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Haurongo: Ashwin, Bernard Carl

In an army rugby team

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In an army rugby team

Preoccupied by sports as a young man, Bernard Ashwin (kneeling, right) played for an army rugby team during the First World War. However, his war experiences led to a change in focus and from 1919 he embarked on university study.

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Brian Easton. 'Ashwin, Bernard Carl', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/42690/in-an-army-rugby-team (accessed 4 June 2026).