On April 25, 1915 the Australian and New Zealand forces landed on Gallipoli meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. What was planned to be a bold strike turned out to be a stalemate that dragged on for 8 months, where 8,000 Australians were killed. News of the landing on Gallipoli had made a profound impact on Australians at home, and April 25 soon became the day on which Australians remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in the war. In subsequent years the meaning of the day has been further broadened to include Australians killed in all the military operations in which Australia has been involved.
This thread is to commemorate our fallen heroes who played for the Richmond Football Club.
GALLIPOLI
In all, 63 Richmond men died at Gallipoli, 16 were missing, and 232 wounded.
Richmond men were hostile to the war and to conscription.
Not many of the Richmond players from that period served in this war. This was a suburb that refused to be conscripted for an imperial war on the other side of the world.
In one of life’s ironies, Richmond Football Club gained from the Great War. Several players who did serve in the military came back with renewed passion and discipline; Richmond went on to take its first VFL flags in 1920 and 1921.
Danny Minogue chose Richmond because of the Anzac friendship he had struck up with its ruckman, Hugh James. With two other diggers, Frank “Checker” Hughes and Bill “Son” Thomas, Richmond was a major success story in the early 1920s.
RICHMOND PLAYERS KILLED IN ACTION
World War I
Les Lee - Debut:18y 182 cm 77 kg , played 2 games in 1913, wore the number 12, “was an interesting character, because he only played two games with Richmond, but he was nominated Best on the Ground in that match, and Danny Minogue who was involved in the match, later wrote that ‘If Lee had not been killed in the war, he would have been as good a player as Jack Dyer, and that is a huge wrap. It must have been a very interesting match”.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/stories/s535558.htm
Bill Nolan – Debut:25y, 180 cm 89 kg Played 30 games between 1914 & 1915, wore the number 7, goals – 4.
Arthur Harrison - Debut:18y 171d , 173 cm 70 kg, played 1 game in 1911 and went on to play 19 games for Fitzory between 1013 & 1914.
World War II
Bill Cosgrove (Uncle of General Peter Cosgrove) - Debut:21y, 188 cm 83 kg, played 3 games in 1940, wore the number 21.
Bill Garvie - Debut:23y 139d, 170 cm 71 kg, Played 9 games between 1934 & 1935, wore the 10.
This thread is to commemorate our fallen heroes who played for the Richmond Football Club.
GALLIPOLI
In all, 63 Richmond men died at Gallipoli, 16 were missing, and 232 wounded.
Richmond men were hostile to the war and to conscription.
Not many of the Richmond players from that period served in this war. This was a suburb that refused to be conscripted for an imperial war on the other side of the world.
In one of life’s ironies, Richmond Football Club gained from the Great War. Several players who did serve in the military came back with renewed passion and discipline; Richmond went on to take its first VFL flags in 1920 and 1921.
Danny Minogue chose Richmond because of the Anzac friendship he had struck up with its ruckman, Hugh James. With two other diggers, Frank “Checker” Hughes and Bill “Son” Thomas, Richmond was a major success story in the early 1920s.
RICHMOND PLAYERS KILLED IN ACTION
World War I
Les Lee - Debut:18y 182 cm 77 kg , played 2 games in 1913, wore the number 12, “was an interesting character, because he only played two games with Richmond, but he was nominated Best on the Ground in that match, and Danny Minogue who was involved in the match, later wrote that ‘If Lee had not been killed in the war, he would have been as good a player as Jack Dyer, and that is a huge wrap. It must have been a very interesting match”.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/stories/s535558.htm
Bill Nolan – Debut:25y, 180 cm 89 kg Played 30 games between 1914 & 1915, wore the number 7, goals – 4.
Arthur Harrison - Debut:18y 171d , 173 cm 70 kg, played 1 game in 1911 and went on to play 19 games for Fitzory between 1013 & 1914.
World War II
Bill Cosgrove (Uncle of General Peter Cosgrove) - Debut:21y, 188 cm 83 kg, played 3 games in 1940, wore the number 21.
Bill Garvie - Debut:23y 139d, 170 cm 71 kg, Played 9 games between 1934 & 1935, wore the 10.
