John Hugh James MC &

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(4 May 1890 – 23 April 1967) 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 in the VFL between 1909 and 1916 and, upon returning from military service, from 1919 to 1923 for the

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Football

Third Divisional team (AIF)

He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.

Military service

He served in the Australian Imperial Force from 1916 to 1919. Rising to the rank of lieutenant, he was wounded on active duty and twice awarded the

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for bravery in the battlefield.

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References

''Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm'', Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.

de Lacy, H.A., "Hughie James Comes Home and Talks of Some Great Men in a Great Game", ''The Sporting Globe'', (Saturday, 30 April 1938), p.8.
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 *
First World War Embarkation Roll: Lance-Sergeant John Hugh James (223), collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.

First World War Nominal Roll: Lieutenant John Hugh James, ''Australian War Museum''.

First World War Service Record: Lieutenant John Hugh James, ''National Archives of Australia''.
* Photograph a

* Photograph at :File:Richmond_fc_1920.jpg, third from left, back row. * Photograph at :File:Richmond_fc_1921.jpg, second from left, middle row. * Richardson, N. (2016), ''The Game of Their Lives'', Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney.

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