Les Primrose

Leslie John Primrose was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne [University Football Club|University] in the Victorian Football League. He served in the Australian Flying Corps in World War I and took part in dogfights against the German Red Baron unit. He was killed in a plane crash in 1918.

Family

The son of John William Primrose, and Catherine Ellen Primrose, née Dent, Leslie John Primrose was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 14 May 1890.

Cleared from Golden Point to University on 26 April 1912, he played in 16 senior matches over two seasons.

Employed as a schoolteacher, Primrose enlisted in the First AIF on 2 August 1915.

He was killed in action when his plane crashed on its return flight to its base on 4 June 1918.