Howard Benge
New Zealand rower
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Birth name | Howard Wilson Benge | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1913-07-26)26 July 1913 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 May 1986(1986-05-19) (aged 72) | ||||||||||||||
Occupation | Builder[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Union Boat Club, Wanganui | ||||||||||||||
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Howard Wilson Benge (26 July 1913 – 19 May 1986) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal representing his country at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Biography
Born on 26 July 1913, Benge was the son of Annie Elizabeth Benge (née Wilson) and her husband, George Frederick Benge.[2]
He won the bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games as part of the men's eight.[3] He was a member of the Union Boat Club (UBC) in Wanganui; fellow UBC members in the eight were James Gould and Gus Jackson.[4]
Benge died on 19 May 1986, and was buried in Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Cemetery view". Whanganui District Council. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Birth search: registration number 1913/20804". Births, deaths and marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Howard Benge". 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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