Brodie Ainslie [SEP] occupation
Brodie Ainslie
Brodie Ainslie (10 August 1891 – 17 December 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ainslie played one match for St Kilda in 1911 and scored no goals.
He served in both the Australian Imperial Force (7th Battalion) during World War I and the Second Australian Imperial Force during World War II.
He died suddenly in 1944, six months after being discharged.
gave up the names of Smith and Ainslie (initially saying nothing of Brodie's involvement). Smith and Ainslie were arrested and the next day Brodie attempted to visit them in prison but was refused. Realising that he had to leave Edinburgh, Brodie escaped to London and then to the Netherlands intending to flee to the United States but was arrested in Amsterdam and shipped back to Edinburgh for trial.
The trial of Brodie and Smith started on 27 August 1788. At first there was no hard evidence against Brodie, although the