History of Rowing Victoria Inc

Appendix 5. Roll of Honour WWI

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Members of Victorian Rowing Clubs who served in The Great War.

In 1919, the then President of Rowing Victoria Henry Gyles Turner wrote:
The members of the various rowing clubs who were affiliated with the Victorian Rowing Association numbered at the outbreak of the war 2,117; of these no less than 1,261 men in the prime of physical life—heard and voluntarily answered to the call of duty, not waiting for any idle talk about conscription. Surely such a stimulating record is justifiably a source of pride in the Association to which we belong, and it should never be forgotten. It is therefore intended to erect on the site where oarsmen are wont to foregather a permanent memorial to the memory of those members of that gallant contingent who fell in the desperate struggle for the world's freedom, sealing with their life's blood their devotion to a noble cause.

Let us dwell on their sacrifice to the nation and the extent of carnage to the sport in Victoria:
2,117 registered members before the war.
1,261 enlisted.
320 did not return.

The following information originated from the list prepared by John Lang in 1919 and has been enhanced by information from Clubs.

Military Orders and Decorations - Abbreviations.

Order of the Bath—Military Companions—C.B.
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order—D.S.O.
Meritorious Service Medal—M.S.M.
Military Cross—M.C.
Military Medal—M.M.
Colonial Auxiliary Forces, Officer's Decoration (sometimes called Victoria Decoration)—V.D.
Order of the British Empire

• Knight Commander—K.B.E.
• Commander—C.B.E.
• Officer—O.B.E.
• Member—M.B.E.

(Those names which are bolded are those who died in the Great War.)

Albert Park Rowing Club

Albert W. Asker	William Joseph Henderson	C McKenzie
Royce J Betancor	C Jacobs	C Broadley McMinn
Ernest James Boyd	Fred Johnson	Spencer W Pedder, DCM
Robert Brownridge	Alfred King	Royden M Ralph
Keith Wallace-Crabbe	Victor F Langsford	Roy F Reardon
L. Daniel	Malcolm John Last	William Steinle
Lyndhurst S Davis	Cecil P. Leslie	Jack Stewart
Herbert S. Dickinson	Douglas London	Henry James Thornton
Stanley A. Ditchburn	Richard J London	Louis Vawfynice
Henry R Duncan	Charles D Monteath, MC	Harry J Whiting*
Harold Arthur Fleming	Allen James McBride	Joes Williams
Adam Gordon Fletcher	Likely H McBrien
Jack Haley	Patrick McFarlane
John S. Harrison	George McIlroy, MC	*Also in University list

Antwerp Rowing Club

James A. Davidson	James Hook, MM	Richard J Matthews
Albert G Elliott, MM	James Johnson	Michael J Scanlon
James W Ferry	Alfred G Kühne

Bairnsdale Rowing Club

L. P. Andrews	R. D Ennis	R. J. Moss, M.C.
Albert W Battye, MM	Gordon H Evans	Thomas J S McDonald
Milo A Beaton	Erle F D Fethers	A. A. McMichael
Allan J Boyd	Garnet V S Gaylor	A. Pearce
C. S. Boyle	B. E. Gibney	R. Potter
A. C. Brabet	W. Grant	A. Rennie
J. C. Bull	Archibald M Green	E. J. Savage
H. J. Burgess	A. L. Hemley, MSM	J. L. Shannon
J. T. Campbell	G. M. Holly	Clyde L Sharrow
J. L. Commins	Russell W Hosie	George S Sibbin
C. J. Cooper	A. Hurley	J. M. Sibbin
K. C. Corney	Charles R Jeffreys	J. Smith
F. H. Crooke	John D. Jeffreys	F. V. Ternes
G. G. Day, MSM	William I Jennings	F. M. Tilson
John S Deam	N. C. Johnson	A. Tingate
William Deam	P. C. King	F. S. Towner
A. V. Dean	C. W. R. Laird	Martin J Towner
Francis B Duke	D. S. Lawrence	W. Twitchett
R. T. R. Dunbar, MM	A. Lloyd	William Wallace
H. J. Duncan	J. W. Lush	E. H. D. White
K. T. Duncan	W. H. Mathieson	W. Wilson
Lennox G Duncan	John Moore	K. R. Witt
R. H. Ennis	Lindsay Morrison	F. C. Yeates

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