[4] He kicked 60 goals for Essendon in 1938, a total bettered by only one teammate, Tom Reynolds.

[4] He was a member of the Essendon seconds premiership team in 1941, but made only two appearances in the seniors that year, as he had enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force.

[8] During the war he served as a warrant officer and in 1943 was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, along with his pilot Arthur Simpson (408881), for their efforts in a bombing operation over Germany.

[10] On 31 May 1944 he was shot down by enemy fire and managed to hide in a Belgian pine forest for six weeks until he was captured.

[12] He spent more than a year as a German prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III.