Neil James Allison (11 October 1912 – 21 October 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.18.
Family The son of James Neil Allison (1890–1913),Deaths: Allison, The Argus, (Monday, 17 March 1913), p.1.Drag Smashed by Train: One Passenger Killed, The Australasian, (Saturday, 22 March 1913), p.32; Level Crossing Fatality, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 29 March 1913), p.34. and Elsie Grace Allison, née Coleman, Neil James Allison was born in Carlton, Victoria on 11 October 1912. He married Olive "Bub" Burnett in 1940. They had one son, Patrick.
Football He played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 1939 he applied for a clearance to Coburg Football Club in the VFA.Sporting, The Argus, (Wednesday, 31 May 1939), p.28; Neil Allison will Remain, The Age, (Friday, 2 June 1939), p.7.
Military service He enlisted in the Second AIF in June 1940.Send-off to A.I.F. Men, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 21 June 1940), p.16; Taylor, P., "Honours and Commissions of Hawthorn Servicemen", The Australasian, (Saturday, 10 June 1944), p.12.
Death He died as a result of the injuries sustained in an accident on 21 October 1962, when a car in which he was a passenger struck a tree on the Geelong Road, in West Footscray.Deaths: Allison, The Age, (Tuesday, 23 October 1962), p.16; Victims in Road Smash, The Age, (Tuesday, 23 October 1962), p.7.
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References World War Two Nominal Roll: Warrant Officer Class 2 Neil James Allison (VX18998), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
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Melbourne, Vic. (1 September 1945): Members of Central Provision Office, Master General of the Ordnance Branch (photograph), Collection of the Australian War Memorial: Allison is at extreme left of front row.