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ANZAC Honour Roll

The full name, player number and wartime contributions of those who served in WWI and WWII.

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Roosters ANZAC Honour Roll

First Name Surname Plyr No. Roosters
Career Span *
Club
Games #
Notes Service
George Agar 144 1923 - 1924 15 1923 Premiership centre -
Keith Aitken 410 1952 2 - -
Wal Allan 287 1942 - 1943 3 - -
Vic Anderson 345 1948 2 - -
Ferris Ashton 374 1950 - 1956 87 Club legend, Kangaroo tour 1952/53, captain/coach in 1954 Served on board the destroyer HMAS Quickmatch and served with the British Fleet in the Pacific Ocean
Leo Baggott 149 1924 2 - -
Wal Bamford 248 1936, 1939 - 1941 6 - -
Fred Bartley 125 1922 2    
Charlie Banks 381 1951 - 1952 26 1951 NSW second row forward -
Doug Bartlett 255 1938 - 1942 39 1940 Premiership fullback -
John Beckley 244 1936 6 - -
Ernie Berrell 307 1944 1 - -
Brian Bevan 278 1942, 1946 7 Rugby league superstar, scored 757 tries in 662 games in England -
Bill Bray 331 1947 - 1948 26 - -
Bill Brew 274 1940 - 1941 12 1940 Premiership winger. Died (1941) of meningitis, aged 22 -
Tom Bruce 28 1909 - 1912 29   Died on October 12, 1917 in Belgium (KIA)
Paddy Burton 176 1927 3 - -
Hugh Byrne 157 1925 - 1928, 1930 59 1928 Australian test winger -
Keith Coleman 285 1942 1 - -
Herbie Collins 60 1911 4 1911 Premiership five eighth, Australian cricket captain (1921 - 1926; 11 tests) -
Lionel Cooper 315 1945 - 1946 27 1945 Premiership winger, Roosters Team Of The 20th Century winger -
Harold Corbett 56 1911 - 1912 7   Died on May 3, 1917 in France (KIA)
George Court 226 1933 2 - -
Keith Dallwitz 313 1944 8 - -
Harold 'Mick' Dalton 264 1939 2   Passed away in New Guinea on September 25, 1943
Percy Dermond 259 1938 - 1939, 1941 - 1943, 1946 - 1947 51 - -
Doug Doney 301 1944, 1946 - 1947 8 - -
Tom Dowling 224 1933 - 1937 67 1935, 1936 and 1937 Premiership fullback -
Dick Dunn 253 1938 - 1947 134 1940 and 1945 premiership winner. Roosters Hall Of Fame inductee -
Bill Dyer 186 1928 - 1933 16 - -
Ken Foster 324 1945 4 1945 Premiership winger -
Ray Gillam 208 1931 2 - -
Ernest Gowenlock 68 1913 2   Died of wounds inflicted at Gueudecourt, France, April 10 1918, aged 27
Eddie Griffiths 29 1909 - 1913 47 1911 and 1912 Premiership forward A veteran of WWI and a member of an Australian artillery unit who served in Egypt and Gallipoli
Jack Guinery 216 1932 - 1933 5 - -
George Hall 168 1926 - 1927 9 - -
Bill Halloway 243 1935 1 - -
Bob Halloway 228 1933 8 - -
Noel Hollingdale 256 1938 - 1942 55 1940 Premiership  hooker -
Johnny Hunter 316 1945 - 1946 21 1945 Premiership centre -
Ken Hunter 354 1949 - 1954 56 - -
Tommy Kaine 281 1942 - 1944, 1946 - 1947, 1952 - 1953 44   -
Henry Keane 97 1918 9 - -
Vernon Kennelly 140 1923 1 - -
Maurie Kilkeary 271 1940 1 - -
Theo Lang 238 1934 1 - -
Sel Lisle 273 1940 - 1947 71 1940 and 1945 Premiership half back, NSW representative 1946 Enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942 as a gunner, discharged in April 1945
Ted Levy 340 1947 - 1948 17 - -
Fred May 268 1940 - 1941 26 1940 Premiership five eighth Died on March 13, 1945 in New Guinea (KIA)
Jack McCarthy 254 1938 10    
Matt McCoy 321 1945 1   Served in the Pacific as an anti-artillery gunner during WWII
Wally McDonald 370 1950 16   -
George McGee 163 1926 - 1927 8 - -
Kevin McLean 269 1940 - 1942 10 - -
Ross McKinnon 239 1935 - 1938 23 1936 Premiership centre, 8 tests for Australia (1935-1938) -
Billy Morris 355 1949 6   -
Horace Moxon 154 1925 - 1926 19 - -
Claude Nicholson 69 1913 - 1915 14   Enlisted in the armed services in 1914 with the 14th field ambulance corp at 2 AGH (Australian Ground Hospital) in Boulogne, France
Ross Nixon 314 1944 1 - -
Harry Nobbs 265 1939 - 1940 9 - -
Jim Norton 257 1938 - 1939 20 - -
Harold O'Brien 286 1942 - 1944 9 - -
Rod O'Loan 240 1935 - 1941 83 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1940 Premiership winger. Scored club record of 7 tries in one match Ended the war as a major and won an MBE
Vince Olivera 164 1926 5 - -
Jack Parker 247 1936      
Laurie Pickup 258 1938 - 1939 8 - Enlisted in the RAAF during World War II on 3 June, 1941 
Len Portsmouth 284 1942 - 1944, 1946 29 - -
Ray Pratt 323 1945 17 1945 Premiership fullback -
Alan Quinlivan 326 1946 - 1947 7   -
Laurie Rafferty 312 1944 1 - -
Fred Robinson 227 1933 - 1940 44   -
Lee Rose 327 1946 - 1948 28   -
Allan Schafer 311 1944 5 - -
Don Sinclair 293 1943, 1947 - 1948, 1952 - 1954 54 - -
Johnny Smith 317 1945 - 1946 14 Arm injury prevented him being part of the 1945 Premiership team -
Ray Stehr 190 1929 - 1942, 1945 - 1946 174 Five time premiership prop (1935, 1936, 1937, 1940 and 1945). Captain in 1940 and 1945. 30 interstate games for NSW and 14 tests for Australia AIF Warrant Officer in Darwin 1939-1940
Johnno Stuntz 13 1908 - 1910 6 Scored four tries in the Roosters first ever game in 1908 Died May 3, 1917
Viv Thicknesse 210 1932 - 1937 74 1935, 1936 and 1937 Premiership half back. Captain in 1935 and 1937. 11 interstate games for NSW and 9 tests for Australia -
Bob Tidyman 65 1913 - 1915 36 1913 Premiership centre and Australian test centre in 1914 Joined AIF in December 1915 as a member of the 11th Reinforcements for the 19th Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. Passed away on November 15, 1916 in France.
Paul Tierney 294 1943 - 1949 73 1945 Premiership centre -
George Torpy 191 1929 16   -
Tom Trotter 187 1928 6 - -
Cliff Tye 283 1942 4 - -
Jack 'Bluey' Watkins 66 1913 - 1916, 1919 - 1924, 1926 112 1913 and 1923 Premiership forward. 8 intersate matches for NSW and 8 tests for Australia -
Eddie  White 53 1910 - 1914 35 1911 and 1912 Premiership winger, brother of Percy White. NSW winger. Veteran of the Boer War as well as 1st and 2nd AIF
Percy White 23 1908 - 1916 89 1912 and 1913 Premiership forward, brother of Eddie White Died of wounds April 24, 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, aged 30
Jack  Williams 296 1943 - 1944, 1946 6    
* Denotes Roosters first grade career span

# Denotes first grade games for the Roosters

 

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