Cherbourg – Boxing – Description (labour issues) – 1944
Item
Sport
Communities Involved
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Palm Island See all items with this value
Woorabinda See all items with this value
Year
January 1944
Place
Cherbourg, Queensland
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Title
Cherbourg – Boxing – Description (labour issues) – 1944
Description
Letter 19 November 1943 from DNA to Supers of C, PI and W seeking 15 boxers in total for a contest in Brisbane v Australian Army boxers. No date suggested, but later corr says this would be in January 1944. Is esp interested in [George] Hayden from Woor and [George] Sibley from PI. Handwritten note on this says boxing has ‘lapsed somewhat’ on PI due to ‘younger men being away cane cutting’.
10 December 1943 Woor nominates George Heydon [sic], Jack Tiers, Keith Punch, Stan Darkan and Darcy Richardson.
Memo 20 December 1943 from DNA to Cherb Super saying that boxing gloves will be sent to Cherbourg, with payment to be charged to the CH Sports Fund.
Memo 5 January 1944 from Ch Super to DNA naming 13 men possible candidates for the Brisbane Army fights. Most are listed as ‘Fairymead’, which was a sugar farm in the Bundaberg Region. COPIED
It is unclear whether this tournament in Brisbane was held and who went. Woorabinda had to withdraw its boxers due to illness and labour shortages.
Nomiated boxers by settlement:
Woorabinda - George Heyden, Jack Tiers, Keith Punch, Stan Darkan and Darcy Richardson.
Palm - George Sibley
Cherbourg - Archie Sullivan, Jack Malone, Stanley Alberts, Duker Hart, Jim Edwards, George Edwards, John Glenbar, Harry Costello, Jack O'Chin, Mervyn Douglas, Tim Mason
Source: "Administration – General – Boxing Tournament" file, Queensland State Archives Item ID 502031
10 December 1943 Woor nominates George Heydon [sic], Jack Tiers, Keith Punch, Stan Darkan and Darcy Richardson.
Memo 20 December 1943 from DNA to Cherb Super saying that boxing gloves will be sent to Cherbourg, with payment to be charged to the CH Sports Fund.
Memo 5 January 1944 from Ch Super to DNA naming 13 men possible candidates for the Brisbane Army fights. Most are listed as ‘Fairymead’, which was a sugar farm in the Bundaberg Region. COPIED
It is unclear whether this tournament in Brisbane was held and who went. Woorabinda had to withdraw its boxers due to illness and labour shortages.
Nomiated boxers by settlement:
Woorabinda - George Heyden, Jack Tiers, Keith Punch, Stan Darkan and Darcy Richardson.
Palm - George Sibley
Cherbourg - Archie Sullivan, Jack Malone, Stanley Alberts, Duker Hart, Jim Edwards, George Edwards, John Glenbar, Harry Costello, Jack O'Chin, Mervyn Douglas, Tim Mason
Source: "Administration – General – Boxing Tournament" file, Queensland State Archives Item ID 502031
Named Individuals
George Hayden See all items with this value
George Sibley See all items with this value
Jack Tiers See all items with this value
Keith Punch See all items with this value
Stan Darkan See all items with this value
Darcy Richardson See all items with this value
Archie Sullivan See all items with this value
Jack Malone See all items with this value
Stanley Alberts See all items with this value
Duker Hart See all items with this value
Jim Edwards See all items with this value
George Edwards See all items with this value
John Glenbar See all items with this value
Harry Costello See all items with this value
Jack O'Chin See all items with this value
Mervyn Douglas See all items with this value
Tim Mason See all items with this value