David Powell Lindsay (12 November 1906 – 12 December 1943) was a New Zealand
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
.
Lindsay was born in
Wellington in 1906.
He received his education at
Timaru Boys' High School.
He moved to
Christchurch and was one of two swimmers from that city who competed in
swimming (two events) at the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
;
the other competitor was
Len Moorhouse
Leonard James Moorhouse (14 March 1904 – 4 May 1970) was a New Zealand swimmer who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Early life and family
Moorhouse was born in Dunedin in 1904. He had four sisters and two brothers. His father, Charle ...
.
Lindsay later lived in
Dannevirke
Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...
. In 1937, he was best man at Len Moorhouse's wedding to
Peg Blunden. Lindsay was killed in action during
World War II,
dying in the battle for
Orsogna
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when a
25-pounder gun fired a shell into his platoon, killing him and several others.
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.
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1906 births
1943 deaths
New Zealand male swimmers
Olympic swimmers of New Zealand
Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Swimmers from Wellington City
New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II
20th-century New Zealand people