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Victoria v Rest of Australia
Sunday 24th January 1943 |
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Name |
Lindsay Clive Manton |
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Name & Club as per original list Football Life Sept. 1969 |
Manton (Tatura Assn., SA) | |
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Service Number |
SX10635 | |
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Unit | ||
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Born |
14/11/1917 | |
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Died |
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Club |
League |
Games |
Goals |
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Wolsley Football Club (Folded in 1936) |
Tatiara Football League |
TBC |
TBC |
Victoria versus Rest of Australia Match Stats.
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Team |
Rest of Australia |
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Age on Game Day |
25 Years |
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Goals |
None |
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Awards |
None |
Player Information and References
| WWII Nominal Roll AWM Profile Lindsay Manton died from in Borneo 22/07/1945 less than two months before the end of the war The News Adelaide 02/09/1925 A six year old Lindsay Manton was playing on train tracks in front of a moving train. His life was saved by Frederick Lloyd Jones who received a Certificate of Merit. Lindsay would live for another 21 years before his luck finally ran out. The Advertiser 08/10/1934 L. Manton wins U 16 football kicking comp The Mail Adelaide 30/05/1936 L. Martin playing for Wolseley in Tatiara League Border Chronicle 17/01/1941 Lindsay Manton presented with a pair of socks, wallet and a pound note prior to departing with the AIF The Advertiser 08/12/1945 Confirmation that Lindsay Manton died in Borneo Ancestry: When Linsey Clive Manton was born on November 14, 1917, in Wolseley, South Australia, Australia, his father, George, was 45 and his mother, Bertha, was 37. He had two brothers and five sisters. He died on July 22, 1945, at the age of 27, and was buried in Labuan, Malaysia. |