Max Wheeler
Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League. He played only one VFL game, against Melbourne.Family
The son of Herbert John Wheeler, and Eliza Lousia Wheeler, née James, Geoffrey Maxwell Wheeler was born at Coleraine, Victoria on 21 May 1912. He married Margaret Isabel Lingham in 1937. They had three children: Maxine, Alan, and Mabel.He enlisted in the Second AIF on 24 July 1940, and served in the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.Death
He was killed in action, at Merdjayoun, in French Lebanon, on 17 June 1941, serving with the Second AIF.Footnotes
