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Following his enlistment in the RAAF on 6 January 1941, and his subsequent relocation to the RAAF Flying
Training School in Victoria, Brock was granted a permit to play with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) on Saturday morning, 5 July 1941. He played in his first match for North
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Adelaide, on Saturday night, 26 September 1940 (the evening of the S.A. Grand Final between Sturt and South Adelaide) â which explains the remarks made about Brock's first appearance for North Melbourne, against Hawthorn, on 5 July 1941: "Recently
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The trainee pilot of the other aircraft, Colin Fallon (407785), lost control of his craft immediately after the planes collided. Both he and his passenger, John Distin Hill (407792), successfully bailed out. However, despite being instructed to bail out by the pilot McGuire (who successfully escaped
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Australian Amateur Football Carnival in Launceston. In the match against New South Wales, Brock was the best on ground.
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361:"NORTH MELBOURNE â The team will wear black armbands as a mark of respect to the memory of Leading Aircraftsman H.G. Brock, who was killed in an air accident last Saturday." â
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injured, played with one side of his head plastered", and " was playing at a disadvantage through a recent head injury".
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Familiar Figures: 23. Mr. Denzil W. Brock, Soldier of Fortune,
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Taylor, Percy, "Football Changes: Interstate Stars Chosen",
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Colmer, R., "Effective System Gives Port Lead at Alberton",
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Plane in Air Pocket Fell on Another: S.A. Man Trapped,
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941:Many Tributes to Sir Eric Millhouse,
625:More Sportsmen Rally to the Colors,
558:, (Monday, 30 September 1940), p.15.
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892:, (Wednesday, 20 August 1941), p.7.
640:Taylor, P., "League Four Defined",
569:Football Flashes from the Grounds,
524:S.A. Victory at Football Carnival,
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715:S.A. Airman Killed in Crash,
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352:. His remains were cremated.
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116:92 kg (203 lb)
685:Men who play the game,
381:J. Wade (Port Adelaide)
877:, 19 August 1941, p.3.
861:The (Perth) Daily News
350:Springvale Crematorium
207:AustralianFootball.com
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859:RAAF Planes Collide,
655:North's Big Recruit,
215:Halcombe George Brock
40:Halcombe George Brock
554:Footballer Injured,
258:Exeter Football Club
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32:Personal information
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811:The (Adelaide) News
744:Funeral of Airman,
717:The (Adelaide) Mail
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419:The (Adelaide) News
64:Casterton, Victoria
1214:12. R. Dangerfield
920:The Sporting Globe
888:Accidental Death,
687:The Sporting Globe
606:on 16 October 2017
571:The Sporting Globe
377:Major E. Millhouse
370:The Sporting Globe
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1288:1941 deaths
1283:1919 births
1208:10. Bampton
759:The Teams,
700:The Teams,
1277:Categories
1247:21. Martyn
1178:4. Johnson
1057:References
610:15 October
253:Footballer
203:AFL Tables
51:1919-04-03
1205:9. Abbott
746:The Argus
672:The Argus
642:The Argus
480:The Argus
404:Footnotes
201:Sources:
87:You Yangs
85:near the
1231:Schumann
875:The News
392:See also
91:Victoria
1225:Skelley
1195:Roberts
935:The Age
905:The Age
890:The Age
761:The Age
702:The Age
657:The Age
363:The Age
356:Tribute
344:Funeral
233:in the
225:in the
151:24 (26)
1219:Hender
1183:McLean
241:Family
113:Weight
105:Height
1201:Brock
1189:Reval
1170:Quinn
383:." â
291:Death
166:4 (3)
126:Years
1250:24.
1237:Obst
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1229:16.
1223:15.
1217:13.
612:2017
307:the
191:1939
157:1941
130:Club
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1181:5.
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