Noel Ellis
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Noel Ellis | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Noel Ellis | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1921 | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | Queensland | ||
Original team(s) | Wesley College / Collegians | ||
Height/Weight | 175 cm / 82.5 kg | ||
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 season.
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Noel Ellis (9 July 1921 – 6 July 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
Ellis was accidentally shot and killed by a mishandled revolver at a World War II military camp in Queensland.[1] The soldier who fired the weapon, Lieutenant Mervyn David Henry, had been talking to Ellis in the mess tent when the incident occurred.[2]
See also
References
External links
- Noel Ellis's statistics from AFL Tables
- Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial
External links
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- 1921 births
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- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
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- People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Firearm accident victims
- Deaths by firearm in Queensland
- Accidental deaths in Queensland