Birth name | Bernard Francis Smyth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 February 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Boatmans, Buller, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 July 1972 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Peter Dunne (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Bricklayer, [1] publican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernard Francis Smyth (11 February 1891 – 15 July 1972) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
A hooker, Smyth played a single representative game for Canterbury in 1915, one match for the South Island in 1922 and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, also in 1922. He played three matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any internationals. [2]
Smyth served in the No. 3 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, during World War I. He enlisted in December 1915 as a sapper, and had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time of his discharge in June 1919. [1] He saw action at Ypres, Passchendaele and the Somme, [2] and was mentioned in dispatches, by Sir Douglas Haig on 7 April 1918. [3]
Smyth died in Christchurch on 15 July 1972, and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Bromley. [2] [4] His grandson is the politician, Peter Dunne. [5]
Birth name | Bernard Francis Smyth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 February 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Boatmans, Buller, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 July 1972 | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | Peter Dunne (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Bricklayer, [1] publican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bernard Francis Smyth (11 February 1891 – 15 July 1972) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
A hooker, Smyth played a single representative game for Canterbury in 1915, one match for the South Island in 1922 and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, also in 1922. He played three matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any internationals. [2]
Smyth served in the No. 3 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, during World War I. He enlisted in December 1915 as a sapper, and had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time of his discharge in June 1919. [1] He saw action at Ypres, Passchendaele and the Somme, [2] and was mentioned in dispatches, by Sir Douglas Haig on 7 April 1918. [3]
Smyth died in Christchurch on 15 July 1972, and was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Bromley. [2] [4] His grandson is the politician, Peter Dunne. [5]