Roy Sitch

Roy Joseph Sitch (3 November 1915 – 6 April 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Roy Sitch
Personal information
Full name Roy Joseph Sitch
Date of birth (1915-11-03)3 November 1915
Place of birth North Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 6 April 1956(1956-04-06) (aged 40)
Place of death Kalkallo, Victoria
Original team(s) Coburg / Fawkner
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Half back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–40 North Melbourne 63 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of Percival Sitch (1896-1965),[2] and Euphemia Morgan Sitch (1891-1964), née Thomson,[3] Roy Joseph Sitch was born at North Melbourne, Victoria on 3 November 1915.

He married Thelma Joan Schofield (1922-1998) in Kelso, New South Wales, in August 1946.[4]

Military service

In January 1934, he attempted to enlist in the Militia, but was rejected on medical grounds; he has a "large untreated hydrocele".[5]

He enlisted in the Second AIF in December 1941, and served until his discharge in 1946.[6]

Death

He died at Kalkallo, Victoria on 6 April 1956. A football match to raise funds for Sitch's family was played at Coburg between teams from North Melbourne and Coburg on 12 August 1956.[7]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.821.
  2. Deaths: Sitch, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 November 1965), p.24.
  3. Deaths: Sitch, The Age, (Thursday, 23 April 1964), p.17.
  4. Sitch—Schofield, The National Advocate, (Friday, 4 October 1946), p.6.
  5. Attestation form for Persons Voluntarily Enlisted in the Militia Forces: Roy Joseph Sitch (D.O.B. 3 November 1915), National Archives of Australia.
  6. Nominal Roll.
  7. Charity Game, The Argus, (Friday, 10 August 1956), p.20.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • Taking it Off Their Toes, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 16 August 1939), p.11.
  • The Pack flies High, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 12 August 1939), p.5.
  • Old Players at Coburg, The Argus, (Friday, 15 March 1946), p.6.
  • World War Two Nominal Roll: Lance Sergeant Roy Joseph Sitch (VX67516), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  • B883, VX67516: World War Two Service Record: Roy Joseph Sitch (VX67516), National Archives of Australia.
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