Billy Harvey

Billy Harvey
Personal information
Full name	William George Harvey
Date of birth	(1892-10-25)25 October 1892
Place of birth	Canterbury, Victoria
Date of death	14 September 1917(1917-09-14) (aged 24)
Place of death	Passchendaele salient, Belgium
Original team(s)	Engineers
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1912	Essendon	9 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William George Harvey (25 October 1892 — 14 September 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and was killed in action in Belgium in World War I during the Battle of Passchendaele.

Footballer[]

Billy played with Ararat Football Club 1911, 8 games. Recruited from the Engineers, he played nine senior games for Essendon, and kicked two goals. His first match was against Geelong at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 25 May 1912 (round 5), in which he played well.^[1] His last match was against St Kilda, at the Junction Oval, on 24 August 1912.^[2]

Family[]

The son of Edward and Annie Harvey, née Gilpin, he was born in Canterbury, Victoria in 1892, and married Mona Madeleine Faragher, at Wandsworth, London on 18 October 1916.

Soldier[]

He enlisted in the First AIF, giving his occupation as carpenter, on 24 August 1914.

Death[]

Captain William George Harvey, M.C., 1st Australian Pioneers, was killed in action on 14 September 1917.

See also[]

• List of Victorian Football League players who died in active service

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• Billy Harvey's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• World War I Service Record: William George Harvey
• Roll of Honour - William George Harvey
• Honours and Awards: Notification of Award: Captain William George Harvey, M.C.
• Honours and Awards: Military Cross Citation: Captain William George Harvey.
• Died on Service: Harvey, The Argus, (Monday, 24 September 1917), p.1.
• Died on Service: Harvey, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 September 1917), p.1.
• Died on Service: Harvey, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 September 1917), p.1.
• Australian Casualties: Lis No.341: Victoria: Killed in Action (Harvey, Captain W. G., Canterbury, 14/9/17), The Argus, (Saturday, 13 October 1917), p.19.