Randwick Petersham - Cricketers at War World War II - Roll of Honour
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club | April 24, 2023
Over a million Australians, both men and women served in World War II with more than 500,000 engaged overseas. Almost 40,000 Australians lost their lives while close to 70,000 were wounded. Cricketers were not immune from the conflict with 10 first-class Australian players among those killed. Eleven such cricketers had been killed in the First World War. Sadly, nine members of the 139 from our founding clubs who served in World War II, were killed or died on active service.
Extensive research has gone into the preparation of our Roll of Honour to commemorate the involvement of those members in World War II. And while the majority of those who participated have been identified there are some who unfortunately remain known only by an initial and a surname which is the way the three clubs listed their serving members. We would like to be able to identify those remaining members by their full name and thus be able to uncover their service history and any other relevant background information. It would therefore be greatly appreciated if anyone who has any details, information or even a family contact reference could email me at lyallg@optusnet.com.au. It would also be of interest to hear from anyone who could provide more details and background on any of the servicemen listed.
From the information so far uncovered on those who lost their life, were injured or who were honoured for their bravery, a number of short articles have been prepared. Note that some of these stories may test your emotions.
A Roll of Honour for each of Petersham, Randwick and Marrickville is listed below.
Lyall Gardner
Randwick Petersham Historian
Petersham
Neville Ray James (Bill) BEATH; Allan COLLINS; Robert Edward COOMBES; Leo William CRAWFORD; Kevin Gordon Cyril DONOHUE; Walter Mervyn DORMAN*; Frank Alexander EASTON; Ronald FLAXMAN; Ronald Keith FRANCIS; Cyril Wilfred Primrose GRAHAM; Richard Ernest William HEWITT; Clive William JOHNSTON; Ronald Samuel JOHNSTON; Cecil Roy KEMP; Frank Douglas LAWSON; Lloyd Lawrence MAUNDRELL; John Anthony McGRATH; Christopher James Michael McMAHON; Andrew Cromwell MEIGHAN; Ronald Leo MELROSE; Keith Russell MILLER; Robert MURPHY; Charles Roland NAPIER*; Ralph Russell OBERG; Cecil George PEPPER; Keith Joseph PEPPER; Edward Joseph RAFFERTY; Jack Forrest REID; Arthur William (Mick) ROPER; Jack ROWLANDS; Leo Robert Charles SMITH; Geoffrey Edgar TAAFFE*; Russell Arthur TOOGOOD; John George TWIVEY; Morris Sidney WATSFORD; George Walter Carrington YEATES. *Killed
Randwick
Laurence John BRYCE; Walter Leslie BYRNE; Roy Milton CAWSEY; Ronald James CHIDGEY; George Ernest CONNELLY; Raymond Sydney Adolphus DEFRIES; Victor Leon DONNAN; Frank Alexander EASTON; William Norman ELLISON; F EDWARDS; Louis FENWICK; Raymond Lloyd FROST; A GRANT; W JOHNSTONE; Barrymore Etherington KEEN; Leslie KENDALL; Noel Joseph KNIGHT*; Colin LAMBERT; Mervyn Reginald LOVEGROVE; Alexander Edward MARKS; Bede Vincent McCAULEY; Bruce Worthington McGLYNN; John McKENZIE; Percival Frederick NEAL; Austin Peter Joseph O’GRADY; Stanley Patrick POWER; Cecil Henry RIGDEN; C ROSE; Herbert Hugh SEALEY; George Vivian SIMPSON; David Knox SHERWOOD; John Cassimar TREANOR; William Alexander Victory WEST; Allan James WHEELER; Oriel Leonard ZIEMS.*Killed
Marrickville
John Sydney Edward ALLWRIGHT; Herbert Allan ARMSTRONG; John Charles ARMSTRONG; George Richard BAINES; Jack Wyatt BALDWIN; William Robert BALDWIN; John Francis BANFIELD; Douglas Godfrey BANISTER; F H BRADLEY; G BRAYBROOK, Alan BROWN; William Alfred BROWN; George Charles BUSS; Edward Frederick BYRNE; William Edwin CAPEWELL; Stanley John CAVE; Vincent Aloysius COLLINS; E COOKE; W G COOPER; William Sidney CREBER*; Frederick George DAWES; Arthur William DEBNAM; George DEBNAM; R ELLEM; Colin Kelvin FLOCKHART*; Bevan Walter GEE; William Archibald David GIBSON; Warren Jasper HACKETT; E HICKEY; J HORNE; Walter Henry HORNE; James Eric George HUGHAN; Harold Francis LENERTZ; Frederick Stretton LEWIS; Geoffrey Ronald LEWIS; Jack LINDEN; Frederick William MARSHALL; Joseph Henry McDOUGALL; E McKINLEY; Walter Sydney MOON; Jack MORONEY; L MOSSOP; James Joseph MURPHY; Norman Leslie Archibald MURRAY; Thomas Henry NALTY; Gordon Walter NAYLOR; Alfred Benjamin NEWMAN; Ronald James PAYNE; H D PHILLIPS; Harold Robert POLSON; Charles Frederick Thomas PRICE; Arthur Stewart PURVIS; William Fairbairn RANKIN; John RUELLE; Jack RYAN; Dr Gordon Francis SAGGERS; Ronald Arthur SAGGERS; John Edward SHERRING; John Percival SLOUGH; Ronald Reginald TAYLOR*; Harold James Paul TICKNER; William James Henry TREEVES; Cyril Anthony Edward TYTER; James Ernest WALKER; Leonard James WALLACE; William Herbert WALLACE; Edward WASSELL; Roy Alfred YOUNG. *Killed
