Reginald Lochiel Peterson (16 August 1907 – 23 May 1961) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.701.
Family The son of Henry Christian Peterson (1872-1939),Deaths: Peterson, The Age, (Tuesday, 9 May 1939), p.1. and Jessie Peterson (1877-1943), née MacKenzie,Deaths: Peterson, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1943), p.2. Reginald Lochiel Peterson was born at Unley, South Australia on 16 August 1907.
He married Joyce Esmerald Morris (1916-1979) in 1940.Women Fined £75 and £25 -- Bets Taken, The Herald, (Thursday, 8 June 1944), p.7.
They had three sons, John (1941), Laurence (1946), and William (1951). John became a major bookseller, Laurence an artist, and Bill a Health and Safety consultant.
Military service Peterson later served in the Australian Army during World War II.Nominal Roll. He was captured in the fall of Singapore and remained a prisoner of war in Changi until the end of the war.
Death He died at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria on 23 May 1961.Deaths: Peterson, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 May 1961), p.24.
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References
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
B883, VX39288: World War Two Service Record: Sergeant Reginald Lochiel Peterson (VX39288), National Archives of Australia.
External links
Reg Peterson's playing statistics from The VFA Project