PLEASE find below a list of the AFL’s record of VFL players killed while on active duty during the Boer War/World War 1/World War 2.
The material here has been checked across the book produced by Barb Cullen ‘Harder than Footy’. The AFL’s records department is always happy to receive any further information from family members that may be available, to provide further detail.
Please note the AFL does not have detailed service records for players from the WAFL and SANFL and other state leagues from these periods.
Boer War
Player |
| Club | Career |
| Location of Death / Detail | Date of Death | |
Charlie | Moore |
| Essendon | 1897-99 |
| Quaggashoek, South Africa | 12/05/1901 |
Stan | Reid |
| Fitzroy | 1897-98 |
| Near Ermelo, South Africa | 29/06/1901 |
World War 1
James T. | Aitken | GEEL | 1903 | Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey | 8/08/1915 |
Rupert | Balfe | UNIV | 1909; 1911 | Pine Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey | 25/04/1915 |
John | Bell elder | GEEL | 1906; 1908 | Tincourt, France | 27/12/1917 |
Lewis | Blackmore | ESS | 1905-07 | Pozieres, France | 23/07/1916 |
Jim | Bonelli | MELB | 1908 | DOW in France | 24/05/1918 |
Norm | Bradford | STH MLB/SYD | 1915 | Pozieres, France | 4/08/1916 |
Cliff | Burge | MELB | 1914 | Harvily, France | 14/08/1918 |
Arthur | Caldwell | ST K | 1909 | Died of Wounds, Malta | 26/07/1915 |
Hughie | Callan | STH MLB/SYD | 1903-05 | Gueudecourt, France | 5/02/1917 |
Sam | Campbell | COLL | 1910 | Died of influenza OAS, Sierra Leone | 21/10/1918 |
George | Challis | CARLT | 1912-15 | Armentieres, France | 15/07/1916 |
Thornton | Clarke | FITZ | 1911 | Fleurbaix, France | 19/07/1916 |
Dick | Clough | ESS | 1907-08 | DOW at sea | 2/06/1915 |
Harry | Collins | FITZ | 1912; 1915 | Villers-Bretonneux, France | 10/08/1918 |
Jack T. | Cooper | FITZ | 1907-15 | Polygon Wood, Belgium | 20/09/1917 |
Arch | Corbett | UNIV | 1912-13 | Lost overboard at sea near Toulin | 25/06/1920 |
Alan | Cordner | COLL | 1911-12 | Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey | 25/04/1915 |
Claude | Crowl | ST K | 1911 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 25/04/1915 |
Joe | Crowl | GEEL | 1906 | Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey | 27/06/1915 |
Dave | Cumming | UNIV | 1911-12 | Villers-Bretonneux, France | 3/05/1918 |
Harry | Daniel | CARLT | 1901 | Villers-Bretonneux, France | 10/08/1918 |
Jack | Doubleday | MELB | 1912-14 | At sea in the Indian Ocean | 30/10/1918 |
George | Elliott | UNIV | 1905 | Polygon Wood, Belgium | 25/09/1917 |
Jim | Farnan | ST K | 1899 | Pozieres, France | 9/08/1916 |
Fred | Fielding | COLL | 1911 | Amiens, France | 8/08/1918 |
Charlie | Fincher | STH MLB/SYD | 1913 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 25/04/1915 |
Bill | Fischer | MELB | 1909 | Passchendaele, Belgium | 15/10/1917 |
Chris | Fogarty | UNIV | 1906 | Lone Pine, Turkey | 29/11/1915 |
Jack | Freeman | STH MLB/SYD | 1913-14 | Abincourt, France | 15/11/1916 |
Dick | Gibbs | UNIV | 1912-14 | Fleurbaix, France | 19/07/1916 |
Dave | Gillespie | CARLT | 1907-08 | DOW OAS at Caulfield, Vic | 27/03/1917 |
Jimmy | Gordon | ESS | 1913-14 | France | 30/09/1918 |
Albert | Gourlay | CARLT | 1903 | DOW in Surrey, England after serving in the NZ army in France | 1/11/1918 |
Artie C. | Harrison | FITZ | 1911 | Bullecourt, France | 3/05/1917 |
Ed | Harrison | STH MLB/SYD | 1906; 1908-09 | Bapaume, France | 13/03/1917 |
Billy G. | Harvey | ESS | 1912 | Ypres, Belgium | 14/09/1917 |
Arthur | Hinman | UNIV | 1910-11 | Quinns Post, Gallipoli, Turkey | 10/05/1915 |
Lou | Holmes | ST K | 1910 | DOW Gallipoli | 23/06/1915 |
Herb | Hunter | ESS | 1900 | Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey | 8/05/1915 |
Les | James | GEEL | 1909-11; 1913-15 | Passchendaele, Belgium | 22/10/1917 |
Arthur | Jones | FITZ | 1914 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 7/08/1915 |
Mal | Kennedy | MELB | 1911-12 | DOW in Wytschete, Belgium | 2/01/1918 |
Bill | Landy | GEEL | 1915 | Fleurbaix, France | 19/07/1916 |
Charles | Langtree | COLL | 1900 | Corbie, France | 3/08/1916 |
Ron | Larking | UNIV | 1909 | Neuve Eglise, France | 1/04/1918 |
Les | Lee | RICH | 1913 | Messines, France | 8/06/1917 |
Otto | Lowenstern | ST K | 1910-11 | France (served in Canadian Army) | 1/12/1917 |
Frank | Lugton | MELB | 1913-14 | Pozieres, France | 29/07/1916 |
Jim | Mackie | MELB | 1913 | Bapaume, France | 20/03/1917 |
Bill | Madden | ST K | 1908-09 | Bullecourt, France | 3/05/1917 |
Peter | Martin | COLL | 1901-02 | DOW at South Melbourne, Vic | 25/03/1918 |
Stan | Martin | UNIV | 1909-14 | Bullecourt, France | 3/05/1917 |
Bill | Maxwell | MELB | 1909 | Passchendaele, Belgium | 12/10/1917 |
Tom | McCluskey | FITZ | 1910 | Passchendaele, Belgium | 4/10/1917 |
Fen | McDonald | MELB | 1911-12 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 25/04/1915 |
Paddy | McGuinness | ST K | 1901 | DOW in Le Treport, France | 6/05/1918 |
Fred | McIntosh | ESS | 1913-14 | DOW in Polygon Wood, Belguim | 28/09/1917 |
Arthur | McKenzie | GEEL | 1898 | Le Transloy, France | 18/07/1916 |
M. Stan | McKenzie | CARLT | 1914 | Alexandria, Egypt | 8/12/1915 |
Ted | McLean | GEEL | 1912 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 29/05/1915 |
Charlie | Morley | ESS | 1906 | OAS (illness), England | 13/04/1919 |
Stan | Neale | UNIV | 1913-14 | Bullecourt, France | 29/09/1918 |
Jim | Nicholas | UNIV | 1911 | Menin Road, Belgium | 20/09/1917 |
Bill | Nolan | RICH | 1914-15 | DOW in Boulogne, France | 23/06/1916 |
Bert | O'Connell | ST K | 1908 | DOW in Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium | 17/10/1917 |
Alick | Ogilvie | UNIV | 1905 | DOW in Malta, after being mortally wounded on the 6th. | 18/08/1915 |
Charlie | Oliver | CARLT | 1900 | OAS as the result of an accident at Seymour | 29/12/1917 |
Sid | O'Neill | FITZ | 1909 | Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey | 7/08/1915 |
Harold | Parker | ST K | 1911 | DOW as a POW, Lille, France | 30/01/1917 |
Joe | Pearce | MELB | 1904-13 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 25/04/1915 |
Jim R. | Pender | CARLT | 1898 | Bois Grenier, France | 2/07/1916 |
Hugh | Plowman | ST K | 1910-12 | Fleurbaix, France | 19/07/1916 |
Les | Primrose | UNIV | 1912-13 | Cladeincourt, France | 4/06/1918 |
Leo | Rankin | MELB | 1899 | Died of illness OAS in England | 10/05/1917 |
Harold | Rippon | STH MLB/SYD | 1898 | DOW in Somme, France | 16/01/1917 |
Alex J. | Robertson | UNIV | 1909 | Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey | 6/08/1915 |
Ralph | Robertson | ST K | 1899-1900 | Aboukir Aerodrome, Egypt | 11/05/1917 |
Percy | Rodriguez | MELB | 1914 | Norevil, France | 20/03/1917 |
Bill | Rogers | CARLT | 1913 | DOW at Rouen, France | 22/09/1918 |
Les | Rogers | ESS | 1915 | Pozieres, France | 4/08/1916 |
Paddy (Percy E.) | Rowan (Rowe) | COLL | 1911-15 | DOW in France | 5/12/1916 |
Bobby | Royle | MELB | 1898 | Gueudecourt, Franice | 3/11/1916 |
Gerald J. | Ryan | ESS | 1906; 1909 | Tiddworth, Wiltshire, UK | 6/02/1917 |
Cyril | Seelenmeyer | UNIV | 1914 | Fouilloy, France | 8/08/1918 |
Joe | Slater | GEEL | 1906-14 | Bullecourt, France | 3/05/1917 |
Bruce | Sloss | STH MLB/SYD | 1907-08 | Armenteries, France | 4/01/1917 |
Claude | Thomas | STH MLB/SYD | 1914-15 | Hamel, France | 5/07/1918 |
Jack | Turnbull | STH MLB/SYD | 1908 | Messines, France | 2/05/1917 |
Jack P. | Walker | ST K | 1910-11 | Pozieres, France | 27/07/1916 |
Mal | Williams | UNIV | 1908 | DOW, France | 3/03/1917 |
Alf | Williamson | MELB | 1912-14 | Bullecourt, France | 11/04/1917 |
Jack | Wood | ESS | 1910 | OAS as the result of an accident at East Melb, Vic | 20/10/1914 |
Tommy | Worle | COLL | 1907 | Passchendaele, Belgium | 31/07/1917 |
Tom | Wright | COLL | 1906-07 | Le Transloy, France | 12/12/1916 |
World War 2
Syd L. | Anderson | Melbourne | 1939-41 | Wewak, Dutch New Guinea | 20/05/1944 |
Jack | Atkins | Melbourne | 1940 | Sundra Strait | 1/03/1942 |
Wilf | Atkinson | Carlton | 1942 | Flying Battle, Sicily | 12/08/1943 |
Harold | Ball | Melbourne | 1939-40 | Malaya | 9/02/1942 |
Ron J. | Barassi | Melbourne | 1936-40 | Tobruk | 31/07/1941 |
Paul | Bell | St Kilda | 1937-38 | Balikpapan, Borneo | 4/07/1945 |
Laurie | Brady | Melbourne | 1913 |
| 1/05/1944 |
George | Brock | North Melb | 1941 | OAS at the You Yangs, Vic | 2/08/1941 |
Harry | Comte | St Kilda | 1930-37 | Tarakan Island, Borneo | 30/05/1945 |
Tommy | Corrigan | Fitzroy | 1922-28 | Died of illness OAS at Heidelberg Hospital | 9/01/1943 |
Bill | Cosgrove | Richmond | 1940 | Goodenough Island, New Guinea | 11/08/1943 |
Bill S. | Downie | Footscray | 1929-32 | POW in Moulmein, Burma | 11/09/1943 |
Jack | Drake | Hawthorn | 1926 | Brallos Pass, Greece | 23/04/1941 |
Noel | Ellis | Melbourne | 1940-41 | OAS at Yimboona Army Camp South of Brisbane, Qld | 6/07/1942 |
Bob | Flegg | St Kilda | 1941 | Shot down in an air raid on German Airbase at Feuersbrunn | 7/07/1944 |
Bill | Garvie | Richmond | 1934-35 | Atherton Tablelands, Qld | 27/06/1944 |
Alf | Giblett | Hawthorn | 1935 | New Guinea | 19/06/1943 |
Godfrey | Goldin | Essendon | 1939 | DOW in New Guinea | 7/02/1943 |
Alf | Goonan | North Melb | 1925-26 | OAS, Malaya | 22/01/1942 |
Jeff | Grieve | South Melb | 1941 | Glenshee, Scotland | 8/11/1944 |
Gordon | Hamilton | South Melb | 1940 | Drowned OAS rescuing a girl at Chelsea, Vic | 23/02/1941 |
Alf | Hedge | South Melb | 1937-38 | Over Hamburg, Germany | 4/05/1942 |
Fred | Heintz | Fitzroy | 1931-33 | Died as a POW, Ambon | 20/02/1942 |
Clyde | Helmer | Geelong | 1937-41 | Aitapi, near Lae, New Guinea | 24/04/1945 |
Bill | Hudson | St Kilda | 1942 | New Guinea | 11/04/1945 |
Len | Johnson | Essendon | 1929-33 | Singapore | 24/01/1942 |
Jack | Keddie | Essendon | 1941 | Wewak, New Guinea | 15/08/1945 |
Stuart | King | St Kilda | 1931-33 | Coral Sea | 28/02/1943 |
Jim | Knight | Geelong | 1939-41 | Goodenough Island | 11/10/1943 |
Ralph | Lancaster | Geelong | 1929-32; 1935 | DOW, New Guinea | 28/08/1942 |
Norm | Le Brun | South Melb | 1929 | Near Danmap River, New Guinea | 15/11/1944 |
Jack T. | Lynch | Geelong | 1939-40 | OAS at Charters Towers, Queensland | 8/09/1944 |
Ken | MacLeod | University | 1910-13 | Nowegian Sea | 8/04/1940 |
Wallace | Mills | St Kilda | 1937 | Babinda, Qld | 24/11/1943 |
Derek | Mollison | Melbourne | 1923-28 | OAS at Rockhampton, Qld | 19/12/1943 |
Alex | Nash | Hawthorn | 1942 | Jacquinot Bay, New Guinea | 28/03/1944 |
Norm L. | Oliver | Collingwood | 1940-41 | Hansa Bay, New Guinea | 27/06/1944 |
Jim W. | Park | Carlton | 1932-40 | Wau, New Guinea | 9/02/1943 |
Allan | Pearsall | South Melb | 1941 | Over English Channel | 8/03/1944 |
Bert | Peters | North Melb | 1930-31 | Over English Channel | 13/06/1944 |
Dick M. | Pirrie | Hawthorn | 1940-41 | Normandy, France | 6/06/1944 |
Jack | Price | Hawthorn | 1925 | Syria | 27/06/1941 |
Ted | Regan | Melbourne | 1938 | Burma | 9/07/1943 |
Beres | Reilly | North Melb | 1935-36 | Over Crete | 23/07/1943 |
Archie | Roberts | Melbourne | 1932-36 | POW, Ambon Island | 6/06/1945 |
Percy | Roberts | Fitzroy | 1929; 1932 | POW, Moulmein, Burma | 3/08/1943 |
Gordon | Sawley | South Melb | 1941 | OAS in training flight accident over Scotland | 14/08/1942 |
Mo | Shapir | North Melb | 1935 | Egypt | 15/08/1942 |
Jack T. | Shelton | St Kilda | 1925-28 | Tobruk | 1/05/1941 |
Len A. | Smith | South Melb | 1902 | OAS at Heidelberg Hospital, Vic | 29/07/1943 |
Len | Thomas | South Melb | 1927-38 | Salamaua, New Guinea | 17/08/1943 |
Henry | Thomson | Carlton | 1930 | POW, Thailand | 21/05/1943 |
Keith | Truscott | Melbourne | 1937-40; 1942 | OAS at Exmouth, WA | 28/03/1943 |
Jack | Wade | South Melb | 1931-33 | Lebanon | 11/06/1941 |
Max | Wheeler | Hawthorn | 1937 | Syria | 17/06/1941 |
Barney | Wood | Melbourne | 1928 | Litani River, Syria | 10/06/1941 |
Gus | Young | Hawthorn | 1939-40 | Crete | 29/05/1941 |
Jack | Zimmerman | Footscray | 1937-39 | Died OAS at Heidelberg Hispital | 2/09/1944 |
Harold | Zucker | Hawthorn | 1942 | Died of illness, attributable to war service, aged 29 | 7/06/1947 |