b. 19.11.1884, Greytown
d. 23.06.1952, Carterton
Referee: (Wairarapa) 1926 Wair v Wgtn; 1931 Wair v Bush; 1932 Wair v Wgtn; 1936 Wair v Waik, Marl v Nels; 1937 Wair v HB; 1938 Wair v Auck. 7 games.
Lance-sergeant in NZ Rifle Brigade WWI 1916-18,
awarded Military Medal (MM) 1917
‘for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to service. He gallantly led his section in the attack on Messines on 7th June 1917, particularly in an attack on an enemy gun position. He set a fine example bayoneting a number of the enemy . After the position was consolidated he did good work in tending the wounded’
Brother of Walter (Carterton), father of Alan ‘Kiwi’ (Carterton), Ivan ‘Bulla’ (Carterton) and Rex (Carterton), grandfather of Ian (Carterton).