Sportsman Hero In Achilles
0 Athletics can claim one of the • • g first sportsmen heroes of the g “ war. He is Commander D. M. L. jjg 8 Neame, who was awarded the g g D.S.O. for the part he played on g B board the Achilles in the defeat g H of the Admiral Graf Spee. g H A member of the London H ==? Athletic Club, Commander gj H Neame, who gave up active ath- g g letics in 1935, was a prominent g = hurdler in the Lord Burghley ■ 8 days. He won several county g g championships and represented = g England in the Empire Games. 13 H His best distance was the 440 g B yards. In the A.A.A. champion- g= g ships of 1929 he was third to II S Facelli and Lord Burghley in g Q 53 2-ssec and in 1930 was again = g third—to Lord Burghley and B S Facelli in 53 4-ssec. j|
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Southland Times, Issue 24132, 22 May 1940, Page 10
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