Died March 3, 1968 Name Hamilton Stokesbury | 1915 Richmond Years Club | |
Full name Albert Hamilton Stokesbury Date of birth (1897-06-26)26 June 1897 Date of death 3 March 1968(1968-03-03) (aged 70) | ||
Place of birth South Yarra, Victoria | ||
Albert Hamilton Stokesbury (26 June 1897 – 3 March 1968) was an Australian rules footballer. He was born in South Yarra, Victoria.
Contents
Playing career
Stokesbury played one match during the 1915 season for Richmond in the Victorian Football League.
Military career
Stokesbury enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in September 1915. Under the laws in force at the time he was considered a minor and required parental consent. In his enlistment papers a signature purporting to be his mother's agreed to his joining the AIF. In November 1915 the army was informed that the mother did not consent to his deployment. He was discharged in December 1915 after being absent without leave for several weeks.
References
Hamilton Stokesbury Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA