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'''Noel Ellis''' (9 July 1921 – 6 July 1942) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]].
'''Arthur Noel Ellis''' (9 July 1921 – 6 July 1942) was an [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]].

==Family==
The son of Cornelius Stanley Ellis (1894–1948)<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22551053 Deaths: Ellis, ''The Argus'', (Tuesday, 4 May 1948), p.2]</ref> and Amy Gertrude Ellis (1894–1982), née Christensen, Arthur Noel Ellis was born on 9 July 1921. He had two brothers: Paul and Graeme.

==Education==
He attended [[Wesley College (Victoria)|Wesley College]] on [[St Kilda Road]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205590308 School Speech Nights: Wesley College] ''[[The Age]]'' 16 December 1939 page 32</ref>

==Football==
He played for Wesley College's First XVIII<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142148392 'Old Boy's' Sporting Review: College Sports, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 8 July 1939), p.19]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142149184 'Old Boy's' Sporting Review: College Sports, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 5 August 1939), p.16.]</ref> and, at the same time, was playing for [[Collegians Football Club]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205129186 Amateur Permits: Final Meeting, ''The Age'', (Tuesday, 5 July 1938), p.15.]</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206763346 The Amateurs, ''The Age'', (Friday, 14 June 1940), p.4.]</ref>

In 1940, "Noel Ellis was outstanding at centre half-back with Collegians, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, [who] transferred to the Demons when the amateurs suspended their competition half way through the season [due to the war]" (''Sporting Globe'', 24 August 1940).<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188812702 ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 24 August 1940), p.3.]</ref>

His application for a permit to play with South Melbourne was refused by the VFL Permit Committee, on 26 June 1940 – on the precedent-setting grounds that, as a boarder at Wesley College, Wesley College (rather than his parents' residence at [[Red Cliffs, Victoria]]) was deemed to be his official place of residence – and, so, given the physical location of Wesley College (on the eastern side of St Kilda Road), Ellis was residentially bound to Melbourne. The VFL Permit Committee granted him a clearance from Old Collegians to Melbourne.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12477208? Position of Schoolboy Boarders, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 27 June 1940), p.12.]</ref>

He participated in his first practice at Melbourne the following evening.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12477467 Around League Clubs, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 28 June 1940), p.16.]</ref> He was selected as 19th man in his first First XVIII match for Melbourne, against Hawthorn, on 24 August 1940 (round 17).<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164971572 South Cricketer 19th Man for Melbourne: Noel Ellis a Sturdy Utility Player, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 24 August 1940), p.3.]</ref> He also played for the First XVIII in the first two matches of the 1941 season (against Fitzroy,<ref>"Ellis, in his first game, showed promise": [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205145970/19385170 Fitzroy Fast, ''The Age'', (Monday, 28 April 1941), p.10.]</ref> and South Melbourne).

He was injured while playing for the Melbourne First XVIII against Carlton in the first round of the [[1941 VFL Lightning Premiership|Patriotic Premiership (1941)]], at the M.C.G., on Saturday, 24 May 1940,<ref>V.F.L. Patriotic Premiership, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 24 May 1941), p.3: at [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180299227/20728493] and [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180299282/20728493].</ref> and did not play again.


==Cricket==
==Cricket==
He played cricket for the South Melbourne Cricket Club.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164979075 South Melbourne Cricketer_Airman Killed, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 11 July 1942), p.1.]</ref>
He played cricket at Wesley College<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141816055 Old Boy, "Wesley College: Public Schools Champions", ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 8 April 1939), p.28.]</ref> and South Melbourne Cricket Club.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164979075 South Melbourne Cricketer-Airman Killed, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 11 July 1942), p.1.]</ref>


==Military Service==
==Military service==
He enlisted in the First AIF in October 1941.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142417269 Sportsmen Turn to War, And Footballers are Proud of a New Uniform, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.12;] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142417309 Taylor, Percy, "They Take Strike Against the Enemy: Cricketers are On Service Everywhere, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.12.]</ref>
He enlisted in the Second AIF in October 1941 – V185010.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142417269 Sportsmen Turn to War, And Footballers are Proud of a New Uniform, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.12]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142417309 Taylor, Percy, "They Take Strike Against the Enemy: Cricketers are On Service Everywhere, ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.12.]</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/12685233 Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", ''The Australasian'', (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.]</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Only 20 years of age, Ellis was accidentally shot and killed by a mishandled revolver at a World War II military camp in Queensland.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50126933 |title=Killing Charge Over Gun Fails. |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=14 August 1942 |accessdate=19 May 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11984992 Deaths: On Active Service, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.2;] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206822457 Deaths: On Active Service, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.5.]</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164976921 Memorial Service for Late Noel Ellis, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.1;] [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164979559 Memorial Service for Deceased Athlete, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.3.]</ref>
Only 20 years of age (three days before he turned 21), Ellis was accidentally shot and killed,<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12003427 Victorians in Army Casualty List: Killed Accidentally, ''The Argus'', (Wednesday, 4 November 1942), p.5.]</ref> by a mishandled revolver, at a [[World War II]] military camp in [[Queensland]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50126933 |title=Killing Charge Over Gun Fails. |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=14 August 1942 |accessdate=19 May 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11984992 Deaths: On Active Service, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.2]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206822457 Deaths: On Active Service, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.5.]</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164976921 Memorial Service for Late Noel Ellis, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.1]; [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164979559 Memorial Service for Deceased Athlete, ''The (Emerald Hill) Record'', (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.3.]</ref>


The soldier who fired the weapon, Lieutenant Mervyn David Henry (VX101968),<ref>[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=504004 World War II Nominal Roll; Henry, Mervyn Davis (VX101968).]</ref> had been talking to Ellis in the mess tent when the incident occurred.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172613575 |title=Manslaughter Charge. |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |location=Brisbane |date=13 August 1942 |accessdate=19 May 2015 |page=2|edition=City Final Last Minute News|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>4 March 2018: Note that, in relation to the incident, and the subsequent inquest, (i) Henry's service record (which would contain relevant details), although digitized, can neither be "seen" nor "downloaded" from the National Archives of Australia (see [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6059734]); and (ii) Ellis's service record has not been digitized.</ref>
The soldier who fired the weapon, Lieutenant Mervyn David Henry (VX101968),<ref>[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=504004 World War II Nominal Roll; Henry, Mervyn Davis (VX101968).]</ref> had been talking to Ellis in the mess tent when the incident occurred.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article172613575 |title=Manslaughter Charge. |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |location=Brisbane |date=13 August 1942 |accessdate=19 May 2015 |page=2|edition=City Final Last Minute News|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>In relation to the incident, and the subsequent inquest, (i) Henry's service record (see [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=6059734&D=D]) makes no mention of the incident; and (ii) Ellis's service record has not been digitized (see: [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/ItemsListing.aspx]).</ref>

The Melbourne First XVIII wore black armbands in their match against Carlton, on 11 July 1942, as a mark of respect for the memory of Ellis.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11985832 Melbourne Confident, ''The Argus'', (Tuesday, 14 July 1942), p.6.]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service]]
* [[List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service]]


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=591602 World War II Nominal Roll: Ellis, Arthur Noel (V185010).]
* [http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=591602 World War II Nominal Roll: Ellis, Arthur Noel (V185010).]
* [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1710961 Roll of Honour: Acting Sergeant Arthur Noel Ellis (V185010), ''Australian War Memorial.]
* [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1710961 Roll of Honour: Acting Sergeant Arthur Noel Ellis (V185010), ''Australian War Memorial''.]
* [http://demonwiki.org/Noel+Ellis DemonWiki profile]
* [http://demonwiki.org/Noel+Ellis DemonWiki profile]
* [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Noel+Ellis Boyles Football Photos: Noel Ellis.]
* [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Noel+Ellis Boyles Football Photos: Noel Ellis.]

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Noel Ellis
Personal information
Full name Arthur Noel Ellis
Date of birth (1921-07-09)9 July 1921
Date of death 6 July 1942(1942-07-06) (aged 20)
Place of death Queensland
Original team(s) Wesley College / Collegians
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 82.5 kg (182 lb)
Position(s) Half back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–41 Melbourne 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Arthur Noel Ellis (9 July 1921 – 6 July 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Family

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The son of Cornelius Stanley Ellis (1894–1948)[1] and Amy Gertrude Ellis (1894–1982), née Christensen, Arthur Noel Ellis was born on 9 July 1921. He had two brothers: Paul and Graeme.

Education

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He attended Wesley College on St Kilda Road.[2]

Football

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He played for Wesley College's First XVIII[3] and, at the same time, was playing for Collegians Football Club.[4][5]

In 1940, "Noel Ellis was outstanding at centre half-back with Collegians, in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, [who] transferred to the Demons when the amateurs suspended their competition half way through the season [due to the war]" (Sporting Globe, 24 August 1940).[6]

His application for a permit to play with South Melbourne was refused by the VFL Permit Committee, on 26 June 1940 – on the precedent-setting grounds that, as a boarder at Wesley College, Wesley College (rather than his parents' residence at Red Cliffs, Victoria) was deemed to be his official place of residence – and, so, given the physical location of Wesley College (on the eastern side of St Kilda Road), Ellis was residentially bound to Melbourne. The VFL Permit Committee granted him a clearance from Old Collegians to Melbourne.[7]

He participated in his first practice at Melbourne the following evening.[8] He was selected as 19th man in his first First XVIII match for Melbourne, against Hawthorn, on 24 August 1940 (round 17).[9] He also played for the First XVIII in the first two matches of the 1941 season (against Fitzroy,[10] and South Melbourne).

He was injured while playing for the Melbourne First XVIII against Carlton in the first round of the Patriotic Premiership (1941), at the M.C.G., on Saturday, 24 May 1940,[11] and did not play again.

Cricket

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He played cricket at Wesley College[12] and South Melbourne Cricket Club.[13]

Military service

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He enlisted in the Second AIF in October 1941 – V185010.[14][15]

Death

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Only 20 years of age (three days before he turned 21), Ellis was accidentally shot and killed,[16] by a mishandled revolver, at a World War II military camp in Queensland.[17][18][19]

The soldier who fired the weapon, Lieutenant Mervyn David Henry (VX101968),[20] had been talking to Ellis in the mess tent when the incident occurred.[21][22]

The Melbourne First XVIII wore black armbands in their match against Carlton, on 11 July 1942, as a mark of respect for the memory of Ellis.[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Deaths: Ellis, The Argus, (Tuesday, 4 May 1948), p.2
  2. ^ School Speech Nights: Wesley College The Age 16 December 1939 page 32
  3. ^ 'Old Boy's' Sporting Review: College Sports, The Australasian, (Saturday, 8 July 1939), p.19; 'Old Boy's' Sporting Review: College Sports, The Australasian, (Saturday, 5 August 1939), p.16.
  4. ^ Amateur Permits: Final Meeting, The Age, (Tuesday, 5 July 1938), p.15.
  5. ^ The Amateurs, The Age, (Friday, 14 June 1940), p.4.
  6. ^ The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 24 August 1940), p.3.
  7. ^ Position of Schoolboy Boarders, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 June 1940), p.12.
  8. ^ Around League Clubs, The Argus, (Friday, 28 June 1940), p.16.
  9. ^ South Cricketer 19th Man for Melbourne: Noel Ellis a Sturdy Utility Player, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 24 August 1940), p.3.
  10. ^ "Ellis, in his first game, showed promise": Fitzroy Fast, The Age, (Monday, 28 April 1941), p.10.
  11. ^ V.F.L. Patriotic Premiership, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 24 May 1941), p.3: at [1] and [2].
  12. ^ Old Boy, "Wesley College: Public Schools Champions", The Australasian, (Saturday, 8 April 1939), p.28.
  13. ^ South Melbourne Cricketer-Airman Killed, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 11 July 1942), p.1.
  14. ^ Sportsmen Turn to War, And Footballers are Proud of a New Uniform, The Australasian, (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.12; Taylor, Percy, "They Take Strike Against the Enemy: Cricketers are On Service Everywhere, The Australasian, (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.12.
  15. ^ Taylor, Percy, "Melbourne are Proud of their Great War Record", The Australasian, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.23.
  16. ^ Victorians in Army Casualty List: Killed Accidentally, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 November 1942), p.5.
  17. ^ "Killing Charge Over Gun Fails". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 14 August 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ Deaths: On Active Service, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.2; Deaths: On Active Service, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.5.
  19. ^ Memorial Service for Late Noel Ellis, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.1; Memorial Service for Deceased Athlete, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.3.
  20. ^ World War II Nominal Roll; Henry, Mervyn Davis (VX101968).
  21. ^ "Manslaughter Charge". The Telegraph (City Final Last Minute News ed.). Brisbane. 13 August 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 19 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  22. ^ In relation to the incident, and the subsequent inquest, (i) Henry's service record (see [3]) makes no mention of the incident; and (ii) Ellis's service record has not been digitized (see: [4]).
  23. ^ Melbourne Confident, The Argus, (Tuesday, 14 July 1942), p.6.
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