Frank Steadman Hurrey (23 June 1885 – 19 August 1953) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family One of four children, and the son of Alfred Clarke Hurrey (1855-1931),Deaths: Hurrey, The Age, (Saturday, 11 July 1931), p.5. and Mary Anna Frances Hurrey (1853-1936), née Newman,Deaths: Hurrey, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 December 1936), p.7. Frank Steadman Hurrey was born on 23 June 1885.
He was engaged to a Miss Vera Agnes Patterson in 1913;Engagements, (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 19 June 1913), p.29. however, they did not marry — Miss Patterson married a Donald William McKellar in June 1915.Married: McKellar—Patterson, The Warrnambool Standard, (Saturday, 3 July 1915), p.2.
Hurrey remained single for the rest of his life. He died on 19 August 1953.Deaths: Hurrey, The Age, (Wednesday, 20 May 1953), p.13.
Football Recruited by Melbourne from the Burwood Football Club, and selected at half-back flank, he was one of Melbourne's best players (in a team that only had 17 men, due to Ernest Denton's broken jaw in the first quarter) in his first senior game, the last match of the 1905 season, against Carlton on 9 September 1905.Carlton (18.17) Beat Melbourne (5.8), The Age, (Monday, 11 September 1905), p.9; Football, The Argus, (Monday, 11 September 1905), p.6; Football Gossip, The (Melbourne) Leader, (Saturday, 16 September 1905), p.17; Overwhelmed by Carlton, The Australasian, (Saturday, 16 September 1905), p.21.
He played two further games: against Essendon on 14 July 1906 (round 10), and against Fitzroy on 25 August 1906 (round 15).
Teacher A qualified State School teacher,His application for a Commission (in his service record) states that he had "1st. Class Certificate as State School Teacher", plus "2 Science Certificates"; and, also, that he was a "Certificated Junior Cadet Instructor 6 years. 17 months A.I.F.". he was a teacher by profession.Allansford: Presentation to Mr. Frank S. Hurrey, The Warrnambool Standard, (Tuesday, 26 January 1915), p.5.Teachers' Promotion, The Age, (Thursday, 12 June 1941), p.10.Retirement of Teachers ("The following senior teachers, all with very good departmental records, completed their service during the year ended the 30th of June, 1951"), Report of the Minister of Education for the Year 1950-51, Parliament of Victoria, 1952, p.9.
Military service The headmaster of the Emu Creek State School, Mandurang,Presentation to Soldier, The Bendigo Independent, (Friday, 29 October, 1915), p.5; Country War Items, The Bendigonian, (Thursday, 8 August 1918), p.17. Hurrey enlisted in the First AIF, at the age of 30, in October 1915.Recruiting Campaign, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Monday, 25 October 1915), p.5. He returned to Australia from his overseas service in July 1918;Khaki and Blue, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 6 July 1918), p.14. and, for some time, was operating as a recruiting officer.Canterbury Recruiting Meeting, The Camberwell and Hawthorn Advertiser, (Friday, 26 July 1918), p.2; Australian Battalions, The Bendigonian, (Thursday, 1 August 1918), p.14.
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Australian Imperial Force: Appointments, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.144, (Thursday, 12 October 1916), p.2948: Appointment of Sergeant Frank Steadman Hurrey as Second Lieutenant (effective 1 October 1916) Australian Military Forces: Appointment to Substantive Commissions on the Reserve of Officers, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.144, (Thursday, 17 February 1921), p.322: Appointment of Honorary Lieutenant Frank Steadman Hurrey, in the Reserve of Officers, as Lieutenant in the 3rd Military District (effective 1 October 1920) First World War Embarkation Roll: Second Lieutenant Frank Steadman Hurrey (4803), Australian War Museum. First World War Nominal Roll: Second Lieutenant Frank Steadman Hurrey (4803), Australian War Museum. First World War Service Record: Second Lieutenant Frank Steadman Hurrey (4803), National Archives of Australia. Officers of the A.I.F. at Home and Abroad, (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 31 January 1918), p.20. Discovering Anzacs: Frank Steadman Hurrey, National Archives of Australia. Bottle Attack on Teacher: Skull Fractured, The Argus, (Monday, 23 May 1938), p.3.
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