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Balls, bullets and boots

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "Balls, Bullets and Boots is a tribute to a generation of New Zealanders affected by World War One. This book explores the lives of a selected number of players and their families who each had a close connection with rugby..."--Dust jacket.

  • Place
    Palmerston North, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    GV944.9.A1 AKE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    87953 (Cat ID)

    87803 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Balls, bullets and boots
  • Primary Maker

     Clive Akers

  • Contributor/Publisher
    New Zealand Rugby Museum
  • Place
    Palmerston North, New Zealand
  • Date
    2016
  • Physical Description

    332 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780473364991
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Rugby Union football players--New Zealand--Biography

    World War, 1914-1918--New Zealand--Biography

  • Content
    Roll of honour -- From rugby field to battlefield -- The Carroll brothers (William Carroll, Frank Carroll, Vince Carroll, Phonse Carroll) -- Stella Regina Wright (nee Hickey) -- Rugby in the Middle East -- Trooper Karl Donald Ifwersen -- Major William James 'Bill' Hardham VC -- Sergeant Albert Joseph 'Doolan' Downing -- Sergeant Henry 'Norky' Dewar -- Captain Harvey Maitland Chrystall -- Sergeant Beethoven 'Beet' Algar -- The Brownlie brothers (Maurice Brownlie, Anthony 'Tony' Brownlie, Cyril Brownlie) -- Trooper Eric Tristram Gerald Harper -- Wartime rugby in England and France -- Captain Guy Collyns MC -- Second Lieutenant Frank Reginald Wilson -- Private Robert Stanley Black -- Private James Alexander Steenson Baird -- Private George Maurice Victor Sellars -- Lance Corporal Reginald Taylor -- Private James 'Jim' McNeece -- Second Lieutenant Philip Lyell 'Dad' Bennett DSO MC -- Corporal Tom French -- Sergeant Major David Gallaher -- Sergeant Hubert Sydney 'Jum' Turtill -- Second-Lieutenant Harry Waldo Collier MC -- The Dansey brothers (Roger Dansey, Harry Delamere Dansey, George Robert Dansey) -- Lance Sergeant Ernest Henry Dodd -- Rifleman Alexander James 'Jim' Ridland -- Post-war rugby in England and France -- Sergeant Nathaniel Arthur 'Ranji' Wilson -- Second-Lieutenant Hohepa 'Harry' Jacob MC -- Bernard Cyril 'Tiny' Freyberg VC, DSO & Three Bars -- Home again.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Rugby Union football--New Zealand--History--20th century]

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-223) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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