Hugh McDonald Plowman (21 April 1889 – 19 July 1916) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League. Also an adept
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er, he enlisted in the army during
World War I. He met the Prince of Wales after receiving his commission as an officer, but was killed in action during the
Attack at Fromelles
The Attack at Fromelles (, Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or ) 19–20 July 1916, was a military operation on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack was carried out by British and Australian troops and was subsidiary ...
in 1916.
See also
*
List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service
References
External links
*
Roll of Honourat the Australian War Memorial
Grant, A., "Lest We Forget! Anzac Day 2010", ''saints.com'', 21 April 2010.
1889 births
1916 deaths
St Kilda Football Club players
Brighton Football Club players
Australian military personnel killed in World War I
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
People from South Melbourne
Military personnel from Melbourne
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