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) | |
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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
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2015
- Use Australian English from September 2015
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- 1921 births
- 1942 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Collegians Football Club players
- 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
