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Manners H F L Cpl 2226

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

The 2nd Australian Machine Gun Company taken at Locre, Belgium, on 20 February 1918.

Lt H F Manners is identified in this group, along with other local men: Matthews F B Pte 49

Manners H F L Cpl 2226 Henry Frederick 6 Inf Bn 22 Tailor Single C of E

Address: Ascot Vale, South St, 22

Next of Kin: Manners, H W, father, 22 South St, Ascot Vale

Enlisted: 10 Mar 1915

Embarked: A62 Wandilla 17 Jun 1915

ATHLETES

"Am afraid most of us will be has beens when we get back." This remark (writes Mr A. S. Howcroft), made in the sporting sense of the phrase, is frequently given expression to by athletes in letters from the firing line. Time alone will show whether this proves to be the case or not, but as the great majority of soldiers are living under strenuous physical conditions, it may quite conceivably turn out that they are all the time much nearer the high standard of fitness that competition demands than their lengthy absence from the running track might lead them to believe.

In a letter dated January to to Mr T. Cook, Harry Manners, the well-known St. Thomas' harrier, used the phrase under mention, but promises hearty support for all club affairs. Manners continues:— "I can report all well with the boys I have seen lately — Harry Fynmore, Rupert Terry, Pen. Gatliff, Harry M'Neill (sic) Lieutenant Stan Bowman, and Captain Bowtell-Harris. All are 'in the pink.' Barker is in England. I met Paul Jacobsohn a week or so ago, also J. M. Stuart, of the Essendon Harriers. R. Ransom returned from furlough in England last week. It has been raining almost every day lately, and I can't see where the Sunny France part comes in at all."

ATHLETES. (1917, March 21). Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917), p. 8. Retrieved September 14, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154545322

NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

H. L. Manners (St. Thomas Harriers) has received his commission as second lieutenant. The old Hawthorn runner, A. S. Dickinson, is again wounded; T. Frederico (Essendon) and P. M. Balding (Malvern) have been gassed; and J. D. Nicholson, the Malvern hurdler, has been injured. It is reported that J. C. Lamond (Essendon) and E. Mackley (also Essendon) have been invalided to Australia, the one having lost a hand and the other a leg. Sincere sympathy will be extended to all those mentioned as casualties.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT. (1917, December 15). Weekly Times (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 23. Retrieved January 19, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132699357

ST. THOMAS' HARRIER PROMOTED

Briefer and happier reference can be made to the Ascot Vale distance runner, Harry L. Manners. He has now been promoted to 2nd lieutenant. Manners is still in France.

ST. THOMAS' HARRIER PROMOTED. (1917, December 12). Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917), p. 8. Retrieved September 17, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154547172

Mentioned in this publication:

Essendon Gazette 13 May 1915

Presentation from the Essendon Citizen's Military Association in May at Broadmeadows Camp, May 1915.

St Thomas' Parish Magazine January 1916.

St Thomas' Harriers Essendon Gazette references

Athletes mentioned in Winner 15 Mar 1916