Bill Garvie

Bill Garvie
Bill Garvie
Personal information
Full name	William Henry Garvie
Date of birth	31 December 1910
Place of birth	Cobden, Victoria
Date of death	27 June 1944 (aged 33)
Place of death	Atherton Tablelands,; Far North Queensland
Original team(s)	Hamilton
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s)	rover/wing
Playing career1
Years	Club
1934–1935	Richmond
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William Henry Garvie (31 December 1910 – 27 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond. Winning the Richmond Reserves best and fairest in 1935, he was killed in an accident while serving in the army during World War II.

Family

The son of George William Austin Garvie (1885–1955),^[1] and Mary Garvie, William Henry Garvie was born at Cobden, Victoria on 31 December 1910. He married Jean Kathleen Crawford in 1938.

Football

Richmond (VFL)

Cleared from Hamilton to Richmond,^[2] Garvie played a total of nine First XVIII games and 29 Second XVIII games over two seasons (1934 and 1935). He won the Second XVIII best and fairest in 1935.^[3]

Carlton (VFL)

Transferred to Carlton in 1936, he played 13 games and scored 18 goals for the Carlton Second XVIII in that single season. He did not play a single game for the Carlton First XVIII.^[4]

Oakleigh (VFA)

Transferred from Carlton to Oakleigh, Garvie played for Oakleigh First XVIII for the first four matches of the 1937 season.

Cricket

Garvie played two District Cricket matches for the Richmond Cricket Club's First XI in the 1933–34 season.^[5]

Military service

Employed as a conductor by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board,^[6] he enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force in November 1942, and served in the 20th Field Bakery Platoon of the Royal Australian Army Service Corps.

Death

Seriously injured (fractured skull, fractured spine, etc.) in an accident on 26 June 1944 (the military vehicle he was in overturned), he died of his injuries the next day. He was buried at the Atherton War Cemetery in Queensland.

Footnotes

^ Deaths: Garvie The Argus, 25 October 1955 page 11.
^ Football Portland Guardian 7 May 1934 page 2
^ Hogan (1996), pp.81, 306.
^ Hogan (1996), p.81.
^ Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889–90 to 2016–17: D to H: Garvie, William Henry
^ Roll of Honour Circular,

References

Hogan P: The Tigers of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Main, J. & Allen, D., "Garvie, Bill", pp. 247–248 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
World War Two Service Record: Private William Henry Garvie (VX90751), National Archives of Australia.
World War Two Nominal Roll: Private William Henry Garvie (VX90751), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Roll of Honour: Private William Henry Garvie (VX90751), Australian War Memorial.
Roll of Honour Circular: Private William Henry Garvie (VX90751), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
Australian Army Casualties: Australia and the Islands: Died of Injuries Accidentally Received, The Argus, (Friday, 25 August 1944), p.5.
Death Notices: On Active Service: Garvie, The Herald, (Saturday, 1 July 1944), p.4.
Private William Henry Garvie (VX90751), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

External links

Bill Garvie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Bill Garvie at AustralianFootball.com
Bill Garvie, at Blueseum.
W. "Bill" Garvie, at The VFA Project.

[1] Deaths: Garvie The Argus, 25 October 1955 page 11.

[2] Football Portland Guardian 7 May 1934 page 2

[3] Hogan (1996), pp.81, 306.

[4] Hogan (1996), p.81.

[5] Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889–90 to 2016–17: D to H: Garvie, William Henry

[6] Roll of Honour Circular,

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