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Ernie Foo

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Ernie Foo
Personal information
Full name Ernest Arthur Foo
Date of birth (1891-07-30)30 July 1891
Place of birth Fitzroy, Victoria
Date of death 27 February 1934(1934-02-27) (aged 42)
Place of death Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s) YMCA Sydney / Wesley College
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914 St Kilda 4 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernest Arthur Foo (30 July 1891 – 27 February 1934) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Thomas Foo and Mary Jane Williams (d. 1917),[2] Ernest Arthur Foo was born in Fitzroy on 30 July 1891. He married Olive Ida Wise in 1914. They were divorced in 1920.[3][4] He married Lily Edna Hebditch in 1929.

Military service

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Foo fought in World War I—having enlisting under the anglicised name "Ernest Arthur Ford"—serving in France in the latter stages of the war.[5]

Death

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He died on 27 February 1934 at the Caulfield Military Hospital.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Deaths: Foo, The Argus, (Wednesday, 14 February 1917), p. 1.
  3. ^ A Husband's Choice, The Herald, (Thursday, 29 July), p. 10.
  4. ^ Divorce Court, The Argus, (Friday, 30 July 1920), p. 4.
  5. ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Ernest Arthur Ford". National Archives of Australia.
  6. ^ Deaths: Ford, The Age, (Saturday, 3 March 1934), p.13.

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