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Reg Peterson
Personal information
Full name Reginald Lochiel Peterson
Date of birth (1907-08-16)16 August 1907
Place of birth Unley, South Australia
Date of death 23 May 1961(1961-05-23) (aged 53)
Place of death Repatriation General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team(s) Carlton reserves
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–30 Port Melbourne (VFA) 23 (12)
1930 Brunswick (VFA) 06 0(5)
1930–31 Brighton (VFA) 15 (45)
1931–32 Essendon 20 0(8)
1933 St Kilda 01 0(1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Reginald Lochiel Peterson (16 August 1907 – 23 May 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

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The son of Henry Christian Peterson (1872-1939),[2] and Jessie Peterson (1877-1943), née MacKenzie,[3] Reginald Lochiel Peterson was born at Unley, South Australia on 16 August 1907.

He married Joyce Esmerald Morris (1916-1979) in 1940.[4]

Military service

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Peterson later served in the Australian Army during World War II.[5] He was a prisoner of war in Malaya.

Death

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He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 23 May 1961.[6]

Notes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • "World War Two Nominal Roll: Sergeant Reginald Lochiel Peterson (VX39288)". Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX39288: World War Two Service Record: Sergeant Reginald Lochiel Peterson (VX39288), National Archives of Australia.
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