E. Darragh, F. Gallaher, C. Grey, H. Gibbons, F. Gibbons, E. Jones, K. Manning, N. Manning, C. Massey, A. Turner, Geoffrey Vaughan Wheeler, Charles Bertie Vaughan Wheeler, Waaka Simon Rewa, C. Stone, H. Murphy, A.G. Fisher, and William Joseph O’Shaughnessy. The annual meeting was held on March 6 in Devonport. Fifteen new members were elected and “reference was made to the excellent work performed by the retiring secretary and treasurer, Mr. [William] O’Shaughnessy, who is now in Trentham training camp”. It was noted that “about 70 percent of the members have volunteered for active service”. The following officers were elected:- President, Mr. Hayward; vice presidents, same list as last year, with the addition of Messrs. A.M. Pickford, G. Gribbin, A. Brett, B. Goldwater, E. Woodall, and C.J. Smith; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr. Bolger; assistant secretary and treasurer, Mr. M. Ansenne; club captain, Mr. J. Parker; delegate to advisory board, Mr. Bolger; committee, Messrs. Martin, Lowe, Bailey, Frank Colebourne, and Voss; auditor, Mr. Knox. When O'Shaugnessy was on final leave from Trentham before departing for the war he was “presented with a wristlet watch by members of the league as a memento of his connection with the game in Auckland and to mark the esteem in which he was held by those associated with him in the control of the game generally”. On August 26 Sunnyside 4th grade side lost the final to City Rovers by 13 points to 0. The 1917 saw Sunnyside only able to field one side which was in the 4th grade. They only had a handful of their results reported and finished in the lower half of the 8 team competition. It was reported that Leslie Arthur O’Leary had also been killed in the war on September 20, 1916, in France aged 21. The Auckland Star wrote an article on rugby league players who had enlisted and noted that the “Sunnyside Club has only nine members left” and that “William O’Shaughnessy… had compiled a record of league players that he has personally met in the trenches. The list contains 120 names of players from various clubs. The list is a unique one and is treasured by the league secretary. The three secretaries from the club have enlisted and the executive have also gone”. The club reported a credit balance of £12 from the previous season. In 1918 the Sunnyside club reported to the Auckland Rugby