Noel Ellis

Noel Ellis
Personal information
Full name Arthur Noel Ellis
Date of birth (1921-07-09)9 July 1921
Date of death 6 July 1942(1942-07-06) (aged 20)
Place of death Queensland
Original team(s) Wesley College / Collegians
Height / weight 175 cm / 82.5 kg
Position(s) Half back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–41 Melbourne 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.

Noel Ellis (9 July 1921 – 6 July 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Ellis was accidentally shot and killed by a mishandled revolver at a World War II military camp in Queensland.[1] The soldier who fired the weapon, Lieutenant Mervyn David Henry, had been talking to Ellis in the mess tent when the incident occurred.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Killing Charge Over Gun Fails.". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Manslaughter Charge.". The Telegraph. Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 13 August 1942. p. 2 Edition: City Final Last Minute News. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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