This is one of a series of posts to mark the international Rugby players who died during The Great War. If anyone has further information on the men concerned, I’d be most grateful if it could be added to the thread. Gareth Dewar, Henry (‘Norkey’) played for New Zealand (The NZ Rugby Museum has his name as Dewer) Internationals: 2 : 1913 A+ US+ Henry Dewar was born on 13 October 1883, son of Lydia Dewar of Palmerston North. Played as a No 8 for: Newtown School, Berhampore School, Melrose, Wellington, Hawera, Star, Stratford, Taranaki, North Island Profession: Moulder Remarks: NZ 1913 tour to North America. He played 16 matches for the All Blacks, including 2 Internationals. War service: 11/448, Sergeant, Machine Gun Section, Wellington Mounted Rifles. He was killed in action on 19 August 1915, at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli and is commemorated on the Chunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial, Turkey [Panel 4].
This from the Cenotaph ...... http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/data...ph&SearchID=1839739&Ordinal=1&OriginalID=3926 This is a partial paragraph I found .... but thought it maybe of interest ! DEWAR, Sergeant Henry Wellington Mounted Rifles, was a prominent and popular footballer and a splendid man in every sense of the word, straight and strong, and one who commanded the respect of all who knew him. As a footballer he has had few equals in NZ at wing forward, where he played a clever ‘heady’ game. His parents reside in Linton St, Palmerston North, but he worked most of the time in Stratford. He was a member of the All Black combination that tou ...... http://www.ozlists.com/genies/defence/ww1/perspara/5sept1915.htm In Memory of Serjeant HENRY DEWAR 11/448, Machine Gun Sect., Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. who died age 33 on 09 August 1915 Son of Lydia Dewar, of 4, Pascal St., Palmerston North. Remembered with honour CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=dewar&GScid=2138799&GRid=12087724& Nice face he has .... RIP Henry
