Albert Edward Chadwick C.M.G. (1897 - 1983)

Born 15 Nov 1897 in Beechworth, Victoria.

Died 27 Oct 1983 at age 85 in Toorak, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

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Albert Chadwick C.M.G. is an Anzac who served in World War One.

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Albert Edward Chadwick was born in October 1897 at or about Beechworth in the colony of Victoria, in what was soon to become Australia. He was the son of Andrew Chadwick (1854-1906), and Georgina Ann Chadwick (1867-1948), née Prater.

On 12 February 1916 he lied about his age and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, as an air mechanic. He saw active service overseas with the No.67 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (No.1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps) in the Middle East. And in 1918 he was promoted to sergeant and the next year he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. During World War II, Albert Chadwick also served in the Royal Australian Air Force being discharged on the 6th of July 1945 with the rank of Wing Commander

Albert Edward Chadwick was a prominent Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). His football career began in 1919 at the conclusion of World War I, with one season for the Prahran Football Club. He then would go on to play the majority of his career with the Melbourne Football Club and coached them from 1925 to 1927. He ended his playing career with one season with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1929, as Captain Coach. He was runner up in the inaugural Brownlow Medal for Bestand Fairest in the VFL in 1924. Albert Chadwick (Melbourne/Hawthorn) was Inducted into the AFL HALL OF FAME in 1996. Not bad for a boy who had not picked a football until his war time service in Egypt.

Albert Edward Chadwick had married Thelma Marea Crawley (1899-1979) in 1924 at St George’s Church of England, Royal Park, Melbourne. With their son Robert Edward Chadwick (1927-1992) later following in his father's footsteps and playing for the Melbourne Football Club.

Albert Edward Chadwick held various positions during his business career with such organisations as the Shell Co. of Australia Ltd., the Metropolitan Gas Co. based in Victoria and later the the government-owned Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria. He also served stints as Chairman of the Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria and later the Overseas Telecommunications Commission from 1963-1968. While from 1950 to 1962 he was Chairman of his beloved Melbourne Football Club, during this period they won five premierships. Then he served as President of the Melbourne Cricket Club from 1965-1978.

Sir Albert Edward Chadwick CMG, MSM passed away in October 1983 at his Toorak Home. He had been Appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1967, and later created a Knights Bachelor in 1974. He was buried in the Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Victoria Australia and he was survived by his son Bob and daughter Gwenda.

Sources

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: CHADWICK, Albt. Edw. - event: Birth - mother: Georgina PRATER - father: Andw. - place of birth: BEECHWORTH - registration year: 1897 - registration no. 25714/1897. first accessed online on the 24th of September, 2022 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: CHADWICK, Albert Edward - event: Marriage - spouse: CRAWLEY, Thelma Marea - registration year: 1924 - registration no. 673/1924. first accessed online on the 24th of September, 2022 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: CHADWICK, Albert Edward - event: Death - mother: Georgina PRATER - father: CHADWICK, Andrew - place of birth: Beechworth - place of death: Toorak - spouse at death: <Unknown Family Name> - age at death: 85 - registration no. 1983 - registration no. 25039/1983. first accessed online on the 24th of September, 2022 from the Victorian Family History Search searchable database at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

• Find a Grave, database and images accessed 24 September 2022, memorial page for Albert Edward Chadwick (15 Nov 1897–27 Oct 1983), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #137437513, citing Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tim Reynolds (contributor 48314828) .

• Charles Fahey, Chadwick, Sir Albert Edward (Bert) (1897–1983), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chadwick-sir-albert-edward-bert-12301/text22091, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 24 September 2022.

• Albert Chadwick from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 24th of September, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Chadwick

• Grave record for SIR Albert Chadwick (Died: 27 Oct 1983), Billion Graves Record 13697807 Melbourne, City of Greater Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. first accessed online on the 24th of September, 2022 at: https://billiongraves.com/grave/ALBERT-CHADWICK/13697807

• NAA: B2455, CHADWICK A E WORLD WAR I ATTESTATION PAPERS. first accessed online on the 25th of September, 2022.

• 2nd Corporal Albert Edward Chadwick - Service number: 281 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL First World War Rolls. first accessed online on the 25th of September, 2022.

• Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick - Service number: 281 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL First World War Rolls. first accessed online on the 25th of September, 2022.

• Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick - Service number: 281 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL First World War Rolls (HONOURS & AWARDS). first accessed online on the 25th of September, 2022.

• Sergeant Albert Edward Chadwick - Service number: 281 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL First World War Rolls (HONOURS & AWARDS). first accessed online on the 25th of September, 2022.

Further Reading

• BEST AND FAIREST PLAYER. from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) of Thursday 18 September 1924, Page 18. first accessed on TROVE on the 24th of September, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2034837

• Chadwick Smiles: N.S.W. Bribery Charges from The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) of Monday 11 October 1926, Page 20. first accessed on TROVE on the 25th of September, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245450204?searchTerm=Bert%20Chadwick%20photographs%20drawings%20pictures

• FOR THE GAME'S GOOD from The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) of Friday 22 March 1929, Page 16. first accessed on TROVE on the 25th of September, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244307305?

• Prominent Personalities Albert Chadwick as published in the Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939) of Thursday 20 June 1929, Page 13. first accessed on TROVE on the 24th of September, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146452320?

• an article titled: Knighthoods for 3 Victorians from The Age of January 2, 1967 first accessed online on the 24th of September, 2022 on GOOGLE NEWS

• Victoria stays with January 1 honours from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Tuesday 1 Jan 1974, Page 1. first accessed on TROVE on the 24th of September, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110754654

• AFL HALL OF FAME Albert Chadwick (Melbourne/Hawthorn) Inducted: 1996.