Reg Farrant
| Reg Farrant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Reg Farrant | ||
| Born | 9 September 1920 | ||
| Died | 6 April 2005 (aged 84) | ||
| Original team | Cohuna | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940 | Hawthorn | 5 (1) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Reg Farrant (9 September 1920 – 6 April 2005) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Farrant enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force and made the rank of Flying Officer. During the Borneo campaign on August 7 1945 the Beaufighter he was a crew member of was shot down over Borneo. He suffered a leg injury. Aided by his Flight Lt. Vernon Sims the pair received help by local villagers to evade the Japanese soldiers and managed to reach the Australian base at Miri.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "Shot Down in Jungle". Kalgoorlie Miner. 12 September 1945.
External links
- Reg Farrant's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Reg Farrant at AustralianFootball.com