Arthur Hinman

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Arthur Hinman
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Gurr Hinman
Date of birth	(1890-06-19)19 June 1890
Place of birth	Launceston, Tasmania
Date of death	10 May 1915(1915-05-10) (aged 24)
Place of death	Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Original team(s)	Launceston
Position(s)	Wing
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1910–1911	University	24 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Arthur Gurr Hinman (19 June 1890 – 10 May 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the University Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The third of four children of Arthur Hinman (c.1858-1914), and Lucy Maud Hinman (?–1918), née Gurr, Arthur Gurr Hinman Hinman was born in Launceston, on 19 June 1890.

He was the elder brother of VFL footballer Bill Hinman.

Education

He was educated at Launceston Church Grammar School.

While in his final year at school, he played for the Launceston Football Club, before studying science at the University of Tasmania.

He subsequently studied mining engineering at the University of Melbourne.

Football

During 1910 and 1911 he was a regular player for the University Football Club in the VFL competition. Notable events in his career include a burst artery in his arm and missing a match in 1911 because he was on an expedition.

Having completed his final exams in 1913, graduating B.M.Eng. in absentia, in April 1914, Hinman returned to Tasmania to work for the Mount Bischoff Tin Mine.

Military service

Hinman enlisted soon after World War I broke out and joined the 15th Battalion, which departed Australia in late December 1914. After a period of training in Egypt, during which he was promoted to Lieutenant, Hinman first saw action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

Death

He died when retreating after an unsuccessful attempt by the 15th Battalion to take Quinn's Post on 10 May 1915.

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder Than Football: League Players at War. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
• Main, J. & Allen, D., "Hinman, Arthur", pp. 81–83 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Arthur Gurr Hinman, Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Lieutenant Arthur Gurr Hinman, Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Lieutenant Arthur Gurr Hinman, National Archives of Australia.
• Application for War Gratuity (Lieutenant Arthur Gurr Hinman), National Archives of Australia.
• Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Arthur Gurr Hinman.
• Lieutenant Arthur Gurr Hinman, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

External links

• Arthur Hinman's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Arthur Hinman at AustralianFootball.com
• Group Portrait of Officers of the 15th Battalion prior to Embarkation Overseas, Collection of the Australian War Museum.