Essendon Football Club will pay special tribute to its past players who served Australia in the defence forces, with a specially designed ANZAC Day Guernsey.
A standout feature of the special Guernsey is the club’s iconic red sash which will be made up of the symbolic flower of remembrance, the red poppy.
The red poppies honour the twenty known Essendon players who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country during the Boer War, First World War and Second World War.
Boer War
Private W. Charles Moore
World War One
Second Lieutenant Lewis G Blackmore
Private Phillip H Callan
Corporal Richard H Clough
Lieutenant Andrew C Fogarty
Bombardier James D Gordon
Captain William G Harvey MC
Captain Herbert H Hunter
Lieutenant Frederick R McIntosh
Lieutenant Charles H Morley
Private Leslie J Rogers
Lance Sergeant Gerald J Ryan
Lieutenant Bruce M F Sloss
Private John A Wood
World War Two
Private Godfrey R Goldin
Private Leonard A Johnson
Sergeant Jack Keddie
Trooper Norman S Le Brun
Flight Sergeant George F Regan
Private Archibald F Roberts
The ANZAC Day Rising Sun logo also takes pride of place on the front of the Guernsey, and the Essendon WW1 era heritage logo is on the back of the neck.
Featured on the inside of the neck is the iconic picture of a lone soldier playing the bugle, as well as the ode of remembrance with ‘Lest We Forget’ written on the hem.
Over the course of history, a total of 233 Essendon players have served our country.
