Cliff Burge | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 April 1892 Rushworth, Victoria |
| Died |
14 August 1918 (aged 26) Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Clifford Charles "Cliff" Burge (27 April 1892 – 14 August 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
He was killed in action in World War I in France.[1]
Family[]
The son of Charles Abraham Burge (1863-1939),[2] and Emily Jane Burge, née Morris (1861-1947).[3][4]
He had two brothers, Trevor Robert William Burge (1895-1953),[5] and Maxwell Lewis Burge (1899-1976), and two sisters, Emily Blanche Burge (1894-1895) and Emily May Burge (1897-1989).
Education[]
He completed his education at Melbourne High School, where he was a member of the school's First XVIII.[6]
Football[]
He played five senior games for Melbourne in 1914. He was already in the army by the start of the 1915 season.
Military service[]
He enlisted in the First AIF on 19 February 1915.[7][8] He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on 2 November 1917.
Death[]
Having fought at Gallipoli, and having survived a German gas attack in June 1918,[9] he was killed in action on 14 August 1918, aged 23, during fighting at Villers-Bretonneux, France, just three months before the end of hostilities.[10][11][12][13][14]
His (temporarily buried) remains were exhumed in 1920, and he was re-buried at the Villers–Bretonneux Military Cemetery.[15]
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Hobbs (1984), p.160.
- ↑ Deaths: Burge, The Argus, (Friday, 14 July 1939), p.12.
- ↑ Marriage: Burge—Morris, The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser, (Thursday, 30 October 1890), p.2.
- ↑ Deaths: Burge, The Argus, (Wednesday, 22 January 1947), p.2.
- ↑ World War I Service Record: Robert William Burge (221), National Archives of Australia.
- ↑ Demonwicki.
- ↑ Service Record.]
- ↑ Amateur, "Football Gossip", The (Melbourne) Leader, (Saturday, 25 September 1915), p.20.
- ↑ Casualty List No.412.
- ↑ 429th Casualty List.
- ↑ Died on Service: Burge, The Argus, (Tuesday, 27 August 1918), p.1; Death: On Active Service: Burge, The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser, (Thursday, 12 September 1918), p.2.
- ↑ Contents of letter to Burge's parents from Second Lieutenant Frank Steadman Hurrey: The Riponshire Advocate, (Saturday, 14 September 1918), p.3.
- ↑ In Memoriam: On Active Service: Burge, The Argus, (Monday, 14 August 1922), p.1.
- ↑ In Memoriam: On Active Service: Burge, The Argus, (Saturday, 14 August 1926), p.13.
- ↑ Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
References[]
- Hobbs, Greg (1984). 125 yrs of the Melbourne Demons: The Story of the Melbourne Football Club from 1858 to 1983, (Jolimont, Vic.), Melbourne Football Club. ISBN 0-9590694-0-2
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Main, J. & Allen, D., "Burge, Clifford", pp.26-27 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. ISBN 1-74095-010-0
- World War One Embarkation Roll: Sergeant Clifford Charles Burge (28), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Clifford Charles Burge, collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- Infantry: To be 2nd. Lieutenants ("Squadron Quartermaster-Sergeant Clifford Charles Burge, late 13th Light Horse Regiment"), Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.27, (Thursday, 28 February 1918), p.380.
- (Casualty List No.412) Roll of Honor: Victorian List: Wounded ("Lieut. C. C. Burge, Elsternwick (gas)"), The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 29 June 1918), p.32.
- The 429th Casualty List: Victorian Names: Killed in Action ("Lieut. C. C. Burge, Elsternwick"), The Mildura Cultivator, (Saturday, 14 December 1918), p.2.
- Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-18 War: 1DRL/0428: Lieutenant Clifford Charles Burge: 24th Battalion, Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Service Record: Second Lieutenant Clifford Charles Burge (36), National Archives of Australia.
- Roll of Honour Circular: Lieutenant Clifford Charles Burge, collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Clifford Charles Burge, Australian War Memorial.
- Lieutenant Clifford Charles Burge, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.]
External links[]
- C's statistics from AFL Tables
- C's profile from AustralianFootball.com
- DemonWiki profile
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