John Hugh James MC & Bar (4 May 1890 – 23 April 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1909 and 1916 and, upon returning from military service, from 1919 to 1923 for the Richmond Football Club.

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

Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC ...

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''.
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* 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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