John Brake (1890 - 1970)

Ancestors

Biography

John was born in 1891. He is the son of James Brake and Barbara McDougall.

Jack Brake was a former leading Australian rules footballer who played with both University and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

John Brake enlisted in the Third Division Artillery of the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) at the start of the war, reaching the rank of Lieutenant, Serving from: 12 Nov 1915 - 19 Aug 1919.) His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916.

He also served in WW2 as V52492, 23 Sep 1940 - ?

He married Grace Glendenning Taylor in 1921.

Jack Brake is also noted as having played for the Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match and can be seen on YouTube.

Sources

• Victorian Births
• Births Register # 1891/ 13486
• Marriage Register # 1921/ 8924
• Deaths Register # 1970/ 10636

• Jack Brake from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 11th of July, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Brake

• Lieutenant John Brake Rolls from the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL website. first accessed online on the 11th of July, 2022

• Find a Grave, database and images accessed 11 July 2022, memorial page for John Brake (unknown–May 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #123867831, citing Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by III (contributor 47426837) .

• 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 28th of June, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Pioneer_Exhibition_Game

• The official programme for the Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1916.

• The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube. first accessed online on the 3rd of July, 2022 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuUjgJHLgdg

• A rare WW1 football guernsey By Rachel Bradshaw on April 22, 2018. as published on the HAWTHORN FOOTBALL CLUB official page via the AFL.com.au website.

• John BRAKE from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 5th of March, 2023.