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{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
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| fullname = Joseph Rupert Balfe
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|3|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Brunswick, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1915|4|25|1890|3|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Anzac Cove]], [[Gallipoli]], [[Ottoman Turkey]]
| originalteam = [[Brunswick Football Club|Brunswick]] ([[Victorian Football
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| debutteam = [[University Football Club|University]]
| debutopponent = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
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'''Joseph Rupert Balfe''' (9 March 1890 – 25 April 1915) was an [[Australian rules football]]er and soldier who was killed during the [[landing at Anzac Cove]].<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|38}}</ref><ref group="note">Despite various suggestions given over time, related to particular individuals, it is clear that because at least six former VFL footballers were killed during the chaos of the landing at Anzac
==Early life and education==
The son of Matthew Balfe (later mayor of Brunswick) and Sarah Knott, Rupert Balfe was born in Brunswick in 1890. Balfe attended [[Princes Hill State School]] before earning a [[scholarship]] to attend Thomas Palmer's University High School, in Grattan Street, Carlton.<ref>Palmer's institution, University High School, was a private school; and has no connection of any sort with the later State school, [[University High School, Melbourne]] which commenced teaching in 1910: see, for instance, advertisement at [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/73764646 ''The Footscray Independent'', (Saturday, 3 March 1894), p. 2]; also: [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/palmer-thomas-7950 Clements, M.A., "Palmer, Thomas (1858–1927)", in Serle, G. (ed), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11
After completing his secondary education in 1908, he studied medicine at the [[University of Melbourne]] and was in his final year when he enlisted to serve in World War I.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154125779 |title=LIEUT RUPERT BALFE |newspaper=Brunswick And Coburg Star |location=Victoria, Australia |date=21 May 1915 |page=1}}</ref>
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==World War I==
Balfe enlisted on 2 September 1914 as a Second Lieutenant with the [[6th Battalion (Australia)|6th Battalion]] in the [[First Australian Imperial Force]] (AIF). He
==Friendship with Menzies==
Balfe had a strong friendship with [[Robert Menzies]], who was studying
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'''In Memoriam Lieut. J. R. Balfe, Killed in Action, Gallipoli, July 1915'''<ref name="menzies">{{cite web | url = http://www.menziesvirtualmuseum.org.au/1910s/1915.html | title = MVM 1915 | publisher = Menzies Virtual Museum |
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His was the call that came from far away –
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==See also==
* [[List of Australian military personnel killed at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915]]
* [[List of Victorian Football League players who died
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{AFL Tables | R/Rupert_Balfe }}
*Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: [http://www.awm.gov.au/roh/person.asp?p=145-2211 Joseph Rupert Balfe]
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