Joseph Edward “Tedda” Courtney

HERITAGE No: 37

WESTS LIFE MEMBER No: 1

BIRTH: 29 August 1885

Townsville, Queensland

DEATH: 23 July 1957 Lakemba, NSW

DEATH: 23 July 1957

Lakemba, NSW

OCCUPATION: Fireman 1904, Wharf Labourer

RESIDENCE: Munro St, North Sydney NSW and Moreton St, Belmore, NSW

GAME HISTORY

Rockdale Borough RU 1902
North Sydney Boys Brigade RU
Sydney RU First Grade 1905

St George RU First Grade 1906, 1907
Newtown RL First Grade 1908
NSW RL v New Zealand RL 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1919
Possibles RL v Probables RL 1908
Metropolis RL v Queensland RL 1908
NSW RL v Queensland RL 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1915
Kangaroo Tour 1908/09, 1911/12
Australia RL v NSW Firsts RL 1909
Australian RL Tour to New Zealand 1909,
Wests RL First Grade 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924
Wests RL City Cup 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924
NSW RL v New Zealand Maoris 1909
Australia RL v New Zealand Maoris 1909
Kangaroos RL v Wallabies RU 1909
North Sydney RL First Grade 1910
NSW RL v England RL 1910, 1914
Australia RL England RL 1910, 1914
Australasia RL v England RL 1910
Australasia RL v Metropolis RL 1912
Metropolis RL v NSW Country RL 1912
NSW RL tour to New Zealand 1912, 1913
Metropolis RL v Northern Division RL 1915
Kangaroos RL v Rest of NSW RL 1917
Next Best RL v Best RL 1918
Wests RL Selector 1914, 1923, 1927
Life member NSWRL 1914
Wests RL General Committee 1923, 1924
Wests RL Vice President 1927
North Sydney RL Coach 1930
Canterbury Bankstown RL Coach 1935

Tedda

Tedda Courtney’s family moved from Townsville, Queensland to North Sydney, NSW about 1892.

He was attending East St Leonards public school in North Sydney and could read and write.

City life wasn’t for Tedda. In August 1895 at the age of ten he went missing from his home in Blues Point Rd North Sydney. He returned to his home but by October 1895 there was a further report of him missing.

Tedda was described as eleven years of age, tall for his age, thick set, fair hair, and complexion.

In November 1895 there was a notice that Edward Courtney had been arrested and charged under the Industrial Schools Act and sent on board the “Sobraon”.