Edward John “Ray” Hines

HERITAGE No: 316

BIRTH: 7 April 1912

Gunning, NSW

DEATH: 27 September 1984 Randwick, NSW

DEATH: 27 September 1984

Randwick, NSW

OCCUPATION: Laborer, 1933

RESIDENCE: Burwood Rd Burwood, NSW, 1933

GAME HISTORY

Dalton RL 1928, 1929, 1932
Gunning RL 1930, 1931, 1932
Yass District RL Representative Team 1931
Burwood RL 1933 ?
Wests RL First Grade 1934, 1936, 1937
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937
Wests RL City Cup 1937
Maitland RL 1935
Newcastle RL v Southern Division RL 1935
Country RL Firsts v City RL Firsts 1935
NSW RL Firsts v Queensland RL Firsts 1935
NSW RL Firsts v Toowoomba RL 1935
NSW RL Firsts v NSW Group 1 RL 1935
Sydney RL Firsts v NSW Police RL 1936
Australia RL Possibles v Australia RL Probables 1937
City RL Seconds v Country RL Seconds 1937
City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1937
Australia RL v New Zealand RL 1935
Australia RL v Auckland RL 1935
South Sydney RL1938 (Trials)
South Sydney RL 1939

Ray

Ray Hines was recorded as Raymond Bruce Hines in the Rugby League Project and the South Sydney past players site (ssralmanac). His birth date was 15 August 1914.

However, there is no NSW birth registration for Raymond Bruce Hines within the relevant time period.

A check of birth registrations in NSW indicated that the person born on 15 August 1914, was Raymond Arthur Hines who lived at Concord, NSW in the 1930’s. Ray Hines, the Wests player is neither of these people.

There is a clue in the Rugby League Project indicating that Ray Hines played his junior football at Dalton and Gunning. These towns are located between Goulburn and Yass, NSW.

News articles from 1942 also report that Ray Hines enlisted with the AIF in 1942. Military records showed an enlistment for a Raymond John Hines born on 7 April 1912 at Gunning NSW. There is no birth registration for that person in NSW. So, who is Ray Hines?