Harry Comte

He fought in World War II with the 2/24th Battalion, Second A.I.F., and died of wounds sustained in action during the 1945 Battle of Tarakan.

He married Ruby Irene "Connie" Curtis (later, Mrs Jack Shearer) on 31 May 1941.

Cleared from St Kilda to Sandringham on 13 April 1938,[5] he was only able to play 17 matches over the two years he was with Sandringham (1938–1939), due to the knee injuries that had ended his career at St Kilda.

He enlisted for service with the Second AIF and served with the 2/24 Australian Infantry Battalion.

He died at Tarakan Island on 30 May 1945 of wounds he sustained in action on 29 May 1945, and was buried at the Labuan War Cemetery.