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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

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

Military Service

He enlisted in the First AIF in October 1941.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

The soldier who fired the weapon, Lieutenant Mervyn David Henry (VX101968),[5] had been talking to Ellis in the mess tent when the incident occurred.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Taylor, Percy, "They Take Strike Against the Enemy: Cricketers are On Service Everywhere, The Australasian, (Saturday, 29 August 1942), p.12.
  2. ^ "Killing Charge Over Gun Fails". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane. 14 August 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Deaths: On Active Service, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.2; Deaths: On Active Service, The Argus, (Thursday, 9 July 1942), p.5.
  4. ^ Memorial Service for Late Noel Ellis, The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 22 August 1942), p.1.
  5. ^ World War II Nominal Roll; Henry, Mervyn Davis (VX101968).
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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 [1]); and (ii) Ellis's service record has not been digitized.
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