284:. One of the engines caught fire and Hedge ordered the crew to abandon the aircraft. The rear gunner was able to leave the aircraft by parachute; he saw one of the wings come off the aircraft before it crashed – which, in his view, accounted for the failure of the rest of the crew to escape the aircraft – and, upon landing he was taken prisoner of war.
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Having been awarded the trophy as the team's "best first season player" for the 1935 season, he was recruited from
Sandringham Amateurs in 1937, and was immediately noticed for his accurate disposal.
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795:
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The only son of Alfred Hedge and Ethel May Hedge née Hume, he was born on 29 October 1917. He was educated at
Sandringham State School and Hampton High School. He married Gwynneth Maie Foster in
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The six who perished, including both Hedge and another RAAF officer, Pilot
Officer Gerald Ware Copeland (406548), who was the mid upper gunner, were all buried at
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on 11 January 1941. She remarried more than four years after Hedge's death on active service, becoming Mrs. Daniel Hunter Owen.
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RAAF Fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force squadrons and support units
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Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The
Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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Having spent 1939 playing for the South
Melbourne Second XVIII, he was cleared from South Melbourne to
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He was killed in action serving as a RAAF bomber pilot, serving with the RAF in the Second World War.
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He was killed when his plane (78 Squadron
Halifax W7662) was shot down over Germany in May 1942.
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He played sub-district cricket for a number of years (1933–1939) for the
Brighton Second XI.
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Victorians in RAAF Casualty List: Overseas: Previously
Reported Missing, Now Presumed Dead,
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586:. Vol. XLVIII, no. 14. Victoria, Australia. 10 April 1943. p. 1
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456:. Vol. XLII, no. 22. Victoria, Australia. 29 May 1937. p. 4
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List of
Victorian Football League players who died on active service
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Six of the seven crew perished when the aircraft – detailed to bomb
428:. No. 28, 291. Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1937. p. 26
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World War II Nominal Roll: RAAF: Hedge, Alfred
William (400588).
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in April 1940, having applied for the transfer a year earlier.
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Hedge enlisted in 1940, and served as a bomber pilot for the
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World War II Service Record Copeland, Gerald Ware (406548),
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War II Nominal Roll: RAAF: Copeland, Gerald Ware (406548)
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Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
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Australian military personnel killed in World War II
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776:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
699:Roll of Honour: Alfred William Hedge (400588),
280:– was shot down by German flak and crashed at
159:Playing statistics correct to the end of 1938.
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607:The Argus, (Saturday, 31 October 1942), p.2.
594:– via National Library of Australia.
464:– via National Library of Australia.
436:– via National Library of Australia.
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181:(29 October 1917 – 4 May 1942) was an
578:"SGT. PILOT ALAN HEDGE PRESUMED DEAD"
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733:, (Wednesday, 28 October 1942), p.5.
355:, (Saturday, 18 January 1947), p.23.
199:Victorian Football Association (VFA)
712:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
605:Deaths: On Active Service: Hedge,
536:Flashes from the Football Fields,
404:Who's Who Among Newcomers: Hedge,
378:, (Monday, 18 December 1939), p.6.
14:
786:Sandringham Football Club players
742:, (Wednesday 31 March 1943), p.5.
517:, (Saturday, 20 April 1940, p.14.
408:, (Saturday, 24 April 1937), p.4.
340:, (Monday, 13 January 1941), p.3.
324:, (Saturday, 6 January 1940, p.11
540:, (Saturday, 15 June 1940), p.4.
532:, (Wednesday, 29 May 1940), p.17
502:, (Monday, 15 April 1940), p.11.
332:, (Monday, 13 January 1941), p.6
370:, (Friday, 6 October 1933), p.6
751:, (Tuesday 6 April 1943), p.6.
693:Alf Hedge's playing statistics
650:National Archives of Australia
487:, (Thursday, 4 May 1939), p.6.
393:, (Monday, 2 March 1936), p.5.
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187:South Melbourne Football Club
552:"World War Two Nominal Roll"
183:Australian rules footballer
21:Australian rules footballer
16:Australian rules footballer
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708:Alfred William Hedge entry
448:"Hacker and Hedge Impress"
389:Sandringham Amateur Club,
259:Royal Australian Air Force
513:League Players Transfer,
483:From Forward's Notebook,
479:, Saturday, 15 April 1939
477:The (Emerald Hill) Record
406:The (Emerald Hill) Record
195:Sandringham Football Club
191:Victorian Football League
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722:28 February 2018 at the
672:28 February 2018 at the
701:Australian War Memorial
336:Frost White Lace Gown,
320:Engagements Announced,
475:Old Players Retained,
374:Sub-District Seconds,
366:Sub-District Matches,
351:Marriage: Owen—Hedge,
171:AustralianFootball.com
425:The Argus (Melbourne)
781:Sydney Swans players
528:Footballers Enlist,
179:Alfred William Hedge
97:Sandringham Amateurs
87:Free City of Hamburg
40:Alfred William Hedge
32:Personal information
791:Australian aviators
747:The Roll of Honor,
738:The Roll of Honor,
558:on 28 February 2018
185:who played for the
620:"Halifax II W7622"
538:The Sporting Globe
498:Sandringham Wins,
420:"DELEGATES OBJECT"
289:Ohlsdorf Cemetery
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676:: at p.298.
629:14 February
590:28 February
562:27 February
460:28 February
432:28 February
247:Sandringham
241:Sandringham
102:Position(s)
66:, Australia
760:Categories
307:References
167:AFL Tables
74:4 May 1942
51:1917-10-29
731:The Argus
530:The Argus
515:The Argus
500:The Argus
353:The Argus
330:The Argus
322:The Argus
165:Sources:
131:1937–1938
27:Alf Hedge
720:Archived
670:Archived
295:See also
228:Football
64:Victoria
749:The Age
740:The Age
710:at the
684:Sources
485:The Age
391:The Age
376:The Age
368:The Age
338:The Age
261:during
220:Cricket
197:in the
189:in the
583:Record
453:Record
208:Family
153:12 (5)
140:16 (3)
269:Death
115:Years
631:2020
592:2018
564:2018
462:2018
434:2018
146:1940
119:Club
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