Today, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Australia will observe a minute's silence to remember those who died or suffered for the country's cause in all wars and armed conflicts.

Among them were 14 former Essendon players listed below, who served during the Boer War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War and Korean War. 

We will remember them. Lest we forget.

Boer War

Charlie Moore (1897-99) – Died May 12, 1901 in Quaggaschock, South Africa

World War I

Lewis Blackmore (1905-07) – Died July 23, 1916 in Pozieres, France

Dick Clough (1907-08) – Died June 2, 1915 DOW at sea

Jimmy Gordon (1913-14) – Died September 30, 1918 in France

Billy G. Harvey (1912) – Died September 14, 1917 in Belgium

Herb Hunter (1900) – Died May 8, 1915 in Krithia, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey

Fred McIntosh (1913-14) – Died September 28, 1917 in Polygon Wood, Belgium

Charlie Morley (1906) – Died April 13, 1919 OAS (illness)

Les Rogers (1915) – Died August 4, 1916 in France

Gerald J. Ryan (1906; 1909) – Died February 6, 1917 in Tiddworth, Wiltshire, UK

Jack Wood (1910) – Died October 20, 1914 OAS as the result of an accident in East Melbourne, VIC

World War II

Godfrey Goldin (1939) – Died February 7, 1943 in New Guinea

Len Johnson (1929-33) – Died January 24, 1942 in Singapore

Jack Keddie (1941) – Died August 15, 1945 in Wewak, New Guinea