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Full name
  
Ernest John Atkins

Name
  
Jack Atkins

Original team(s)
  
Old Melburnians

Place of birth
  
Toorak, Victoria


Jack Atkins Jack Atkins

Date of birth
  
(1916-12-19)19 December 1916

Date of death
  
1 March 1942(1942-03-01) (aged 25)

Place of death
  
Sunda Strait, off Java

Ernest John "Jack" Atkins (19 December 1916 – 1 March 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His father, Ernie, played VFL football for University. He was an able seaman on HMAS Perth during World War II when it was hit by a Japanese torpedo.

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