He married Doris Mary McKinnon (1902–1989) on 12 September 1934, at Dandenong, Victoria.

[3] After being part of losing VFL Grand Finals in 1925 and 1926 he played in Collingwood's 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 premiership sides.

[4] A versatile player, Makeham played his early football as a centre-half forward and follower before settling into the half back and half forward flanks.

Makeham coached the Maryborough Football Club in the Bendigo Football League (BFL) in 1933,[5] in which they lost the 1933 BFL grand final to Sandhurst.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1901 is a stub.