The South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Funeral Service for Mr Neil Kerley AM will be held at 1:00pm on Monday 25 July 2022, at Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide, South Australia.
Debuting in 1957 for West Adelaide, Mr Kerley left his mark at 5 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) clubs over 5 decades, winning two premierships in 1961 and 1964 as captain-coach, and two as coach in 1973 and 1983.
Across a 276-game playing career, Mr Kerley’s achievements included winning 5 best-and-fairest awards, becoming All-Australian vice-captain in 1961, and being inducted into the Australia, South Australian and West Adelaide halls of fame. He was instrumental in developing the Adelaide Football Club, serving as their first football manager from 1990 to 1991, as well as being a selector for the All-Australian team.
In 2001, he was awarded an Australian Sports Medal for service to the SANFL and Australian Football in South Australia. In 2007, he was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for service to Australian Rules football in South Australia as a player and coach, and to the community as a supporter of several charitable organisations.
Details regarding attendance at the service and livestreaming can be found at State Funeral to celebrate the life of Mr Neil Kerley AM.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at
half-mast all day on Monday 25 July 2022 in South Australia only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available at http://www.pmc.gov.au/flag.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer