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Alf Giblett

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Alf Giblett
Personal information
Full name Alfred Rowton Giblett
Date of birth (1908-05-30)30 May 1908
Place of birth Warrnambool, Victoria
Date of death 19 June 1943(1943-06-19) (aged 35)
Place of death Territory of New Guinea
Original team(s) South Hawthorn United
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935 Hawthorn 9 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alfred Rowton Giblett (30 May 1908 – 19 June 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed in action in World War II.

Family

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Son of Samuel Robert Giblett (1873–1940),[1] and Edith Sarah Giblett (1872–1956), née Small,[2][3] Alfred Rowton Giblett was born at Warrnambool on 30 May 1908.[4]

He married Valma Olive Cocking (1911–1994), at Surrey Hill, on 21 December 1935. They had three children; Patricia Mary Aughterson (née Giblett) (1937–2020),[5] Anthony Jackson Giblett (1939–2010), and Lynne (1942–?).

Football

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Having been declared the best and fairest player in the A Grade of the Eastern Suburbs Churches Association in both 1933 and 1934,[6][7][8] Giblett was granted a clearance from South Hawthorn United (formerly South Hawthorn Presbyterians) to Hawthorn on 24 April 1935.[9]

Military service

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The Australian Red Cross "wounded and Missing" Searcher's Report (on Service File).

He enlisted in the Second AIF and served overseas with the 2/24th Battalion.

Death

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He was reported "missing in action" whilst under light machine gun (L.M.G.) fire on 19 June 1943;[10] and, on the basis of evidence that was presented to an official investigation, it was recommended that the official records be reclassified to read "Missing believed Killed".[11][12]

Commemorated

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He has no known grave. He is commemorated at the Port Moresby War Cemetery.[13]

See also

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Footnotes

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References

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  • Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
  • Main, J. & Allen, D., "Giblett, Alf", pp. 249–253 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 Two Nominal Roll: Corporal Alfred Rowton Giblett (VX135886), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • World War Two Service Record: Corporal Alfred Rowton Giblett (VX135886), National Archives of Australia.
  • Roll of Honour: Corporal Alfred Rowton Giblett (VX135886), Australian War Memorial.
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