Harold Edward Winterbottom

Nothing has been found of his schooling and little of his early days in the colony: he served an apprenticeship under G. F. Cleland, and J. H. Thompson was revealed as a childhood friend;[4] he was a member of the Adelaide Rowing Club c. 1905[5] and a Lacrosse player; from 1909 secretary of the Association.

[12] Winterbottom was praised for his handling of a major hitch — the forced postponement of the opening night fireworks display.

[14] It was one of a great number of organisations with similar objectives, leading to much duplication of effort and uneven distribution of benefits.

A year later its management committee merged with that of the South Australian Soldiers' Fund, so effectively became one entity[15] of which Winterbottom was secretary until 1937.

His elder brother, Douglas Charles Winterbottom, married Ethel "Elsie" Francis on 30 July 1903.