[Index]
Anthony W WINTER (1894 - 1955)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Anthony W WINTER (1894 - 1955) Anthony WINTER (1864 - 1941) William WINTER (1828 - 1915) Joseph WINTER (1795 - )
Patience COLLINGRIDGE (1799 - )
Maria Martha ROLFE (1838 - 1882) Anthony ROLFE (1802 - 1876)
Catherine CURTIS (1811 - 1874)
Sarah A BOYTON ( - 1930)











b. 1894 at Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1955 aged 61
Near Relatives of Anthony W WINTER (1894 - 1955)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather William WINTER abt 1828 Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England 14 Nov 1915 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 87
Grandmother Maria Martha ROLFE 02 Dec 1838 Oxborough, Norfolk, England 31 Aug 1882 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 43

Father Anthony WINTER 1864 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1941 Junee, New South Wales, Australia 77
Mother Sarah A BOYTON 1930 Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia

Self Anthony W WINTER 1894 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia 1955 61

Sister Elsie M WINTER 1892 Yass, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Doris D WINTER 1912 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia

Uncle William Henry WINTER 1860 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 14 Sep 1885 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 25
Aunt Frances Amelia WINTER 1861 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia 1889 Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia 28
Aunt Selina Ann Annie WINTER 1861 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 13 Dec 1943 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 82
Uncle Charles William HAWES 1860 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 21 Aug 1906 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 46
Aunt Emma Mary WINTER 1863 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Catherine WINTER 1867 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Martha Josephine WINTER 1868 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 02 Nov 1953 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 85
Uncle William Daniel GALLAGHER 1861 Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia 30 Dec 1931 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 70
Uncle George WINTER 1869 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 29 Mar 1964 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 95
Aunt Elizabeth Ann QUIGLEY 1873 Tuggeranong, ACT, Australia 15 Nov 1954 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 81
Uncle Thomas WINTER 1871 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1955 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 84
Aunt Theresa SEERY 1866 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1917 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia 51
Uncle Edward (Edmund) WINTER 1873 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Joseph J WINTER 1875 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia 53
Aunt Elizabeth E HALL 1882 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1924 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 42
Uncle Albert WINTER 1876 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 1876 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 0
Uncle Arthur WINTER 1877 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 09 Sep 1955 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 78
Aunt Christina NORTH 1879 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia 14 Aug 1976 Woden, ACT, Australia 97
Uncle (Amos) Rolf WINTER 1880 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1900 20
Aunt Sarah Elizabeth WINTER 1881 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1882 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1

Cousin Arthur Sydney WINTER 1883 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Maria Elizabeth HAWES 1888 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1900 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 12
Cousin Bridget E HAWES 1890 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin William Charles HAWES 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 25 Mar 1947 Concord, New South Wales, Australia 55
Cousin Ena Catherine HAWES 11 Aug 1894 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 15 Nov 1972 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 78
Cousin Charles M HAWES 1898 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1911 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 13
Cousin Leonard F HAWES 1901 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Eileen E HAWES 1904 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Maria Myee GALLAGHER 1889 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 15 Jan 1967 78
Cousin William Daniel GALLAGHER 28 Aug 1892 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 31 Jul 1938 45
Cousin Edward Kevin GALLAGHER 12 Jun 1910 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 11 Dec 1981 71
Cousin Ivy May WINTER 1897 Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin William R WINTER 1898 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Beatrice C WINTER 1899 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Rose K WINTER 1902 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Valerie WINTER 1914 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Charles W WINTER 1916 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Gordon B WINTER 1918 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Milton E WINTER 1901 Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia 25 Sep 1977 Canberra, ACT, Australia 76

Events in Anthony W WINTER (1894 - 1955)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1894 Anthony W WINTER was born Corowa, New South Wales, Australia 6
1930 36 Death of mother Sarah A BOYTON Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia 6
1941 47 Death of father Anthony WINTER (aged 77) Junee, New South Wales, Australia 6
1955 61 Anthony W WINTER died
Personal Notes:
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/winter-anthony-william-9156

Winter, Anthony William (1894–1955)
by Ian F. Jobling

This article was published:

in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12 , 1990
online in 2006
Anthony William Winter (1894-1955), athlete, was born on 25 August 1894 at Brocklesby, New South Wales, second child of Anthony Winter, fettler, and his wife Sarah Ann, née Boyton, both native-born. Known as 'Nick', he attended the local public school and worked as a labourer before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 31 July 1915. He embarked for Egypt with reinforcements for the 7th Light Horse Regiment in October and was posted to the Australian Army Service Corps as a driver in January 1916; arriving in France in June, he was employed mainly in depot duties. His A.I.F. appointment ended soon after he returned to Australia in June 1919.

Next December Winter became a fireman under the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales and was later stationed at Manly. On 2 July 1921 he married Minnie Pearl Josland at the Methodist Church, Helensburgh. Tall and slender, with blue eyes and a dark complexion, he was muscular, ambidextrous and double-jointed. He loved any sport which required 'nerve, skill, speed, stamina, strength and determination', and played football, cricket, tennis and golf. He also enjoyed wrestling, single tug-of-war and cycling backwards, but the leaping events were his forte. As a member of Botany Harriers, and then of South Sydney and Western Suburbs amateur athletic clubs, he competed successfully in the high jump and hurdles, but excelled in the running hop, step and jump (triple jump). At the Dunn Shield competition in December 1919 he had set a new Australasian record of 47 ft 7 ins (14.5 m) and by 1924 held the Australasian record of 49 ft 8½ ins (15.15 m).

In the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris Winter realized his 'life's ambition' when he cleared 15.525 metres (50 ft. 11¼ ins.), setting a new Olympic record and breaking the world record which had stood since 1911. Described as a 'devil-may-care Australian', he was given an enthusiastic reception on coming home to Sydney with fellow gold medallists Andrew Charlton and Richmond Eve. After a special trial, in 1928 Winter was included in the team for the Amsterdam Olympic Games, but did not qualify for the final of the triple jump. In January 1930 he won the event at the national championships in Sydney, clearing only 47 ft. 3 ins. (14.4 m); he took second place in 1932, shortly before retiring from competition.

Having practised on the fire station's billiard-table, Winter became a skilled '200-break' player. He was 'more interested in setting himself challenges than in playing the orthodox game', but finished runner-up in the State championships in July 1927. He revelled in trick shots; even Walter Lindrum could not execute one of Nick's massé strokes. Leaving the fire service in December 1927, Winter ran a billiard-saloon in George Street, while conducting a hairdressing and tobacconist business. In the 1940s he managed a billiard-room in Pitt Street and later worked as a clerk. A heavy drinker for several years, he died from carbon monoxide poisoning at his Pagewood home on or about 6 May 1955; the coroner returned an open finding. Survived by his wife, son and daughter, Winter was cremated with Anglican rites.

Select Bibliography
A. Ricketts, Walter Lindrum (Canb, 1982)
G. Lester, Australians at the Olympics (Syd, 1984)
Amateur Athletics Association of New South Wales, 100 Years of the NSW AAA (Syd, 1987)
R. and M. Howell, Aussie Gold (Brisb, 1988)
Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July 1919, 14 July 1924, 28 July 1927, 27 Apr 1928, 28 Jan 1930, 8 May, 11 June, 2 July 1955
Sporting Globe, 7 May, 16 July 1924
Referee (Sydney), 16 July, 8 Oct 1924
Sydney Mail, 8 Oct 1924
Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 3 Aug 1928
private information.
Citation details
Ian F. Jobling, 'Winter, Anthony William (1894–1955)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/winter-anthony-william-9156/text16165, published first in hardcopy 1990, accessed online 22 August 2021.

This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 12, (Melbourne University Press), 1990

View the front pages for Volume 12
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 342 (Birth)
- Reference = 342 (Name, Notes)
Created on a Mac™ using iFamily for Mac™ on 2 May 2025