Harry Flower

Harold Edwin 'Harry' Flower (30 Oct 1900-1970) was an Australian WWII veteran, a prisoner of war and a 1920s rugby league player in the New South Wales premiership competition with the St George Dragons.

Born in Newtown, New South Wales, Harry Flower learnt to play rugby league at a young age and was also a great runner, running marathons with the Redfern and St.George Harriers clubs. Originally a South Sydney junior and prop-forward, Harry Flower played eight seasons with St George Dragons during their foundation years between 1922 and 1930. He scored a try in the infamous Earl Park Riot match in 1928. His last game was the 1930 Grand Final against Western Suburbs Magpies.

Flower enlisted in the Australian Army as a 40-year-old during World War II and attained the rank of lance corporal.He was captured and held by the Japanese as a prisoner of war, and survived. His 19-year-old son (Harry Edwin Flower junior) also served in the Australian Army and survived the war.

Harry Flower died on 6 September 1970, aged 69.