Max Wheeler (footballer)
| Max Wheeler | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler | ||
| Date of birth | 21 May 1912 | ||
| Place of birth | Coleraine, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 17 June 1941 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Merdjayoun, French Lebanon | ||
| Original team(s) | Ballarat Football Club | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937 | Hawthorn | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (21 May 1912 – 17 June 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played only one VFL game, against Melbourne.
Family
The son of Herbert John Wheeler (1877–1947),[1][2] and Eliza Lousia Wheeler (1878–1975), née James, Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler was born at Coleraine, Victoria on 21 May 1912. He married Margaret Isabel Lingham (1914) in 1937. They had three children: Maxine, Alan, and Mabel.
Military service
He enlisted in the Second AIF on 24 July 1940, and served in the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
Death
He was killed in action, at Merdjayoun, in French Lebanon, on 17 June 1941, serving with the Second AIF.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Deaths: Wheeler, The Argus, (Monday, 16 June 1947), p. 19.
- ^ World War One Nominal Roll: Private Herbert John Wheeler (5636).
- ^ In Memoriam: On Active Service: Wheeler, The Age, (Friday, 21 May 1943), p. 5; In Memoriam: Roll of Honour—On Active Service: Wheeler, The Argus, (Friday, 21 May 1943), p. 2.
Sources
- World War One Service Record: Private Herbert John Wheeler (5636), National Archives of Australia.
- Egyptian Toy Camel: Private G M Wheeler, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- Roll of Honour: Private Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (VX45857), Australian War Memorial.
- Epic of The Pioneers: History Made at Merdjayoun, The Age, (Friday, 26 September 1941), p. 6.
- Private Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (VX45857), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler (VX45857), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Quinlan, Kim, "Footy Stars of the Battlefield", The (Ballarat) Courier, 4 April 2002.
External links
- Max Wheeler's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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