David Lindsay (swimmer) explained

David Lindsay
Full Name:David Powell Lindsay
Birth Date:12 November 1906
Birth Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Death Place:Orsogna, Italy
Relatives:David Lindsay (cousin)
Sport:Swimming
Country:New Zealand

David Powell Lindsay (12 November 1906  - 12 December 1943) was a New Zealand swimmer.

Lindsay was born in Wellington in 1906. He received his education at Timaru Boys' High School.[1] He moved to Christchurch and was one of two swimmers from that city who competed in swimming (two events) at the 1928 Summer Olympics;[2] the other competitor was Len Moorhouse.[3]

Lindsay later lived in Dannevirke.[4] In 1937, he was best man at Len Moorhouse's wedding to Peg Blunden.[5] Lindsay was killed in action during World War II,[6] dying in the battle for Orsogna when a 25-pounder gun fired a shell into his platoon, killing him and several others.[7]

Lindsay's cousin, All Black David Lindsay, also attended Timaru Boys' High and he also represented New Zealand internationally in 1928. Lindsay Wing, a wing at the school's boarding hostel, commemorates them jointly.

Notes and References

  1. News: Library gets memorabilia . 13 July 2021 . . 10 November 2010.
  2. David Lindsay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/david-lindsay-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 4 September 2016.
  3. News: Amsterdam? . 13 September 2016 . . LIX . 22 . 27 January 1928 . 5.
  4. News: Five O'Clock Party. 15 September 2016. . LXXIII . 22057 . 3 April 1937. 2.
  5. News: Weddings . 15 September 2016. The Press. LXXIII . 22058. 5 April 1937. 2.
  6. Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 August 2016 .
  7. Web site: We Honour our Olympians . www.olympic.org.nz . 8 March 2020.