Jeff Grieve

Flight Sergeant Jeffrey James Grieve (27 January 1918 – 8 November 1944)[3][4] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Jeff Grieve
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey James Grieve[1]
Date of birth (1918-01-27)27 January 1918
Place of birth Armadale, Victoria
Date of death 8 November 1944(1944-11-08) (aged 26)
Place of death Glenshee, Scotland
Original team(s) McKinnon[2]
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1941 South Melbourne 11 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1941.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from McKinnon, Grieve made 11 appearances for South Melbourne, which all came in the 1941 VFL season.[5][6]

He was a second cousin of Carlton player Ollie Grieve.[7]

Military

Grieve, who worked as a baker, enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942.[8] On 8 November 1944, Grieve was one of seven men on board a bomber (Halifax LK901), which crashed during a cross-country training exercise.[9][10][11] The plane took off from Sandtoft, Lincolnshire and broke up mid air after going into cumulonimbus clouds due to atmospheric icing. The plane's remains crashed into the ground near Glenshee, Scotland, killing all 7 crew members on board.[12][13]

See also

References
  1. "Roll of Honour – Jeffrey James Grieve". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. "Doherty, Bragg Cleared". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 April 1940. p. 14. Retrieved 25 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Deaths: On Active Service: Grieve", The Argus, (Wednesday 15 November 1944), p.2.
  4. "Family Notices: In Memoriam; Grieve". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 November 1947. p. 11. Retrieved 25 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Main, Jim (2009). In The Blood: South Melbourne – Sydney Swans Football Club. Seaford, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 9781921496011.
  6. "AFL Tables – Jeff Grieve – Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  7. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  8. "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  9. "World War II Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland – Halifax LK901". Archie RAF. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  10. "Players Killed on Active Service – AFL Records on Service from Boer War / WW1 / WW2 – AFL.com.au". AFL. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  11. "RAAF Casualty List: Overseas: Killed Aircraft Accident", The Argus, (Thursday, 7 December 1944), p.11.
  12. "ASN Aircraft accident 08-NOV-1944 Handley Page Halifax LK901". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  13. "J. Grieve". internationalbcc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2020.


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