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| Born | 17 September 1922 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 January 1997 (aged 74) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Edwin Smith (also known as Ted; 17 September 1922 – 15 January 1997) was a New Zealand rower from Auckland.
Early life
Smith was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 September 1922.[1]
Military service
Sergeant Edwin Smith (No 632850) served with the New Zealand 24th Battalion in Italy and Egypt.[2]
Rowing in New Zealand
He became a member of the West End Rowing Club, joining the December 1948 eight crew as bow. In 1949 this crew became Red Coats by winning the New Zealand Premier Eight Championships at Karapiro.
The crew became the New Zealand Empire Games Eight and underwent strenuous training on the Waikato River at Mercer and Ngāruawāhia and on lake Karapiro. The boat to be used at the Empire Games was the tried and true Charles G. Herdman, a one piece Towns Skiff owned by West End Rowing Club. New Ayling oars with larger "spoons" were acquired.[3]
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won a silver medal rowing in the bow as part of the men's eight alongside crew members Donald Adam, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, Bruce Culpan, Thomas Engel, Grahame Jarratt, Don Rowlands and Bill Tinnock.[4]
He later served as a coach for West End Rowing Club, on the club's executive committee and as a starter for rowing regattas. In honour of his services he became an elected honorary member of the rowing club and later a vice-president.
References
- ^ "Edwin Smith - Online Cenotaph". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ New Zealand Defence Forces Archives, SMITH, Edwin. Regimental Number 632851
- ^ David A Conway (1984). A Centennial History of the West End Rowing Club (Inc.).
- ^ "Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee". Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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