Jack Verge

Arthur "Jack" Verge (12 February 1880 – 8 September 1915) was a rugby union player, who represented Australia, New South Wales and Sydney University. Playing fullback, Verge won both his caps for Australia against a touring British Isles team, in Sydney, on 2 July 1904. Although he was relatively light compared with other contenders for his position, he was repeatedly praised for his tackling, which was "a treat to witness".

Verge went to The King's School, Parramatta, studied medicine at Sydney University, and was in residence at St Paul's College from 1900 to 1904. After graduating, he practiced as a specialist in skin disease. In 1907, he won a fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was commissioned captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps of the First Australian Imperial Force in October 1914 attached to the 6th Light Horse Regiment as its medical officer. He embarked from Sydney for Alexandria, Egypt, in December 1914. From there he was deployed to Gallipoli in May 1915, where he contracted dysentery. He was evacuated to Egypt, where he died in September 1915.