The following is a comprehensive list of Carlton’s senior footballers known to have served their country in all conflicts.
A total of six senior players served in the Boer War, 91 in World War 1, 133 in World War II, and one – the reserve grade player Daryl Christie - in the Vietnam War.
Alex Johnston served in the Boer War and both World Wars.
Seventeen footballers are also known to have made the ultimate sacrifice – twelve in World War I, five in World War II.
It is possible that more Carlton footballers will be identified as having served in wartime. To that end, the Club welcomes feedback from the descendants of Carlton senior and reserve grade footballers who served but are as yet not listed.
WORLD WAR I
Died on Active Service
Sergeant George David Challis (58th Australian Infantry Battalion, 23rd Infantry Battalion)
70 senior matches 1912-1915; Premiership player 1915
KIA Armentieres, France, July 15, 1916
Private Harold Daniel (5th Australian Infantry Battalion)
11 senior matches 1901
KIA Amiens, France, August 10, 1918
Company Sergeant Major David Francis Gillespie (59th Australian Infantry Battalion)
Five senior matches 1907-’08
Died Caulfield Military Hospital, Victoria, Australia, March 27, 1917 of wounds sustained in Armentieres
Private Albert John Gourlay (Wellington Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force)
Three senior matches 1904
Died Walton-on-Thames Hospital, Surrey, England, November 1, 1918 of wounds sustained in France
Private Thomas Miller McCluskey (37th Australian Infantry Battalion)
Four senior matches 1910
KIA Broodseinde, Belgium, October 5, 1917
Private Fenley John McDonald (7th Australian Infantry Battalion)
10 senior matches 1911-’12
KIA Gallipoli, Turkey, April 25, 1915
Sergeant Matthew Stanley McKenzie (1 Clearing Hospital, Australian Army Medical Corps)
14 senior matches 1914
KIA Alexandria, Egypt, December 8, 1915
Captain Charles Joseph Oliver MD (Australian Army Medical Corps)
One senior match 1910
Died Base Military Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, December 29, 1917, of wounds sustained at Seymour Army Camp
Sapper Alby Paterson (3rd Australian Tunnelling Company)
One senior match, 1897
Died Kalgoorlie, Western Australia April 17, 1920, as a result of inhalation of poison gas on the Western Front
Private James Robert Pender (14th Australian Infantry Battalion)
15 senior matches 1898
KIA Bois Grenier, France, July 2, 1916
Private William Martin Rogers (3rd Australian Infantry Battalion)
Three senior matches 1913
KIA Rouen, France, September 22, 1918
Captain Alfred Walter Williamson (4th Australian Infantry Battalion)
11 senior matches 1912-’14
KIA Bullecourt, France, April 11, 1917
WORLD WAR II
Died on Active Service
Flight Sergeant Wilfred George Atkinson – No. 232 Squadron Royal Air Force
One senior match 1942
KIA Sicily, Italy, August 12, 1943
Flying Officer James Bell Knight – No.22 Squadron
15 senior matches 1942-’43
KIA Goodenough Island, Milne Bay, New Guinea, October 11, 1943
Trooper Norman Stanley Le Brun – 2/10 Cavalry Commando Squadron
Five senior matches 1935
KIA Aitape near Lae, New Guinea, November 15, 1944
Lieutenant James William Park – 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion
128 senior matches 1932-’40; Premiership player 1938
KIA Wau, New Guinea, February 9, 1943
Sergeant Griffith Henry Thomson – AA Pay Corps (Blackforce)
One senior match 1930
KIA Burma, Thailand, May 21, 1943
BOER WAR
Active Service
Billy Arnott
Henry Crisfield
Charlie Meadway
George Johnson
Alex Johnston
Bill Weir
WORLD WAR I
Active Service
Alf Baud
Les Beck
Fairleigh Bernstein
Edric Bickford
Billy Blackman
Jack Bristow
Ted Brown
Herb Burleigh
Ronnie Byrne
Clarrie Calwell
George Calwell
Bob Cameron
Chris Cameron
Bruce Campbell
Bill Carmody
Ern Carter
Horrie Clover
Clarrie Clowe
Henry Crisfield
Dave Crone
Ernie Dingwall
Charles L. Dobbin (VFA)
Bill Dodds
Wally Don
Andrew Dougall
Johnny Downs
Harvey Dunn
Fred Elliott
Harold G. Evans
Morrie Ewans
Alec Farrow
Rowley Faust
Frank Field
Jim Fraser
Vin Gardiner
Wally Gibbins
Doug Gillespie
Vic Gordon
Jack Greenhill
Frank Hanna
Tom Hanson
Tom Hart
Clyde Hill
Rupe Hiskins
Tommy Hughes
Les Husband
Bob Jacobson
Alex Johnston
Les Kittle
Jack Loughnan
Bill Marchbank
Fred Marriott
Harry Matheson
Croft McKenzie
Stewart McLatchie
Charlie Meadway
Richard Moran
Arthur Morehouse
George Muir
Billy Orr
Bert Parke
Bill Pettit
Percy Pitt
Harry Powell
Fred Pringle
Gordon Ross
Les Rowe
Athol Sharp
Les Starr
Charlie Stewart
Sam Stivey
Stan Trebilco
Frank Triplett
Jim Tumilty
Clarrie Uren
Jim Watson
Fred Webber
Bert Wheeler
Bob Wilson
WORLD WAR II
Active Service
Dave Arrell
Vin Arthur
Fred Ayers
George Bailey
Ted Baker
Ken Baxter
Bernie Bignell
Geoff Brokenshire
Ivor Brown
Monty Brown
Vin Brown
Clarrie Calwell
Chris Cameron
Gordon Cameron
Paul Cameron
Bruce Campbell
Charlie Canet
Jack Carney
Ern Carter
Harold Carter
Norm Cashin
Aub Charleston
Bob Chitty
Jim Clark
Len Clarke
George Collard
Lance Collins
Jack Conley
Jack S Cooper
Creswell Crisp
Gordon Crisp
Len Crone
Jim Crowe
Fred Davies
Jim Davies
Bert Deacon
Brighton Diggins
Tom Dillon
Frank Donoghue
Johnny Downs
Harcourt Dowsley
Alex Duncan
Keith Dunn
Harvey Dunn
Tom Eldridge
Pat Farrelly
Alec Farrow
Frank Finn
Fred Fitzgibbon
Kevin Fox
Harry Furnell
Ray Garby
Wally Gibbins
Frank Gill
George Gniel
Bob Green
Ralph Green
Charlie Greenhill
Jack Greenhill
Allan Greenshields
Les Gregory
Ollie Grieve
Jack Guest
Alex Hanton
Hal Hanton
Ray Harry
Kevin Hart
Tom Hart
George Hawking
Ern Henfry
Clyde Hill
Ron Hines
Harry Hollingshead
Ken Hopper
Jack Howell
Les Hughson
Basil Hunter
Eric Huxtable
Alex Johnston
Jim Jones
Pat Kennedy
Tom Kennedy
Les Kittle
Darcy Lear
Bill Lever
Eric Little
Jack Loughnan
Bert Lucas
Cyril Mann
Les Marden
Fred Marriott
Ernie Martin
Harold Maskell
Harry Matheson
Ernie McAlpine
Les McCann
Jack McElroy
Frank McGrath
Charlie McInnes
Don McIntyre
Stewart McLatchie
Ken McLean
Rod McLean
Bert McTaggart
George Morrissey
Leo Opray
Percy Outram
Charlie Parsons
Noel Peverill
Keith Rae
Alan Rayson
Lance Regnier
Fred Rose
Gordon Ross
Harold Rumney
Paul Schmidt
Jim Shanahan
Ernie Sheil
Arch Shields
Jack Skinner
Arthur Sleith
Alan Sorrell
Ernie Spence
Bob Standfield
Charlie Street
Harry Toole
Graham Tudor
Clete Turner
Frank Walshe
Frank P Williams
Albert Williamson
Bob Wilson
Mac Wilson
Clinton Wines
VIETNAM WAR
Active Service
Daryl Christie (res.)
