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Australian rules footballer
This article is about the Australian rules footballer. For the English footballer, see
Les James (footballer) .
Australian rules footballer
Les James
James in 1910
Full name
Leslie Joseph James Date of birth
(1890-06-29 ) 29 June 1890 Place of birth
Geelong , Victoria Date of death
22 October 1917(1917-10-22) (aged 27) Place of death
Passchendaele salient ,
Belgium Original team(s)
Mercantile Position(s)
Rover / Wing / Forward Years
Club
Games (Goals) 1909–11, 1913–15
Geelong
72 (14)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources:
AFL Tables ,
AustralianFootball.com
Leslie Joseph James (29 June 1890 – 22 October 1917), also known as "Jack James ", was an
Australian rules footballer who played with
Geelong in the
Victorian Football League .
[1]
He was killed in action in
World War I . He died on the
Passchendaele salient in 1917.
Family
James and his family in 1916
Fifth of the eighth children of Joseph James (1856-1902), and Martha James (1857-1930), née Smith, Leslie Joseph James was born at Geelong on 29 June 1890.
He married Alice May Ward (1888-1963) in 1913. They had two children: Leslie Thomas James (1913-1979), and Iris May James (1915-1993).
[2]
Two of his brothers,
Frederick William "Fred" James (1884-1948) and
Sydney Harold "Syd" James (1898-1969) , also played with Geelong: Fred, played two games in 1908, and Syd played four games in 1919.
He played 72 senior games with Geelong.
Death
He was killed in action on 22 October 1917.
[3]
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See also
^ In some sources, he is listed as playing for Geelong again in 1919; however it was actually his brother,
Syd James (1898-1969) on debut.
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Photograph: Private Leslie Joseph James (7117), Australian War Memorial .
^
In Memoriam: James, The Geelong Advertiser , (Tuesday, 22 October 1918), p.1.
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Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau Files, 1914-18 War: 7117 Private Leslie Joseph James, Australian War Memorial .
^
Well-Known Footballer Killed, The Geelong Advertiser , (Wednesday, 28 November 1917), p.4.
^
Private Leslie James, The Ballarat Courier , (Monday, 10 December 1917), p.4.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Les James .
First World War Nominal Roll, Private Leslie Joseph James (7117), 14th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian War Memorial .
World War I Service Record: Leslie Joseph James (7117).
Roll of Honour: Private Leslie Joseph James (7117), Australian War Memorial .
374th Casualty List: Victorian Details Shown: Killed in Action, The (Melbourne) Herald , (Saturday, 22 December 1917), p.12.
Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Main, J. & Allen, D., "James, Les", pp.88-90 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War , Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
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