Joe Scales

Joseph Lindley Scales, DSO, MM (25 July 1895 – 29 July 1967) was an Australian soldier and Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Joe Scales
Personal information
Full name Joseph Lindley Scales
Date of birth (1895-07-25)25 July 1895
Place of birth Mitta Mitta, Victoria
Date of death 29 July 1967(1967-07-29) (aged 72)
Place of death Macleod, Victoria
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1921–23 Fitzroy 25 (0)
1924 St Kilda 15 (5)
Total 40 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1924.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Born in Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Scales joined the Australian Imperial Force on 1 February 1915 for service in the First World War.[2] 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.[2][3] 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. He was instead awarded the Distinguished Service Order.[2][4] Scales was subsequently Mentioned in Despatches and, with the war over, returned to Australia in July 1919 and soon after relinquished his commission.[2] He returned to service in the Second World War, rising to the rank of captain while posted to Headquarters, Australian Military Forces.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 787. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Joseph Lindley Scales". The AIF Project. University of New South Wales, Canberra. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. "Recommendation for Sergeant Joseph Lindley Scales to be Awarded the Military Medal" (PDF). Honours and Awards (Recommendation). Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. "Recommendation for Lieutenant Joseph Lindley Scales to be Awarded the Victoria Cross" (PDF). Honours and Awards (Recommendation). Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  5. "Scales, Joseph Lindley". World War II Nominal Roll. Department of Veterans' Affairs. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
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