Jack Atkins
Ernest John Atkins was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.
He was an able seaman on HMAS Perth; and he died during World War II when HMAS Perth was hit by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of Sunda Strait. His service number was PM2929.Family
The son of former University footballer, Ernest Faram "Ernie" Atkins, and Vera Ethel Atkins, née Clendinnen, Ernest John Atkins was born on 19 December 1916.
