As a note to all media in the lead-up to Anzac Day, 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 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.

Player		Club	Career	Location of Death / Detail	Date of Death
Boer War
Charlie	Moore	Essendon	1897-99	Quaggashock, South Africa	12/05/1901
Stan	Reid	Fitzroy	1897-98	Renshoogte near Middleberg, South Africa	29/06/1901
World War 1
James T.	Aitken	GEEL	1903	Lone Pine, Turkey	8/08/1915
Rupert	Balfe	UNIV	1909; 1911	Near Maidos, Gallipoli, Turkey	25/04/1915
John	Bell elder	GEEL	1906; 1908	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	Villers-Bretonneux, France	14/08/1918
Arthur	Caldwell	ST K	1909	Gallipoli, Turkey	26/07/1915
Hughie	Callan	STH MLB/SYD	1903-05	Bapaume, France	5/02/1917
Sam	Campbell	COLL	1910	Died of influenza OAS	21/10/1918
George	Challis	CARLT	1912-15	Fromelles, France	15/07/1916
Thornton	Clarke	FITZ	1911	Armentieres, France	19/07/1916
Dick	Clough	ESS	1907-08	DOW at sea	2/06/1915
Harry	Collins	FITZ	1912; 1915	Lihons, 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	Gallipoli, Turkey	25/04/1915
Claude	Crowl	ST K	1911	Walkers Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey	25/04/1915
Joe	Crowl	GEEL	1906	Russell's Top, Gallopoli, 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	Chateau Wood	25/09/1917
Jim	Farnan	ST K	1899	France	9/08/1916
Fred	Fielding	COLL	1911	Villers-Bretonneux, France	8/08/1918
Charlie	Fincher	STH MLB/SYD	1913	Gallipoli, Turkey	25/04/1915
Bill	Fischer	MELB	1909	France	15/10/1917
Chris	Fogarty	UNIV	1906	Lone Pine, Turkey	29/11/1915
Jack	Freeman	STH MLB/SYD	1913-14	Flers, 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/Estaples, France	13/03/1917
Billy G.	Harvey	ESS	1912	Belgium	14/09/1917
Arthur	Hinman	UNIV	1910-11	Quinns Post, Gallipoli, Turkey	10/05/1915
Lou	Holmes	ST K	1910	DOW OAS	23/06/1915
Herb	Hunter	ESS	1900	Krithia, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey	8/05/1915
Les	James	GEEL	1909-11; 1913-15	Passendaele Sector, France	22/10/1917
Arthur	Jones	FITZ	1914	Gallipoli, Turkey	7/08/1915
Mal	Kennedy	MELB	1911-12	DOW in France	2/01/1918
Bill	Landy	GEEL	1915	Fromelles, France	19/07/1916
Charles	Langtree	COLL	1900	Fromelles, 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	KIA	20/03/1917
Bill	Madden	ST K	1908-09	KIA	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	Belgium	12/10/1917
Tom	McCluskey	FITZ	1910	Paschendaele Ridge, France	4/10/1917
Fen	McDonald	MELB	1911-12	Gallipoli, Turkey	25/04/1915
Paddy	McGuinness	ST K	1901	DOW in France	6/05/1918
Fred	McIntosh	ESS	1913-14	Polygon Wood, Belguim	28/09/1917
Arthur	McKenzie	GEEL	1898	Delville Wood, 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)	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	Fleurbaix, France	23/06/1916
Bert	O'Connell	ST K	1908	DOW in France	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	30/01/1917
Joe	Pearce	MELB	1904-13	Gallipoli, Turkey	25/04/1915
Jim R.	Pender	CARLT	1898	Fleurbaix, 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 France	10/05/1917
Harold	Rippon	STH MLB/SYD	1898	DOW	16/01/1917
Alex J.	Robertson	UNIV	1909	Lone Pine, Turkey	6/08/1915
Ralph	Robertson	ST K	1899-1900	Aboukir Aerodrome, Egypt	11/05/1917
Percy	Rodriguez	MELB	1914	Somme, France	20/03/1917
Bill	Rogers	CARLT	1913	DOW at Rouen, France	22/09/1918
Les	Rogers	ESS	1915	France	4/08/1916
Paddy (Percy E.)	Rowan (Rowe)	COLL	1911-15	France	5/12/1916
Bobby	Royle	MELB	1898	KIA	3/11/1916
Gerald J.	Ryan	ESS	1906; 1909	Tiddworth, Wiltshire, UK	6/02/1917
Cyril	Seelenmeyer	UNIV	1914	Fouilloy, Somme, France	8/08/1918
Joe	Slater	GEEL	1906-14	Bullecourt, France	3/05/1917
Bruce	Sloss	STH MLB/SYD	1907-08	Mouplines, Armenteries, France	4/01/1917
Claude	Thomas	STH MLB/SYD	1914-15	Hamel near Villers-Bretonneux, France	5/07/1918
Jack	Turnbull	STH MLB/SYD	1908	Australian Clearing Station, Ploogsteert	2/05/1917
Jack P.	Walker	ST K	1910-11	KIA	27/07/1916
Mal	Williams	UNIV	1908	Bapaume, 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	Armenteries, France	31/07/1917
Tom	Wright	COLL	1906-07	Le Transloy, France	12/12/1916
World War 2
Syd L.	Anderson	Melbourne	1939-41	Near Lae, New Guinea	20/05/1944
Jack	Atkins	Melbourne	1940	HMAS Perth	1/03/1942
Wilf	Atkinson	Carlton	1942	Flying Battle, Sicily	12/08/1943
Harold	Ball	Melbourne	1939-40	Hill 80 Advanced Dressing Station Near Tengan Aerodrome	9/02/1942
Ron J.	Barassi	Melbourne	1936-40	Tobruk	31/07/1941
Paul	Bell	St Kilda	1937-38	Balikpapan	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	Close to Goodenough Island	11/08/1943
Bill S.	Downie	Footscray	1929-32	Burma	11/09/1943
Jack	Drake	Hawthorn	1926	Near Pass of Thermopylae, 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 Feurbrunn	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	New Guinea	7/02/1943
Alf	Goonan	North Melb	1925-26	OAS	22/01/1942
Jeff	Grieve	South Melb	1941	Montrose, 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	Ambon, Indonesia	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	New Guinea	28/08/1942
Norm	Le Brun	South Melb	1929	Near Danmap River near Balup, New Guinea	15/11/1944
Jack T.	Lynch	Geelong	1939-40	OAS at Charters Towers, Queensland	8/09/1944
Ken	MacLeod	University	1910-13	Battle of Norway	8/04/1940
Wallace	Mills	St Kilda	1937	KIA	24/11/1943
Derek	Mollison	Melbourne	1923-28	OAS at Rockhampton, Qld	19/12/1943
Alex	Nash	Hawthorn	1942	Off Bouganville	28/03/1944
Norm L.	Oliver	Collingwood	1940-41	Madang, New Guinea	27/06/1944
Jim W.	Park	Carlton	1932-40	New Guinea	9/02/1943
Allan	Pearsall	South Melb	1941	Over English Channel	8/03/1944
Bert	Peters	North Melb	1930-31	KIA	13/06/1944
Dick M.	Pirrie	Hawthorn	1940-41	Normandy, France	6/06/1944
Jack	Price	Hawthorn	1925	KIA	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	Ambon, Indonesia	6/06/1945
Percy	Roberts	Fitzroy	1929; 1932	KIA	3/08/1943
Gordon	Sawley	South Melb	1941	OAS in training flight accident over Scotland	14/08/1942
Mo	Shapir	North Melb	1935	Middle East	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	Burma	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	At sea in the Middle East	29/05/1941
Jack	Zimmerman	Footscray	1937-39	Died OAS at Heidelberg Hospital	2/09/1944
Harold	Zucker	Hawthorn	1942	Died of illness, attributable to war service, aged 29	7/06/1947

The AFL’s Records department is always happy to receive any further information from family members that may be available, to provide further detail.