Norman Bradford | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alfred Norman Bradford | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Ascot Vale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 4 August 1916 | (aged 21)||
Place of death | Pozières, France | ||
Original team(s) | Yarraville | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1915 | South Melbourne | 7 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Alfred Norman Bradford (14 August 1894 – 4 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
Son of Alfred David Bradford (1858-1941), [1] and Margaret Mary Bradford (1865-1946), née Thompson, [2] Alfred Norman Bradford was born at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 14 August 1894.
Recruited from Yarraville Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA), [3] he played 7 senior games with South Melbourne in 1915.
His first match for the South Melbourne First XVIII was against St Kilda on 24 April 1915, [4] and his seventh and last match, prior to his enlistment was against Fitzroy on 24 July 1915.
He enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915; [5] [6] and, leaving Australia on the HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 27 October 1915, he served overseas in the Australian Imperial Force as a Corporal in the 23rd Battalion of the Australian Infantry. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Bradford was killed in action while in charge of a section of his battalion's bomb throwers, at Pozières, France, on 4 August 1916. [16] [17] [18]
His name is engraved on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, a memorial to all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War whose graves are not known. [19]
Norman Bradford | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alfred Norman Bradford | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 1894 | ||
Place of birth | Ascot Vale, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 4 August 1916 | (aged 21)||
Place of death | Pozières, France | ||
Original team(s) | Yarraville | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1915 | South Melbourne | 7 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Alfred Norman Bradford (14 August 1894 – 4 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
Son of Alfred David Bradford (1858-1941), [1] and Margaret Mary Bradford (1865-1946), née Thompson, [2] Alfred Norman Bradford was born at Ascot Vale, Victoria on 14 August 1894.
Recruited from Yarraville Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA), [3] he played 7 senior games with South Melbourne in 1915.
His first match for the South Melbourne First XVIII was against St Kilda on 24 April 1915, [4] and his seventh and last match, prior to his enlistment was against Fitzroy on 24 July 1915.
He enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915; [5] [6] and, leaving Australia on the HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 27 October 1915, he served overseas in the Australian Imperial Force as a Corporal in the 23rd Battalion of the Australian Infantry. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Bradford was killed in action while in charge of a section of his battalion's bomb throwers, at Pozières, France, on 4 August 1916. [16] [17] [18]
His name is engraved on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, a memorial to all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War whose graves are not known. [19]