Jack Lindsay Doubleday (28 May 1890 – 30 October 1918) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
University
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and
Melbourne
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in the
Victorian Football League
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.
Family
The son of John Doubleday (1837-1907), and Elizabeth Josephine Doubleday (1863-1943), née Naeser, Jack Lindsay Doubleday was born at
Prahran, Victoria
Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area. Prahran recorded a po ...
on 28 May 1890.
Education
He was educated at All Saints' Grammar School, in East St Kilda, and at
Wesley College, Melbourne
, motto_translation = Dare To Be Wise
, slogan = A ''True'' Education (2010 – Present)
, established = 18 January 1866
, type = Independent, day & boarding
, gender ...
(from 1906 to 1910).
He studied dentistry at the
University of Melbourne
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, and graduated
Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc) on 20 December 1916.
Football
University (VFL)
Melbourne (VFL)
The University team withdrew from the VFL competition prior to the 1915 season; and, along with his team-mates
Jack Brake
John Brake (11 November 1890 – 16 May 1970) was a former leading Australian rules footballer who played with University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of James Hugh Brake (1853-1915), and Barbara Stevens ...
,
Claude Bryan
Dr. Claude Vivian Joseph Bryan (23 December 1892 – 10 March 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played with Cananore in the TFL both before and after ...
,
Dick Gibbs,
Roy Park, and
Percy Rodriguez
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, Doubleday was given a clearance to transfer from University to Melbourne.
Football
In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of ''The Argus'' as follows:
::"In 1914 the Melbourne football team,
after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded),
J. Hassett,
H. Tomkins (severely wounded),
J. Evans (seriously wounded),
W. Hendrie,
R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died),
A. Best,
C. Burge (killed),
C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed),
J. Brake,
R. Lowell,
E. Parsons (seriously wounded),
A. M. Pearce (killed),
F. Lugton (killed),
A. George,
C. Armstrong,
P. Rodriguez (killed),
J. Cannole (viz., Connole),
A. Fraser (seriously wounded),
T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." — ''The Argus'', 16 May 1919.
Military service
A qualified dentist, Doubleday enlisted in the
Australian Army Medical Corps
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on 9 October 1918, and left Australia on 16 October 1918, to served overseas in the
Australian Dental Corps
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.
Death
He died of
spinal meningitis
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on 30 October 1918, on his way to the
Western Front.
He was
buried at sea
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Burial-at-sea services are conducted at many different location ...
, and is commemorated at the
Chatby Memorial
Shatby Beach
Shatby ( ar, الشاطبي ') is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt.
Institutions
Many important institutes are located in Shatby, such as:
*Alexandria University
*Bibliotheca Alexandrina
*Collège Saint Marc
*El Nasr Boys' School ...
in the Shatby district of eastern Alexandria, in Egypt.
[Commonwealth War Graves Commission.]
See also
*
Footnotes
References
* Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.)''. Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. .
* Main, J. & Allen, D., "Doubleday, Jack", pp. 55–56 in Main, J. & Allen, D., ''Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War'', Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
Wesley College: Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday.Roll of Service Overseas 1914–1918: Roll of the Fallen: Doubleday, Jack Lindsay 1911, ''The University of Melbourne Record of Active Service of Teachers, Graduates, Undergraduates, Officers and Servants in the European War, 1914–1918'', University of Melbourne, (Melbourne), p.12.First World War Embarkation Roll: Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.
First World War Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.
First World War Service Record: Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday collection of the ''National Archives of Australia''.
Roll of Honour Circular: Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday collection of the ''Australian War Memorial''.
Australian War Memorial: Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday.Lieutenant Jack Lindsay Doubleday ''Commonwealth War Graves Commission''.
External links
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Jack Doubleday at ''Demonwiki''.
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1890 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
University Football Club players
Melbourne Football Club players
People who died at sea
Burials at sea
1918 deaths
Australian military personnel killed in World War I
Australian dentists
People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
20th-century dentists
People from Prahran, Victoria
Military personnel from Melbourne
Australian Army soldiers
University of Melbourne alumni