Harold Maskell

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1911}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Harold Maskell

| image =

| fullname = Harold Robert Maskell

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|03|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mortlake, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|09|12|1911|03|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Heidelberg, Victoria

| originalteam = Camperdown (HFL)

| height = 178 cm

| weight = 81 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1936

| years1 = 1932

| club1 = {{AFL Gee}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}9 (0)

| years2 = 1934–35

| club2 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals2 = 11 (2)

| years3 = 1935–36

| club3 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals3 = {{0}}8 (2)

| games_goalstotal = 28 (4)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Harold Robert Maskell (17 March 1911 – 12 September 1972){{cite web |url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/harold%2Bmaskell/5432|title=Harold Maskell - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football |accessdate=14 December 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong, Carlton and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=525}}

When World War II began in 1939, Maskell volunteered for active service with the Australian Army. He qualified for the elite Commando force in 1942, and from then on fought against the invading Japanese Army in New Guinea and the neighbouring islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=483721 |title=World War II Roll - Harold Robert Maskell |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia}}