# Percy Cheffers

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**Percy Cheffers** (1 June 1913 – 18 October 1965) was an [Australian rules footballer](/source/Australian_rules_football) who played with [St Kilda](/source/St_Kilda_Football_Club) in the [Victorian Football League](/source/Australian_Football_League) (VFL).[2] Before joining St Kilda, Cheffers played with [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne_Football_Club)'s reserves side, winning a VFL seconds premiership in 1935.[3][4]

During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Cheffers started as a private in the [Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers](/source/Royal_Australian_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers) (RAEME) in 1940 for the [Australian Sixth Division](/source/6th_Division_(Australia)), in the 2/2nd Field Workshops, RAEME. He rose to the rank of [warrant officer class I](/source/Warrant_officer_class_I) in charge of around 18 people who repaired radios for the [Australian Ninth Division](/source/9th_Division_(Australia)). He saw action in [Libya](/source/Western_Desert_campaign), [Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea_campaign) and [Borneo](/source/Borneo_campaign).[5][6][7]

Percy married Mary Ellen Braines in the 1930s and had four children with her. He married his second wife, Audrey, in the 1950s. He died in a house fire in Fitzroy in 1965.

Percy received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Swinburne Technical College in 1955[8]

His son, [John Cheffers](/source/John_Cheffers), became a noted sports academic.

## Notes

1. Griffin, Megan (23 April 2012). ["Former Saint honoured in ANZAC match"](http://www.saints.com.au/news/2012-04-23/former-saint-honoured-in-anzac-match). St Kilda Football Club. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

1. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014). *The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897*. 10th ed. Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

1. Forward (4 October 1935). ["League Seconds"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203850660). *The Age*. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

1. Spectator (7 October 1935). ["League Seconds"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11774783). *The Argus*. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

1. [Nominal Rolls](https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=790246&c=WW2) Retrieved on 30 April 2016

1. [Newspaper article showing VFL players who served in WWII](http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178091055) Retrieved on 25 April 2017

1. Movements of Percy's Unit: url="https://www.birtwistlewiki.com.au/wiki/2/2nd_Australian_Infantry_Troops_Workshop", retrieved=20 September 2022

1. url="https://commons.swinburne.edu.au/file/bc525dd1-fcda-4d09-9349-34cec8962cea/1/open_door_1955-p008i0003_25-low.pdf", retrieved="26/08/2024"

## External links

- [Demonwiki profile](http://demonwiki.org/Percy+Cheffers)

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