Eustace Headlam

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

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| name = Eustace Headlam

| image = Tasmanian aircrew from 1 Squadron AFC (AWM image B02177).jpg

| caption = Tasmanian aircrew from No. 1 Squadron AFC. Headlam is last on the right

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| fullname = Eustace Slade Headlam

| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|5|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|5|25|1892|5|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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| club1 = Tasmania

| year1 = 1911/12

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| date = 22 January 2016

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5624.html Cricinfo

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Eustace Slade Headlam (20 May 1892 – 25 May 1958) was an Australian cricketer and golfer. Born in Bothwell, Tasmania, Headlam was a left handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler and played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1911/12, achieving a highest score of 32 not out.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5624.html |title=Eustace Headlam |accessdate=22 January 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

During World War I, Headlam served in the Australian Army, enlisting on 14 April 1915 and returning to Australia on 4 March 1919, reaching the rank of lieutenant.{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10738071 |title=Timeline: Lieutenant Eustace Slade Headlam |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=22 December 2020}} He initially served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and embarked with their 6th reinforcements as a trooper for service overseas on 17 June 1915, departing Melbourne on HMAT Wandilla.{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2027738 |title=First World War Embarkation Roll: Eustace Slade Headlam |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=22 December 2020}} He joined his unit at Gallipoli in October 1915 and served on the peninsula until the Australians were evacuated in December.{{cite web |url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=4749131&isAv=N |title=Service Record: Headlam, E S Lieutenant – 1070 |publisher=National Archives of Australia |access-date=23 December 2020}}

He later served in the Imperial Camel Corps before transferring to the Australian Flying Corps and was mentioned in despatches for his service post war.{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1520541|title=Honours and Awards: Eustace Slade Headlam |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=22 December 2020}} Serving in the Middle East,{{sfn|Cutlack|1941|pp=106, 110–111}} Headlam was initially an air observer,{{sfn|Cutlack|1941|p=63}} but later qualified as a pilot and took part in the Battle of Meggido in the final stages of the war.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/headlam.php |title=Eustace Slade Headlam |work=The Aerodrome |accessdate=23 December 2020}}{{sfn|Cutlack|1941|pp=143–144, 152, 164, 169}} He was credited with five aerial victories.{{cite web |url=https://mhhv.org.au/wp-content/uploads/The-Fighter-Aces-from-Australia-Mr-Gareth-Morgan-President-Australian-Society-of-WWI-Aero-Historians.pdf |title=By the Seat of Their Pants: The Proceedings of the Conference Held at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook |publisher= Military History and Heritage Victoria |date=12 November 2012 |access-date=22 December 2020}} He was a law student before enlisting,{{cite web |url=https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=132584 |title=Eustace Slade Headlam |work=The AIF Project |accessdate=22 December 2020}} attending the University of Tasmania.{{cite web |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/49278 |title=Headlam, Eustace Slade |work=Virtual War Memorial |accessdate=23 December 2020}}

In 1926, Headlam married Geraldine Archer.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/153877975?searchTerm=Eustace%20Headlam |title=Wedding Bells |newspaper= Daily Telegraph |date=19 June 1926 |access-date=22 December 2020 |via=Trove}} Headlam was also an avid golfer. He won the Tasmanian Open in 1913 and 1919 and the Tasmanian amateur championship five times between 1912 and 1927.{{cite web |url=https://assets.ctfassets.net/3urhge2ecl20/0qq9WHWYdJlh6zC8bkebZ/8b4b2b14d6b1371b5db4b21b51fa7f88/TAS_Hounour_Roll_Full.pdf |title=History & Honour Roll – Men's Tasmanian Open and Women's Tasmanian Open |publisher=Golf Australia |access-date=20 November 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11493939?searchTerm=Eustace%20Headlam |title=Golf: Tasmanian Amateur Championship – E. Headlam Retains Title |newspaper=The Mercury |date=29 September 1920 |access-date=22 December 2020 |via=Trove}}{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127908082?searchTerm=Eustace%20Headlam |title=Tasmanian Golf |newspaper=Referee |date=28 September 1927 |access-date=22 December 2020 |via=Trove}} In the 1930s, Headlam turned this into a career, becoming a professional golfer.{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67745564?searchTerm=Eustace%20Headlam |title=Visit of Professional |newspaper=Advocate |date=10 October 1930 |via=Trove |accessdate=22 December 2020}}

Headlam died on 25 May 1958, at Launceston, aged 66.