I know he played rugby ... but I'm not sure at what level he played !! Name - Percy Valentine STORKEY Rank - Lieutenant (later Captain) Force - 19th Bn Australian Imperial Force VC won - Bois de Hangard, France, 7 Apr 1918 Gazetted - 7 June 1918 Born - Napier, New Zealand, 9 Sep 1893 Died - 3 October 1969, Teddington UK Buried - SW Middlesex Crematorium, Hanworth UK Medal at - Army Museum Waiouru, NZ PERCY STORKEY was born at Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, on 9 September 1891, son of Samuel James and Sarah Edith Storkey. He was educated at Napier high school, of which he was dux in 1910, and Victoria College, Wellington, where he studied first-year Arts. In 1911 he moved to Sydney, worked for a time in the office of a steamship company, then joined the administrative staff of the University of Sydney and enrolled in the law school. He enlisted in the AIF on 10 May 1915 and his five years' previous service with the Wellington Infantry contributed to his being commissioned second lieutenant on 24 September. He sailed from Australia on 23 December as a reinforcement officer to the 19th Battalion. On 14 November 1916 he joined his unit in France. On the first day with his battalion he was wounded during an attack on Gird trenches, north of Flers. On 1 January 1917 he was promoted to lieutenant and on 10 October was again wounded when his battalion was engaged in the third battle of Ypres. http://www.rnswr.com.au/Main Documents/VCs.htm#STORKEY Storkey was born in Napier, New Zealand and attended Napier Boys' High School. He left his medal to his old school. In 1983 there was a controversy when the school Parents' League wanted to sell the medal to finance student scholarships. Eventually the medal was transferred to the QEII Army Memorial Museum on long-term loan. His Victoria Cross is now displayed at the QEII Army Memorial Museum at Waiouru, New Zealand http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13707623
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120126b.htm Thought you may be interested in this .... Page 87 ! http://www.nswbar.asn.au/docs/resources/publications/bn/bn_summer0809/BarNews_summer0809_web.pdf
