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Birth name | Kenneth James Boswell | ||||||||||||||
Born | Waihi, New Zealand | 16 September 1912||||||||||||||
Died | 20 February 1984 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
Education | Petone Technical High School | ||||||||||||||
Occupation | Fitter | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Petone Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Coxed four champion (1937) Double sculls champion (1939, 1940) | ||||||||||||||
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Kenneth James Boswell (16 September 1912 – 20 February 1984) was a New Zealand rower who won a silver medal representing his country at the 1938 British Empire Games. [1]
Born in Waihi on 16 September 1912, Boswell was the son of Mary Ellen Boswell (née Grant) and David McLaren Boswell, a miner and union member who was involved in the Waihi miners' strike. [2] [3] [4] [5] The family moved to Petone, and Ken Boswell was educated at Petone Technical High School. [6] He played as a forward for the Petone Rugby League Club senior team, [7] and rowed for the Petone Rowing Club.
Boswell was a member of the Wellington provincial representative rowing eight in five seasons between 1934 and 1939, usually in the 6 or 7 seat. [8]
At the 1937 New Zealand Rowing Championships held at Akaroa in February 1937, the Petone four of Jim Clayton ( stroke), Albert Hope, Boswell, and John Rigby, coxed by George Burns, won the senior men's coxed four title. [9] The same combination were selected to represent New Zealand in the same event at the 1938 British Empire Games, where they won the silver medal. [10] [11]
Boswell gained two further national rowing titles, winning the men's double sculls at Picton in 1939 and Wellington in 1940, both with Petone clubmate Pat Abbott in the stroke seat. [12] [13]
Boswell died on 20 February 1984, and he was cremated at the North Shore Memorial Park, Albany. [2] [14]
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Kenneth James Boswell | ||||||||||||||
Born | Waihi, New Zealand | 16 September 1912||||||||||||||
Died | 20 February 1984 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
Education | Petone Technical High School | ||||||||||||||
Occupation | Fitter | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Petone Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Coxed four champion (1937) Double sculls champion (1939, 1940) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenneth James Boswell (16 September 1912 – 20 February 1984) was a New Zealand rower who won a silver medal representing his country at the 1938 British Empire Games. [1]
Born in Waihi on 16 September 1912, Boswell was the son of Mary Ellen Boswell (née Grant) and David McLaren Boswell, a miner and union member who was involved in the Waihi miners' strike. [2] [3] [4] [5] The family moved to Petone, and Ken Boswell was educated at Petone Technical High School. [6] He played as a forward for the Petone Rugby League Club senior team, [7] and rowed for the Petone Rowing Club.
Boswell was a member of the Wellington provincial representative rowing eight in five seasons between 1934 and 1939, usually in the 6 or 7 seat. [8]
At the 1937 New Zealand Rowing Championships held at Akaroa in February 1937, the Petone four of Jim Clayton ( stroke), Albert Hope, Boswell, and John Rigby, coxed by George Burns, won the senior men's coxed four title. [9] The same combination were selected to represent New Zealand in the same event at the 1938 British Empire Games, where they won the silver medal. [10] [11]
Boswell gained two further national rowing titles, winning the men's double sculls at Picton in 1939 and Wellington in 1940, both with Petone clubmate Pat Abbott in the stroke seat. [12] [13]
Boswell died on 20 February 1984, and he was cremated at the North Shore Memorial Park, Albany. [2] [14]