| 词条 | Dick Pirrie |
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| name = Dick Pirrie | image = | fullname = Richard Michael Pirrie | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|6|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Hawthorn, Victoria | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|6|6|1920|6|6|df=y}} | death_place = Normandy, France | originalteam = Hawthorn CYMS | height = 175 cm | weight = 74 kg | position = | statsend = 1941 | repstatsend = N/A | years1 = 1940–41 | club1 = {{AFL Haw}} | games_goals1 = 3 (0) | careerhighlights = }} Richard Michael Pirrie (6 June 1920 – 6 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). FamilyThe son of Richard Francis Pirrie (1879-1962),[1] and Isobel Agatha Pirrie (1897-1982), née McGuire,[2] Richard Michael Pirrie was born in Hawthorn on 6 June 1920.[3] EducationHe attended St Patrick's College, East Melbourne. FootballHis father, also known as "Dick" Pirrie, and his brother, Kevin Pirrie also played for Hawthorn. His nephew, Kevin's son Stephen Pirrie, played with Richmond, St Kilda and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and with Port Melbourne in the VFA. MilitaryHe enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.[4] Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Richard Perrie was the first member of the Australian Navy to be killed in action during the landings at Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944).[5][6][7][8] He was mentioned in dispatches (MiD):[9] "For gallantry, skill and determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the initial landing of allied forces on the coast of Normandy: Sub-Lieutenant Richard Pirrie, R.A.N.V.R."[10] See also
Footnotes1. ^[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cutjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7297%2C2634711 Deaths: Pirrie, The Age, (Monday, 17 September 1962), p.13.] 2. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170946337 Pirrie-McGuire, The Advocate, (Saturday, 9 August 1919), p.26.] 3. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1712736 Births: Pirrie, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 June 1920), p.13.] 4. ^World War II Nominal Roll: Acting Sub-Lieutenant Richard Perrie (PM/V77). 5. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206789792 Roll of Honor, The Age, (Saturday, 24 June 1944), p.4.] 6. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11350957 Deaths: On Active Service: Pirrie, The Argus, (Friday 7 July 1944), p.2.] 7. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172214548 Bernard, Dorothy, "He Led the Invasion", The (Melbourne) Advocate, (Wednesday, 26 July 1944), p.13.] 8. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204020186 News of the Day: Death on Birthday, The Age, (Thursday, 14 June 1945), p.2.] 9. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241317120 Hawthorn Naval Man Honored, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 39 August 1944), p.5.] 10. ^[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232756489 Royal Australian Navy: Mention in Despatches (Posthumous), Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.206, (Thursday, 19 October 1944), p.2338.] References
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