Adrian Farmer

Adrian Ward Farmer (14 March 1895 – 5 August 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Adrian Farmer
Personal information
Full name Adrian Ward Farmer
Date of birth (1895-03-14)14 March 1895
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 5 August 1964(1964-08-05) (aged 69)
Place of death Peppermint Grove
Original team(s) University Metropolitan Club
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914 University 1 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Born in Melbourne to Paul Ward Farmer and Helena Joyce, Farmer was educated at Trinity Grammar School.[2] He later studied medicine at the University of Melbourne. While a first year student, Farmer player a solitary VFL game in the second last round of the 1914 VFL season, scoring two goals as an undermanned University team were defeated by Fitzroy.[3] He also played district cricket for University from 1914 to 1919.[4]

Farmer enlisted to serve in World War I in June 1918 but was never called up and was demobilised in December 1918.[5]

After completing his medical studies Farmer moved to Western Australia and commenced practice in Perth, specialising in ear, nose and throat conditions. He married Jean Saltau on 4 April 1922.[6]

Farmer later served in World War II as Commanding Officer of the 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station in Tampoi, Johor, Malaysia and was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese, spending over three years in prison before being released at the end of the war.[7][8]

Farmer died in Perth on 5 August 1964.

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "SCHOOL SPORTS". Weekly Times. 5 January 1918. p. 19.
  3. "Fitzroy's superiority. University overwhelmed". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 24 August 1914. p. 5.
  4. "Adrian Farmer". Cricket Archive.
  5. "Discovering Anzacs - Adrian Ward Farmer". National Archives of Australia.
  6. "Family Notices". Table Talk. Victoria, Australia. 20 April 1922. p. 28.
  7. "STAFF MEMBERS OF THE 2/4TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION". Australian War Memorial.
  8. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.
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