Joseph Lindley Scales, DSO, MM (25 July 1895 – 29 July 1967) was an Australian soldier and Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy[1] and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
[4] He was awarded the Military Medal for leading a daylight patrol and gathering valuable intelligence at Bapaume in March 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant the following month.
[4][5] At Poelcappelle in October, he led a platoon with "conspicuous gallantry" and singlehandedly cleared a German machine-gun post, for which he was recommended for the Victoria Cross.
[4][6] Scales was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and, with the war over, returned to Australia in July 1919 and soon after relinquished his commission.
[4] He returned to service in the Second World War, rising to the rank of captain while posted to Headquarters, Australian Military Forces.