Joe Shelley
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Joe Shelley
| image =
| fullname = Joseph Eustace Shelley
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Caulfield, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|6|23|1892|9|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Melbourne, Victoria
| originalteam = Geelong Grammar /
Melbourne Grammar
| height =
| weight =
| position =
| statsend = 1914
| years1 = 1911–1914
| club1 = {{AFL Uni}}
| games_goals1 = 23 (11)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Joseph Eustace Shelley (18 September 1892 – 23 June 1966){{cite web|url=http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/Player%20Reg%20S-Z%202014.pdf|title=Register of V.C.A. 1st XI Pennant, District & Premier Cricketers: 1889-90 to 2013-14|publisher=Cricket Victoria|accessdate=18 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912013131/http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/files/3/files/player-register-career-stats/Player%20Reg%20S-Z%202014.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=dead}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198130787 The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29.]
Family
The son of Edgar Shelley (1861-1949), and Blanche Shelley (1867-1960), née Rouse, Joseph Eustace Shelley was born at Caulfield, Victoria on 8 September 1892.
Education
Educated at Geelong Grammar School and at Melbourne Grammar School.
As a resident at Ormond College he attended the University of Melbourne.
He graduated Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) on 17 April 1915;[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1510952 Commencement Day, The Argus, (Monday, 19 April 1915), p.13.] and, during his time at the university he was awarded a "double blue" in cricket and football.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/download/pdf?id=uc1.%24b744566;orient=0;size=100;seq=329;num=251;attachment=0 Roll of Service Overseas 1914–1918: Roll of the Returned: Shelley, Joseph Eustace 1910, The University of Melbourne Record of Active Service of Teachers, Graduates, Undergraduates, Officers and Servants in the European War, 1914–1918, University of Melbourne, (Melbourne), 1926, p.251.]
Military service
He enlisted in the First AIF on 7 July 1916, and left Sydney on 8 July 1916 (on the RMS Mongolia) to serve overseas in the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC).
He was discharged for the AIF in England (effective date 26 December 1919); and, rather than being repatriated to Australia, he independently went to Jerusalem, where his parents were living, and where he intended to practise medicine.Service Record.
6 April 1925
While in Victoria, on holiday from his residence in Jerusalem, Shelley was staying at "Ferndale", the property of James Griffiths, of Griffiths Brothers' Tea, at Bayswater, Victoria. He was the sole survivor of an accident in which the wagonette, driven by Griffiths (on the way to Bayswater Station to meet Arthur Henry Harris, the manager of "Ferndale"), was hit by a train.
Three of the five occupants, James Griffiths,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243760213 Deaths: Griffiths, The Herald, (Tuesday, 7 April 1925), p.23.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243760250 A Philanthropist: Mr Griffiths, Generous Man of Business, The Herald, (Tuesday, 7 April 1925), p.5.] Elizabeth Morton,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243760295 Miss Morton: Church and Kindergarten Worker, The Herald, (Tuesday, 7 April 1925), p.5.] and Janet Emily Harris (Harris's daughter),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155764495 Deaths: Harris, The Age, (Wednesday, 8 April 1925), p.1.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243760295 Miss Harris, A Bright Girl, The Herald, (Tuesday, 7 April 1925), p.5.] were killed immediately, and the fourth, Emily Griffiths (James Griffiths' wife),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2077740 Deaths: Griffiths, The Argus, (Saturday, 11 April 1925), p.1.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243760495 Bayswater Tragedy: Mrs Griffiths' Death, The Herald, (Saturday, 11 April 1925), p.7.] died of her injuries four days later.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243762730 "Safety First" Education Urged by Coroner, Bayswater Crossing Smash Inquest Story, The Herald, (Tuesday, 5 May 1925), p.1.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155751105 Level-Crossing Perils, The Age, (Wednesday, 6 May 1925), p.14.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2114192 Bayswater Accident, The Argus, (Wednesday, 6 May 1925), p.22.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223166523 Bayswater Crossing Smash, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 9 May 1925), p.6.]
Death
Footnotes
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References
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- [https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067625/large/5373976.JPG World War One Embarkation Roll: Captain Joseph Eustace Shelley], collection of the Australian War Memorial.
- [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=8082073&D=D World War One Service Record: Captain Joseph Eustace Shelley], National Archives of Australia.
External links
- {{AFL Tables | J/Joe_Shelley }}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=joe%2Bshelley/2938}}
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