Lindsay McGie, and Ian Payne, and Geelong's Wayne Closter all served).

A number of the VFL players who served also lost their lives on active service; they were either killed in action, or died as a consequence of the wounds, injuries, and/or illnesses they had suffered in their active service.[1] [2]

According to Main & Allen (2002, p. x), "no VFL footballer was killed in any wars other than the Anglo–Boer War and the two World Wars".

Anglo-Boer War

Charlie Moore and Stan Reid, the only two VFL players to be killed in the Anglo–Boer War, had played against each other in the 1898 VFL Grand Final.

Reid had played in the back pocket for Fitzroy and was one of Fitzroy's best players, whilst Moore had played at full-forward for Essendon. Fitzroy won the match 5.8 (38) to 3.5 (23), with Moore kicking one of Essendon's three goals.[3]

Moore had already played a number of senior games for Albert-Park Football Club (and, possibly, also for the South Melbourne Football Club) in the VFA before moving to play for Essendon in the VFL's inaugural year of 1897,[4] whilst Stan Reid had played quite a number of senior games for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA prior to 1897.[5]

PlayerVFL
Games		VFL Club(s)Rank held at time of deathDate of deathLocation
30 Trooper, 4th Victorian Imperial
Bushmen's Contingent 		12 May
1901 		Kwaggashoek Farm,
South Africa[6]
24 Lieutenant, 6th Western Australian
Mounted Infantry 		29 June
1901 		Middel-Kraal,
South Africa[7]

World War I

It can never be definitively argued that any particular person was "the first VFL footballer killed in the First World War" due to at least six former VFL footballers being killed during the chaos of the landing at Anzac Cove on Sunday, 25 April 1915 – Lieutenant Joseph Rupert "Rupert" Balfe (University), Private Joseph Alan "Alan" Cordner (Geelong and Collingwood), Private Claude Terrell Crowl (St Kilda), Private Charles "Charlie" Fincher (South Melbourne), Private Fenley John "Fen" McDonald (Carlton and Melbourne), and Corporal Arthur Mueller "Joe" Pearce (Melbourne).

PlayerVFL
Games		VFL Club(s)Rank held at time of deathDate of deathLocation
1 Private, 5th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		8 August
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[8]
7 Lieutenant, 6th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 April
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[9]
18 27 December
1917 		Western Front,
France[11]
7 Second Lieutenant, 1st
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		23 July
1916 		Pozières,
France[12]
1 Private
2nd Battalion Australian Machine Gun Corps 		24 May
1918 		France[13]
7 Corporal, 23rd Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		4 August
1916 		Pozières,
France[14]
5 Lieutenant, 24th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		14 August
1918 		Villers-Bretonneux,
France[15]
8 Private, 4th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		26 July
1915 		Valletta,
Malta[16]
1 Private
Australian Reinforcement 		21 October
1918 		Sierra Leone[17]
71 Private, 14th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		5 February
1917 		Bapaume,
France[18]
70 Sergeant, 58th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		15 July
1916 		Armentières,
France[19]
4 Corporal, 60th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		19 July
1916 		Fromelles,
France[20]
2 Corporal,
5th Australian Light Horse Regiment		2 June
1915 		Gallipoli, Turkey[21]
6 Lieutenant, 6th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		10 August
1918 		Villers-Bretonneux,
France[22]
136 Lance-Corporal, 8th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		20 September
1917 		Polygon Wood,
Belgium[23]
7 Captain, Australian Army
Medical Corps, First A.I.F. 		25 June
1920 		Lost at sea off
Toulon, France[24]
23 Private, 6th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 April
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[25]
3 Private, 8th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 April
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[26]
3 Captain, 8th Australian,
Light Horse, First A.I.F. 		27 June
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[27]
21 Captain, 48th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		3 May
1918 		Villers-Bretonneux,
France[28]
11 Private
5th Battalion (Infantry) 		10 August
1918 		France[29]
Jack Doubleday53 Lieutenant, Australian
Dental Corps, First A.I.F. 		30 October
1918 		Died at sea,
Indian Ocean[30]
80 Captain, Australian Army
Medical Corps, First A.I.F. 		25 September
1917 		Chateau Wood,
Ypres, France[31]
1 Private
46th Battalion (Infantry)		9 August
1916 		France[32]
18 Private, 28th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		8 August
1918 		Villers-Bretonneux,
France[33]
9 Private, 5th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 April
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[34]
1 Sergeant
8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery 		15 October
1917 		Belgium[35]
28 Lieutenant, 24th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		29 November
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[36]
22 Sapper, 2nd Field
Company, Australian
Engineers, First A.I.F. 		15 November
1916 		Rouen,
France[37]
35 Captain, 59th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		19 July
1916 		Fleurbaix,
France[38]
5 Company Sergeant Major,
59th Battalion, First A.I.F. 		27 March
1917 		Military Hospital
Caulfield, Victoria[39]
8 Bombardier, 3rd AFA Brigade,
Australian Field Artillery 		30 September
1918 		France[40]
6 Private, Wellington Infantry Regiment,
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 		15 August
1917 		Military Hospital,
England[41] [42]
20 Lance-Corporal, 22nd
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		3 May
1917 		Bullecourt
France[43]
7 Sergeant, 24th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		13 March
1917 		Étaples
France[44]
9 Captain
1st Pioneer Battalion		14 September
1917 		Belgium[45]
24 Lieutenant, 15th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		10 May
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[46]
1 Captain, 10th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		23 June
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[47]
3 Captain, 7th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		8 May
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[48]
72 Private, 14th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		22 October
1917 		Passchendaele,
Belgium[49]
7 Trooper, 8th Australian
Light Horse, First A.I.F. 		7 August
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[50]
17 Captain
Headquarters 1 Australian Division 		2 January,
1918 		Belgium[51]
2 Private, 58th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		19 July
1916 		Fromelles,
France[52]
1 Lieutenant, 159th Brigade
Royal Field Artillery 		3 August
1916 		Corbie,
France[53]
1 Captain, 38th Division, Signal
Company, Royal Engineers 		1 April
1918 		Neuve-Église,
Belgium[54]
2 Private, 10th Machine Gun
Company, First A.I.F. 		8 June
1917 		Messines,
Belgium[55]
12 Lord Strathcona's Horse
(Royal Canadians) 		1 December
1917 		France[56]
36 Lance-Corporal, 24th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		29 July
1916 		Villers-Bretonneux,
France[57]
5 Private, 21st Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		20 March
1917 		Bapaume,
France[58]
26 Lance Corporal
22nd Battalion (Infantry)		3 May
1917 		France[59]
15 Private, 6th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 March
1918 		Military Hospital
Caulfield, Victoria[60]
65 Corporal, 22nd Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		3 May
1917 		Bullecourt
France[61]
2 Lieutenant, 38th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		12 October
1917 		Passchendaele,
Belgium[62]
9 Private, 37th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		4 October
1917 		Passchendaele,
Belgium[63]
11 Private, 37th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 April
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[64]
1 Private
51st Battalion (Infantry)		6 May
1918 		France[65]
39 Lieutenant, 59th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		28 September
1917 		Polygon Wood,
Belgium[66]
4 Private, 1st Regiment
South African Infantry 		18 July
1916 		Delville Wood,
France[67]
14 Sergeant, 1st Australian
Clearing Hospital, First A.I.F. 		8 December
1915 		Alexandria,
Egypt[68]
2 Private, 8th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		29 May
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[69]
1 Stoker
HMAS Swan, R.A.N.		16 June
1917 		Singapore[70]
3 Lieutenant,
Australian Army Ordnance Corps		13 April
1919 		London, England[71]
28 Captain, 59th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		29 September
1918 		Bellicourt,
France[72]
1 Lieutenant Colonel,
5th Australian Field Ambulance,
Australian Army Medical Corps 		20 September
1917 		Belgium[73]
30 Sergeant, 58th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		23 July
1916 		Fleurbaix,
France[74]
2 Private, 24h
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		17 October
1917 		Broodseinde,
Belgium
1 Sergeant, 8th
Australian Light Horse 		7 August
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[75]
28 Second Lieutenant, 12th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		18 August
1915 		Malta[76]
1 Doctor
Australian Army Medical Corps 		29 December
1917[77] 		Melbourne, Australia[78]
3 2nd Lieutenant
37th Battalion (Infantry)		30 January
1917 		France[79]
152 Corporal, 7th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		25 April
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[80]
15 Private, 14th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		2 July
1916 		Bois-Grenier,
France[81]
26 Captain, 60th Battalion,
First A.I.F. 		19 July
1916 		Fromelles,
France[82]
16 Lieutenant,
Australian Flying Corps 		4 June
1918 		The Somme,
France[83]
1 Private
55th Australian Infantry Battalion		10 May
1917 		Dorset, England[84]
9 Private
2nd Pioneer Battalion 		16 January
1917 		France[85]
10 Second Lieutenant, 11th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		6 August
1915 		Gallipoli,
Turkey[86]
14 Second Lieutenant,
Royal Flying Corps &<br />Second Lieutenant, 8th
Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 		11 May
1917 		Aboukir,
Egypt[87]
22 Second Lieutenant, 23rd
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		20 March
1917 		The Somme,
France[88]
3 Corporal, 3rd Battalion,
Machine Gun Corps, First A.I.F. 		22 September
1918 		near Rouen,
France[89]
Les Rogers[90] 3 Private
23rd Battalion (Infantry) 		4 August
1916 		France[91]
8 Second Lieutenant
3rd Squadron Royal Flying Corps 		14 February
1917 		Gueudecourt,
France[92]
Paddy Rowan[93] 82 Sergeant, 29th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		5 December
1916 		Western Front,
France[94]
3 Private
2nd Company Machine Gun Corps 		3 November
1916 		France[95]
18 Lance Sergeant, 14th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		6 February
1917 		Tidworth,
Wiltshire, England[96]
6 8 August
1918 		Fouilloy, Somme,
France[97]
108 Captain, 22nd
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		3 May
1917 		Bullecourt
France[98]
84 Lieutenant, 10th Machine
Gun Company, First A.I.F. 		4 January
1917 		Armentières,
France[99]
13 Private, 14th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		5 July
1918 		Hamel,
France[100]
12 Private, 39th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		2 May
1917 		Western Front,
France[101]
4 Sergeant, 8th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		27 July
1916 		Pozières,
France
7 Lieutenant Colonel,
1st Field Ambulance,
Australian Army Medical Corps 		2 May
1917 		The Somme,
France[102]
19 Captain, 14th
Battalion, First A.I.F. 		11 April
1917 		Bullecourt
France[103]
2 Private
6th Battalion, First A.I.F.		20 October
1914 		Melbourne, Victoria[104]
3 Sergeant, 8th Brigade
Australian Field Artillery 		31 July
1917 		Armentières,
France[105]
12 Corporal
59th Battalion (Infantry) 		12 December
1916 		France[106]

World War II

PlayerVFL
Games		VFL Club(s)Rank held at time of deathDate of deathLocation
53 Flying Officer,
100 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		20 May 1944 Shot down off
Wewak, New Guinea[107]
4 Able Seaman,
, Naval Reserve 		1 March 1942 Sunda Strait,
off Java[108]
1 Flight Sergeant R.A.A.F.
attached to 232 Squadron, R.A.F. 		12 August 1943 over Sicily[109]
33 Private, 2/9 Field Ambulance,
Australian Army Medical Corps 		9 February 1942 Singapore,
Malaya[110]
58 Corporal, 7th Division Supply Column,
Australian Army Service Corps 		31 July 1941 Tobruk, Libya[111]
15 Lance Corporal, 2/5 Cavalry
(Commando) Squadron, Second A.I.F. 		4 July 1945 Balikpapan,
Borneo[112]
4 Leading Aircraftman R.A.A.F.
1 Service Flying Training School, Point Cook 		2 August 1941 Air collision near the
You Yangs, Victoria[113]
104 Private, 2/24th
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		30 May 1945 Tarakan,
Dutch East Indies[114]
107 Sergeant, 1 Recruit
Centre Melbourne, R.A.A.F. 		9 January 1943 Heidelberg
Military Hospital[115]
3 Fight Sergeant,
30 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		11 August 1943 off Goodenough Island
Milne Bay[116]
69 Private, 105 Transport Company,
Australian Army Service Corps 		11 September 1943 Burma-Siam Railway
Burma[117]
3 Lance-Bombardier, 2/2 Field
Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 		23 April 1941 Bralos Pass
Thermopylae, Greece[118]
3 Sergeant, 23rd Anti Tank Battery,
Royal Australian Artillery 		6 July 1942 Queensland[119]
18 Warrant Officer R.A.A.F.
attached to 70 Squadron, R.A.F. 		7 July 1944 over Feuersbrunn,
Austria[120]
9 Private, 20 Field Bakery Platoon,
Australian Army Service Corps 		27 June 1944 Atherton Tablelands,
Far North Queensland[121]
9 Corporal, 2/24th
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		19 June 1943 New Guinea[122]
8 Private, 2/7th
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		7 February 1943 New Guinea[123]
7 Private, 2/29th
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		22 January 1942 Malaya[124]
11 Flight Sergeant, 667 Communication Unit 11 Base RAF
R.A.A.F 		8 November 1944 Glen Shee,
Scotland[125]
2 Ordinary Seaman, HMAS Cerberus
R.A.N. 		23 February 1941 Chelsea,
Victoria[126]
16 Pilot Officer, R.A.A.F.
attached to 78 Squadron, R.A.F. 		4 May 1942 over Hamburg,
Germany[127]
14 Private, 2/21st
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		20 February 1942 Ambon,
Dutch East Indies[128]
73 Warrant Officer Class II,
Bomb Disposal Mobile Unit,
Royal Australian Engineers 		24 April 1945 whilst defusing bomb
at Aitapi, near Lae,
New Guinea[129]
5 Lance Corporal,
51st Field Park Company,
Royal Australian Engineers 		11 April 1945 New Guinea[130]
69 Private, 4th Reserve Motor
Transport Company, Australian
Army Service Corps 		24 January 1942 near Singapore,
Malaya[131]
1 Sergeant, 127 Brigade Workshops,
Australian Corps of Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers 		15 August 1945 Wewak,
New Guinea[132]
43 Flying Officer,
11 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		28 February 1943 off Cairns,
Far North Queensland[133]
43 Flying Officer,
30 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		11 October 1943 Goodenough Island,
Milne Bay[134]
44 Gunner, 9th Light
Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal
Australian Artillery, Second A.I.F. 		28 August 1942 New Guinea[135]
50 Trooper, 2/10th Australian
Cavalry (Commando) Squadron 		15 November 1944 Aitapi, near Lae,
New Guinea[136]
25 Driver, 2/19th Transport Platoon,
Australian Army Service Corps 		8 September 1944 Charters Towers,
Far North Queensland[137]
54 Engineer-Lieutenant Commander,
, R.A.N. 		8 April 1940 off Trondheim,
Norway[138]
1 Warrant Officer Class II,
2/41st Light Aid Detachment, Australian
Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 		24 November 1943 Far North Queensland
66 Captain, 2/12th Field Regiment
9th Division, Second A.I.F. 		19 December 1943 Rockhampton,
Central Queensland[139]
1 Pilot Officer,
8 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		28 March 1944 off Bougainville Island,
New Guinea[140]
13 Flying Officer,
4 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		27 June 1944 Madang,
New Guinea[141]
128 Lieutenant, 2/6th Infantry
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		9 February 1943 Wau,
New Guinea[142]
2 Flying Officer, R.A.A.F.
(seconded to 16 Squadron, R.A.F.) 		8 March 1944 over English
Channel[143]
17 Flying Officer, R.A.A.F.
53 Squadron RAF		13 June 1944 Shot down over the English Channel.[144]
3 Sub-Lieutenant,, Royal
Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve 		6 June 1944 Normandy,
France[145]
10 Private,
2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		27 June 1941 Syria[146]
11 Flight Sergeant, R.A.A.F.
attached to 11 Squadron, R.A.F. 		9 July 1943 over Burma[147]
13 Pilot Officer,
454 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		23 July 1943 over Crete[148]
48 Private, 2/21st
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		6 June 1945 Ambon
Dutch East Indies[149]
18 Private,
85 Light Aid Detachment 		3 August 1943 Burma[150]
58 Private,
2/24th Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		9 April 1942 Rabaul[151]
7 Flying Officer R.A.A.F.
attached to 19 Operational Training Unit, R.A.F. 		14 August 1942 over Scotland[152]
2 Flight Sergeant, R.A.A.F.
attached to 108 Squadron, R.A.F. 		15 August 1942 Middle East[153]
2 Lieutenant, 2/21st
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		1 May 1941 Libya[154]
209 Private, 2/3rd Independent
(Commando) Company, Second A.I.F. 		17 August 1943 Salamaua,
New Guinea[155]
1 Sergeant
AA Pay Corps 		21 May 1943 Burma[156]
50 Squadron Leader,
76 Squadron, R.A.A.F. 		28 March 1943 Exmouth Gulf,
Western Australia[157]
26 Private, 2/27th
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		11 June 1941 Syria[158]
1 Private, 2/2nd Pioneer
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		11 June 1941 Syria[159]
5 Sergeant, 2/16th
Battalion, Second A.I.F. 		9 June 1941 Litani River,
Syria[160]
10 Bombardier, 3rd Australian
Light Anti Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Australian Artillery 		29 May 1941 at sea
Middle East[161]
3 Corporal, A.I.F. General
101 Hospital, Australian
Army Medical Corps		7 June 1947 Plympton,
South Australia[162]

Umpires

At least one VFL umpire is known to have been killed: goal umpire Alexander Salton who served as a Private in the 60th Battalion, First A.I.F. He died from his wounds on 10 September 1916 in France.[163] He was shot in the stomach five days after joining his battalion, which had been comprehensively defeated two months before at the Battle of Fromelles. He is the only VFL field, boundary, or goal umpire known to have been killed on active service in any war.[164]

In an unusual case, one VFL umpire, Henry James "Bunny" Nugent (1880–1955),[165] [166] served in three wars:[167] [168] the Boer War, World War I[169] [170] (wherein he was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery),[171] and World War II (he had put his age back five years to enlist in 1939).[172] [173] In his first senior VFL match as field umpire back from his service in the First AIF (Richmond v. Essendon on Saturday, 11 May 1918), the Richmond and Essendon players lined up and formed a guard of honour for him to run through as he took the ground.[174]

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References

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Notes and References

  1. In all that follows, in the event of any conflict in the information provided by different sources, unless there is some specific reason to do otherwise, the work of Main & Allen (2002) is taken as the authority because it is the most reliable, the most recent, and the most thoroughly researched.
  2. Note that Web site: Players Killed on Active Service – AFL Records on Service from Boer War / WW1 / WW2 – AFL.com.au . 24 April 2014 . . 24 September 2014. is derived from this Wikipedia article; not vice versa.
  3. Main & Allen (2002), p.3; Mapleston, (1996), p.54.
  4. Main & Allen (2002), p.3.
  5. Main & Allen, (2002), p.7.
  6. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Moore, Charles", pp.3-6 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Charles Moore (301) AFL Statistics: Charlie Moore
  7. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Reid, Stanley", pp.7-10 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Stanley Spencer Reid AFL Statistics: Stan Reid
  8. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Aitken, James", p.13 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Tod Aitken (2105) AFL Statistics: James Aitken
  9. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Balfe, Rupert", pp.14-16 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Rupert Balfe AFL Statistics: Rupert Balfe
  10. Known to the British military as "68 Squadron", to avoid confusion with No. 2 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
  11. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Bell, John", pp.17-20 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Bell AFL Statistics: John Bell
  12. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Blackmore, Lewis", pp.21-22 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Lewis Gordon Blackmore AFL Statistics: Lewis Blackmore
  13. http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/person/R1663158/ Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour - James Henry Bonella
  14. 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. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Alfred Norman Bradford (2577) AFL Statistics: Norm Bradford
  15. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Burge, Clifford", pp.26-27 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Clifford Charles Burge AFL Statistics: Cliff Burge
  16. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Caldwell, Arthur", pp.28-29 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Edward Caldwell (1728) AFL Statistics: Arthur Caldwell
  17. Web site: Roll of Honour: Samuel Cleland Campbell – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  18. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Callan, Hugh", pp.30-32 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Hugh Callan (5652) AFL Statistics: Hughie Callan
  19. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Challis, George", pp.33-36 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: George David Challis (2595) AFL Statistics: George Challis Blueseum Biography: George Challis
  20. Web site: Roll of Honour: Thornton Gainsborough Clarke – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  21. Web site: Roll of Honour: Richard Henry Clough – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  22. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Collins, Harold DCM", pp.37-38 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Harold Collins AFL Statistics: Harry Collins
  23. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Cooper, Jack", pp.39-42 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Thomas Cooper (4753) AFL Statistics: Jack Cooper Full Points Footy Biography: Jack Cooper
  24. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Corbett, Arch", p.43 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Archibald Gladstone Corbett AFL Statistics: Arch Corbett
  25. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Cordner, Alan", pp.44-46 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Alan Cordner (180) AFL Statistics: Alan Cordner
  26. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Crowl, Claude", pp.47-48 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Claude Terrell Crowl (337) AFL Statistics: Claud Crowl
  27. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Crowl, Joseph", pp.49-51 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Terrell Crowl AFL Statistics: Joe Crowl
  28. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Cumming, Derwas", pp.52-54 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Dewas Goring Charles Cumming MC & BAR AFL Statistics: Dave Cumming
  29. Web site: Roll of Honour: Harold Daniel – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  30. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Doubleday, Jack", pp.55-56 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Jack Lindsay Doubleday AFL Statistics: Jack Doubleday
  31. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Elliott, George", pp.57-59 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: George Stephenson Elliott MC AFL Statistics: George Elliott Full Points Footy Biography: George Elliott
  32. Web site: Roll of Honour: James Farnan – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  33. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fielding, Fred", pp.60-61 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Note that Fred Fielding enlisted and served under the alias of "James Gleeson" (his mother's maiden name was Gleeson). Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Fred Fielding (5596) AFL Statistics: Fred Fielding
  34. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fincher, Charles", pp.62-64 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Charles Fincher (472) AFL Statistics: Charlie Fincher
  35. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  36. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Fogarty, Chris", pp.65-67 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Andrew Christopher Fogarty AFL Statistics: Chris Fogarty
  37. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Freeman, Jack", pp.68-70 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Jack Freeman (2477) AFL Statistics: Jack Freeman
  38. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Gibbs, Richard MC", pp.71-72 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Richard Horace Maconchie Gibbs MC AFL Statistics: Dick Gibbs
  39. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Gillespie, Dave", pp.73-75 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: David Francis Gillespie (3037) AFL Statistics: Dave Gillespie Blueseum Biography: Dave Gillespie
  40. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  41. Web site: Albert John Gourlay . Online Cenotaph . . 8 July 2022.
  42. http://www.afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Albert_Gourlay.html AFL Statistics: Albert Gourlay
  43. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Harrison, Arthur", pp.76-78 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Charles Harrison (1732) AFL Statistics: Artie Harrison
  44. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Harrison, Edward", pp.79-80 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Edward Harrison (4024) AFL Statistics: Ed Harrison
  45. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  46. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Hinman, Arthur", pp.81-83 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Gurr Hinman AFL Statistics: Arthur Hinman
  47. Web site: Lest We Forget - Part 1. https://archive.today/20070421090642/http://afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5315/Default.aspx?newsId=41534 . 21 April 2007 . Allan . Grant . 21 April 2007 . 3 August 2016 . dead .
  48. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Hunter, Herbert", pp.86-87 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Herbert Humphreys Hunter AFL Statistics: Herb Hunter
  49. Main, J. & Allen, D., "James, Les", pp.88-90 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Leslie Joseph James (7117) AFL Statistics: Les James
  50. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Jones, Arthur", pp.91-93 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur M Jones (828) AFL Statistics: Arthur Jones
  51. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  52. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Landy, William", pp.94-95 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Joseph Landy (3581) AFL Statistics: Bill Landy
  53. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Langtree, Charles", pp.96-97 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. His full name was Charles Henry Langtree, and his date of birth was 23 April 1883. He was the grandson of the first VFL President, Alexander McCracken. AFL Statistics: Charles Langtree
  54. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Larking, Ronald MC and Bar", pp.98-100 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. AFL Statistics: Ron Larking
  55. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Lee, Leslie", pp.101-105 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Leslie Edward Lee (224) AFL Statistics: Les Lee
  56. http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=1570700 In memory of Sergeant Otto Lowenstern - Veterans Affairs Canada
  57. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Lugton, Frank", pp.106-109 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Frank Leslie Lugton (447) AFL Statistics: Frank Lugton
  58. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Mackie, James", pp.110-111 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Robert Mackie (5367) AFL Statistics: Jim Mackie
  59. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  60. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Martin, Peter", pp.112-113 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. The name of Peter James Martin (3399) does not appear on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour, most likely because, at the time of his death (25 March 1918), more than 12 months and a day had elapsed since he had been wounded in action. He had been hit in the head by a German bullet at Pozières on 8 December 1916; the right side of his head was very badly damaged (it never healed properly), and he lost his right eye. He died from his war wounds at the Caulfield Military Hospital. AFL Statistics: Peter Martin
  61. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Martin, Stanley", pp.114-115 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Stanley Carlton Martin (4488) AFL Statistics: Stan Martin
  62. Web site: Roll of Honour: William Maxwell – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  63. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McCluskey, Tom", pp.116-118 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Thomas Miller McCluskey (3107) AFL Statistics: Tom McCluskey Blueseum Biography: Tom McCluskey
  64. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McDonald, Fen", pp.119-121 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Fenley John McDonald (127) AFL Statistics: Fen McDonald Blueseum Biography: Fen McDonald
  65. http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page.asp?p=1653433 First World War Nominal Roll: Patrick McGuinness (7932)
  66. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McIntosh, Fred", pp.122-124 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Frederick Richard McIntosh AFL Statistics: Fred McIntosh
  67. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McKenzie, W. Arthur", pp.129-131 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. William Arthur McKenzie was born on 25 December 1879. AFL Statistics: Arthur McKenzie
  68. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McKenzie, Stan", pp.125-128 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Matthew Stanley McKenzie (1459) AFL Statistics: Stan McKenzie Blueseum Biography: Stan McKenzie
  69. Web site: Roll of Honour: Edward Finlay McLean – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  70. Web site: Roll of Honour: Hector Matheson Mitchell – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  71. Web site: Roll of Honour: Charles Henry Morley – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  72. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Neale, Stanley MC", pp.132-134 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Batchelder, (1998), p.4 ("Captain Stanley Walter Neale, MC"). Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Stanley Walter Neale MC AFL Statistics: Stan Neale
  73. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Nicholas, James", pp.135-136 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Joachim Nicholas AFL Statistics: Jim Nicholas
  74. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Nolan, Bill", pp.137-139 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Nolan (3201) AFL Statistics: Bill Nolan
  75. Main, J. & Allen, D., "O'Neill, Sydney", pp.142-143 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Sydney John O'Neill (432) AFL Statistics: Sid O'Neill
  76. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Ogilvie, Tom", pp.140-141 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Thomas Alexander Ogilvie AFL Statistics: Alick Ogilvie
  77. Oliver isn't listed on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour but according to page one of The Argus on 31 December edition, died, as a member of the Australian Army, when he fell off his horse outside the Seymour army base.
  78. Web site: AFL Tables – Charlie Oliver – Stats – Statistics. 3 August 2016.
  79. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  80. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Pearce, Joe", pp.144-146 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Mueller Pearce (418) AFL Statistics: Joe Pearce
  81. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Pender, Jim", pp.147-149 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Robert Pender (3458) AFL Statistics: Jim Pender Blueseum Biography: Jim Pender
  82. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Plowman, Hugh", pp.150-153 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Hugh McDonald Plowman AFL Statistics: Hugh Plowman
  83. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Primrose, Leslie", pp.154-156 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Leslie John Primrose AFL Statistics: Les Primrose
  84. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1653302 Roll of Honour: Private Leo Vincent Rankin (1718)
  85. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  86. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Robertson, Alex", p.157 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Alexander John Robertson AFL Statistics: Alex Robertson
  87. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Robertson, Ralph", pp.158-160 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. AFL Statistics: Ralph Robertson Full Points Footy Biography: Ralph Robertson
  88. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Rodriguez, Percy", pp.161-162 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Percy John Rodriguez AFL Statistics: Percy Rodriguez
  89. http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=64 Bluesum: "Willie Rogers remembered . . . lest we forget"
  90. Born Les Collins
  91. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  92. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial.
  93. His real name is Percy Edward Rowe. He was also a talented boxer. He was invited to play with Collingwood in 1911; however, because he had already played with (and was still tied to) his local team, South Bendigo Football Club, he was legally not eligible to play for Collingwood. Therefore, Collingwood registered him under the name he had used when boxing professionally, "Paddy Rowan". All AFL/VFL records are, therefore, in the name of Paddy Rowan – as are the records at Collingwood (his Collingwood player's sequential number is 173).
  94. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Rowe, Percy", pp.163-168 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Percy Edward Rowe AFL Statistics: Paddy Rowan
  95. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  96. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Ryan, Gerald", pp.169-171 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Gerald Ryan AFL Statistics: Gerald Ryan
  97. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Seelenmeyer, Cyril", pp.172-174 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Cyril Robert Seelenmeyer MC AFL Statistics: Cyril Seelenmeyer
  98. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Slater, Joe", pp.175-178 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Joseph Henry Slater AFL Statistics: Joe Slater Full Points Footy Biography: Joe Slater
  99. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Sloss, Bruce", pp.179-183 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Bruce Moses Farquhar Sloss AFL Statistics: Bruce Sloss Full Points Footy Biography: Bruce Sloss
  100. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Thomas, Claude", pp.184-185 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-18 War: 1DRL/0428: 12626 Private Claude Edison Thomas: 14th Battalion, collection of the Australian War Museum; First World War Service Record: Private Claude Edison Thomas (12626), National Archives of Australia; Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Claude Edison Thomas (12626) AFL Statistics: Claude Thomas
  101. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Turnbull, Jack", pp.186-190 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Charles McNicol Turnbull (241) AFL Statistics: Jack Turnbull
  102. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Williams, Maldwyn", pp.191-192 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Maldwyn Leslie Williams AFL Statistics: Mal Williams
  103. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Williamson, Alfred", pp.193-196 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Alfred Williamson AFL Statistics: Alf Williamson Blueseum Biography: Alf Williamson
  104. Web site: Roll of Honour: John Alexander Wood – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  105. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Worle, Tom", p.197 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Thomas Henry Worle AFL Statistics: Tommy Worle
  106. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  107. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Anderson, Syd", pp.203-206 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Sydney Louis Anderson (410192) AFL Statistics: Syd Anderson
  108. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Atkins, John", pp.207-208 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Ernest John Atkins AFL Statistics: Jack Atkins
  109. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Atkinson, Wilf", pp.209-210 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Wilfred George Atkinson (408668) AFL Statistics: Wilf Atkinson Blueseum Biography: Wilf Atkinson
  110. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Ball, Harold", pp.211-213 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Harold Charles Ball (VX48388) AFL Statistics: Harold Ball
  111. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Barassi (snr), Ron", pp.214-220 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Ronald James Barassi (VX45220) AFL Statistics: Ron Barassi
  112. Web site: Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club > News Article > Lest We Forget – Part 2 . 28 March 2008 . 3 August 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20080328213148/http://saints.com.au/Season2008/News/NewsArticle/tabid/5315/Default.aspx?newsId=41541 . 28 March 2008 .
  113. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Brock, H. George", pp.221-223 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Halcombe George Brock (407779) AFL Statistics: George Brock
  114. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Comte, 'Harry' Henry", pp.224-226 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Henry James Comte (VX102248) AFL Statistics: Harry Comte Full Points Footy Biography: Harold Comte
  115. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Corrigan, Tom", pp.227-229 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Thomas Joseph Corrigan (41239) AFL Statistics: Tommy Corrigan
  116. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Cosgrove, William", pp.230-235 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Nicholas Pax Cosgrove (400140) AFL Statistics: Bill Cosgrove
  117. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Downie, Bill", pp.236-237 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Downie (VX38839) AFL Statistics: Bill Downie Full Points Footy Biography: William Downie
  118. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Drake, Jack", pp.238-241 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Montague Drake (VX9796) AFL Statistics: Jack Drake 2/2nd Field Regiment Association, Member's Service Record: Lance Bombardier J. M. Drake (VX9796)
  119. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Ellis, A. Noel", pp.242-243 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Noel Ellis (V185010) AFL Statistics: Noel Ellis
  120. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Flegg, Bob", pp.244-246 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Robert Barnes Flegg (410155) AFL Statistics: Bob Flegg
  121. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Garvie, Bill", pp.247-248 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: William Henry Garvie (VX90751) AFL Statistics: Bill Garvie
  122. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Giblett, Alf", pp.249-253 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Alfred Rowton Giblett (VX135886) AFL Statistics: Alf Giblett
  123. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Goldin, Godfrey", pp.254-257 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Godfrey Robert Goldin (VX51038) AFL Statistics: Godfrey Goldin
  124. Web site: Search – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  125. Web site: Roll of Honour: Jeffrey James Grieve – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  126. Web site: Roll of Honour: Gordon Ross Hamilton – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  127. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Hedge, Alf", pp.258-261 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Alfred William Hedge (400588) AFL Statistics: Alf Hedge
  128. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Heintz, Fred", pp.262-263 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Frederick John Heintz (VX24926) AFL Statistics: Fred Heintz
  129. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Helmer, Clyde", pp.264-266 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Reginald Clyde Helmer (VX130748) AFL Statistics: Clyde Helmer
  130. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Hudson, Bill", pp.267-269 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Ross William Hudson (SX20394) AFL Statistics: Bill Hudson
  131. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Johnson, Len", pp.270-272 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Leslie Albert Johnson (VX50877) AFL Statistics: Len Johnson Full Points Footy Biography: Len Johnson
  132. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Keddie, Jack", pp.273-275 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Jack Keddie (VX105370) AFL Statistics: Jack Keddie
  133. Main, J. & Allen, D., "King, Stuart", pp.276-281 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Stuart Patrick King (255266) AFL Statistics: Stuart King
  134. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Knight, Jim", pp.282-285 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Bell Knight (19067) AFL Statistics: Jim Knight Blueseum Biography: Jim Knight
  135. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Lancaster, Ralph", pp.286-287 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Ralph Charles Lancaster (VX44992) AFL Statistics: Ralph Lancaster
  136. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Le Brun, Norm", pp.288-290 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Norman Stanley Le Brun (VX76818) AFL Statistics: Norm Le Brun Blueseun Biography: Norm Le Brun
  137. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Lynch, Jack", pp.291-293 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Thomas Lynch (VX77041) AFL Statistics: Jack Lynch
  138. Main, J. & Allen, D., "McLeod, Ken", pp.294-295 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Given that he went down with and that the ship sank on 8 April 1940, the date of death on the Royal Navy Honour Roll (6 April 1940) is incorrect. AFL Statistics: Ken MacLeod
  139. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Mollison, Derek", pp.296-298 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Crawford Derek Mollison (VX912) AFL Statistics: Derek Mollison Full Points Footy Biography: Derek Mollison
  140. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Nash, Alex", pp.299-303 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Alexander Nash DFM (410368) AFL Statistics: Alex Nash
  141. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Oliver, Norman", pp.304-306 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Norman Leslie Oliver (436020) AFL Statistics: Norm Oliver
  142. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Park, Jim", pp.307-310 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James William Park (VX51193) AFL Statistics: Jim Park Full Points Footy Biography: Jim Park Blueseum Biography: Jim Park
  143. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Pearsall, Alan", pp.311-314 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Alan Louden Pearsall (408266) AFL Statistics: Allan (sic) Pearsall
  144. Web site: Roll of Honour: Albert Otto Peters – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  145. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Pirrie, Richard", pp.315-320 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. His full name was Richard Michael Pirrie; he was born on 6 June 1920. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: R Pirrie AFL Statistics: Dick Pirrie
  146. Web site: Roll of Honour: John Frederick Price – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  147. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Regan, Ted", pp.321-322 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: George Frederick Regan (409448) AFL Statistics: Ted Regan
  148. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Reilly, Beresford", pp.323-326 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Beresford Stanley Reilly (401583) AFL Statistics: Beres Reilly
  149. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Roberts, Arch", pp.327-328 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Archibald Frederick Roberts (VX44381) AFL Statistics: Archie Roberts
  150. Web site: Roll of Honour: Percy Edward Roberts – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  151. Web site: Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 13 December 2017.
  152. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Sawley, Gordon", pp.329-331 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Gordon Harold Sawley (407951) AFL Statistics: Gordon Sawley
  153. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Shapir, Morris", pp.332-334 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Morris William Shapir (400357) AFL Statistics: Mo Shapir
  154. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Shelton, J.T. 'Jack'", pp.335-337 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Thomas Shelton (VX47976) AFL Statistics: Jack Shelton
  155. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Thomas, Len", pp.338-341 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Although Thomas had attained the rank of Corporal, upon his evacuation from the Middle East in September 1941 he requested that he be allowed to revert to the rank of Private, so that he could serve as a commando. His request was granted. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Leonard Thomas (VX21564) AFL Statistics: Len Thomas Full Points Footy Biography: Len Thomas
  156. Web site: Roll of Honour – Griffith Henry Thomson . Australian War Memorial.
  157. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Truscott, Keith DFC and Bar", pp.342-348 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Keith William Truscott DFC & BAR (400213) AFL Statistics: Keith Truscott Stephens, "Truscott, Keith William (Bluey) (1916 - 1943)", Australian Dictionary of Biography
  158. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Wade, Jack", pp.349-350 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: John Samuel Wade (VX8242) AFL Statistics: Jack Wade
  159. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Wheeler, Max", pp.351-352 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (VX45857) AFL Statistics: Max Wheeler
  160. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Wood, 'Barney' Percy", pp.353-355 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Percy Barnes Wood (WX4544) AFL Statistics: Barney Wood
  161. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Young, Leo 'Gus'", pp.356-357 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Leo Young (VX48662) AFL Statistics: Gus Young
  162. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?ServiceId=A&VeteranId=684632 World War Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Harold Walter Zucker (SX21526)
  163. Salton had played football with Richmond in its first VFA season (1888). His senior VFL umpiring career began in 1915; he umpired in 8 games that season. He enlisted before the 1916 season had begun.
  164. Web site: Roll of Honour: Alexander Salton – Australian War Memorial. 3 August 2016.
  165. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C355110 Studio portrait of four officers of the Australian Light Horse. They are, standing from the left, Lieutenants Theodore Royce Peppercorn (later MC) and Cornell and, sitting, Lieutenants Henry James Nugent (later MC) (left) and Robert Henry Borbidge (later MC) (right)
  166. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71703257 Funeral Notice: Nugent, The Argus, (Saturday, 22 October 1955), p.11.
  167. Web site: AFLUA – Henry Nugent. 13 June 2013 . 3 August 2016.
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  170. Web site: RecordSearch – Henry James Nugent (World War I). National Archives of Australia. 3 August 2016.
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  173. Web site: RecordSearch – Henry James Nugent (World War II). National Archives of Australia. 3 August 2016.
  174. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ovNhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3094%2C3261881 Football: Richmond (5.16) Beat Essendon (4.10), The Age, (Monday, 13 May 1918), p.6.

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