Alf Giblett
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| Alf Giblett | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alfred Rowton Giblett | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Warrnambool, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 19 June 1943 (aged 35) | ||
| Place of death | Territory of New Guinea | ||
| Original team(s) | South Hawthorn United | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1935 | Hawthorn | 9 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1935. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alfred Rowton Giblett (30 May 1908 – 19 June 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was killed in action in World War II.
Son of Samuel Robert Giblett (1873–1940),[1] and Edith Sarah Giblett (1872–1956), née Small,[2][3] Alfred Rowton Giblett was born at Warrnambool on 30 May 1908.[4]
He married Valma Olive Cocking (1911–1994), at Surrey Hill, on 21 December 1935. They had three children; Patricia Mary Aughterson (née Giblett) (1937–2020),[5] Anthony Jackson Giblett (1939–2010), and Lynne (1942–?).
Football
Military service
He enlisted in the Second AIF and served overseas with the 2/24th Battalion.
Death
He was reported "missing in action" whilst under light machine gun (L.M.G.) fire on 19 June 1943;[10] and, on the basis of evidence that was presented to an official investigation, it was recommended that the official records be reclassified to read "Missing believed Killed".[11][12]
Commemorated
He has no known grave. He is commemorated at the Port Moresby War Cemetery.[13]