Gus Jackson
New Zealand rower (1903–1968)
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Born | 25 December 1903 | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 November 1968(1968-11-12) (aged 64) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Union Boat Club, Wanganui | |||||||||||||||||
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Augustus Kenneth George Jackson (25 December 1903 – 12 November 1968) was a New Zealand rower.
He won two bronze medals at the 1938 British Empire Games, winning one as part of the men's eight and another bronze medal alongside Bob Smith in the men's double sculls.[1] He was a member of the Union Boat Club (UBC) in Wanganui; fellow UBC members in the eight were James Gould and Howard Benge.[2]
References
- ^ "Gus Jackson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Today's Rowing". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXV, no. 33. 9 February 1938. p. 17. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
- Theo Allen
- Arnold Anderson
- Pat Boot
- Betty Forbes
- Alan Geddes
- Stan Lay
- Jim Leckie
- Doreen Lumley
- Cecil Matthews
- Mary Mitchell
- Jack Morgan
- Bill Pullar
- Graham Quinn
- Alan Sayers
- Frank Sharpley
- Doris Strachan
- Rona Tong
- Harold Tyrie
- Joseph Collins
- Darcy Heeney
- Kenneth Moran
- Jack Parker
- Hugh Sheridan
- Artie Sutherland
- Ron Withell
- John Brown
- George Giles
- Frank Grose
- Gordon Patrick
- Roy Taylor
- Ronald Triner
- Ron Ulmer
- Bill Bremner
- Walter Denison
- Ernie Jury
- Frank Livingstone
- Lance Macey
- Alec Robertson
- Bill Whittaker
- Howard Benge
- Ken Boswell
- George Burns
- John Charters
- Jim Clayton
- Oswald Denison
- James Gould
- Albert Hope
- Gus Jackson
- Les Pithie
- John Rigby
- Bob Smith
- Cyril Stiles
- William Stodart
- Rangi Thompson
- Noel Crump
- Jack Davies
- Winnie Dunn
- Peter Hanan
- Mona Leydon
- Joyce Macdonald
- Len Newell
- Torsten Anderson
- Jim Dryden
- Joe Genet
- Harcourt Godfrey
- Leo Nolan
- Jerry Podjursky
- Vernon Thomas
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