# Jeff Grieve

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[Flight Sergeant](/source/Flight_Sergeant) **Jeffrey James Grieve** (27 January 1918 – 8 November 1944)[1][2] was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played with [South Melbourne](/source/Sydney_Swans) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)) (VFL).

Originally from McKinnon, Grieve made 11 appearances for South Melbourne, which all came in the [1941 VFL season](/source/1941_VFL_season).[3][4]

He was a second cousin of Carlton player [Ollie Grieve](/source/Ollie_Grieve).[5]

## Military

Grieve, who worked as a baker, enlisted in the [Royal Australian Air Force](/source/Royal_Australian_Air_Force) in 1942.[6] On 8 November 1944, Grieve was one of seven men on board a bomber (Halifax LK901), which crashed during a cross-country training exercise.[7][8][9] The plane took off from [Sandtoft, Lincolnshire](/source/Sandtoft,_Lincolnshire) and broke up mid air after going into [cumulonimbus clouds](/source/Cumulonimbus_cloud) due to [atmospheric icing](/source/Atmospheric_icing). The plane's remains crashed into the ground near [Glenshee](/source/Glenshee), [Scotland](/source/Scotland), killing all 7 crew members on board.[10][11]

## See also

- [List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service](/source/List_of_Victorian_Football_League_players_who_died_on_active_service)

## References

1. ["Deaths: On Active Service: Grieve", *The Argus*, (Wednesday 15 November 1944), p.2.](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11370298)

1. ["Family Notices: In Memoriam; Grieve."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22518548). *[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne))*. 8 November 1947. p. 11. Retrieved 25 September 2014. – via National Library of Australia.

1. Main, Jim (2009). *In The Blood: South Melbourne – Sydney Swans Football Club*. Seaford, Victoria: Bas Publishing. ISBN 9781921496011.

1. ["AFL Tables – Jeff Grieve – Games Played"](http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/Jeff_Grieve_gm.html). AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). *The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers*. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.

1. ["World War Two Nominal Roll"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225721/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1017731). Government of Australia. Archived from [the original](http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=1017731) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

1. ["World War II Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland – Halifax LK901"](http://www.archieraf.co.uk/scs/halifaxlk901.html). Archie RAF. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

1. ["Players Killed on Active Service – AFL Records on Service from Boer War / WW1 / WW2 – AFL.com.au"](http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-24/players-killed-on-active-service-afl-records-on-service-from-boer-war-ww1-ww2). [AFL](/source/Australian_Football_League). Retrieved 25 September 2014.

1. ["RAAF Casualty List: Overseas: Killed Aircraft Accident", *The Argus*, (Thursday, 7 December 1944), p.11.](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11373653)

1. ["ASN Aircraft accident 08-NOV-1944 Handley Page Halifax LK901"](http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=161567). Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

1. ["J. Grieve"](https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/109332). *internationalbcc.co.uk*. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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