Height/Weight 175 cm / 74.5 kg Name Dick Pirrie | ||
Full name Richard M. "Dick" Pirrie Date of birth (1920-06-06)6 June 1920 Date of death 6 June 1944(1944-06-06) (aged 24) Died June 6, 1944, Normandy, France | ||
Richard M. "Dick" Pirrie (6 June 1920 – 6 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Son of Richard Pirrie and brother of Kevin Pirrie, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. He was the first Australian killed at the landings at Normandy on D-Day.
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