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Birth name | Oswald William Denison | ||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 29 June 1905||||||||||||||
Died | 15 November 1990 Houhora, New Zealand | (aged 85)||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Nellie Bristow
(
m. 1932; died 1987) | ||||||||||||||
Relative | Walter Denison (father) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Waitemata Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oswald William Denison (29 June 1905 – 15 November 1990) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby on 29 June 1905, Denison was the son of Walter Denison, a jeweller, and his wife Frances Denison (née Mitcham). [2] [3] He married Nellie Bristow on 5 October 1932 at the Grange Road Baptist Church in Mount Eden, [4] and they went on to have five children. [5]
A member of the Waitemata Rowing Club, Denison was the stroke of the Auckland eight that finished third at the interprovincial eights championship in March 1937. [6] [7]
In May 1937, Denison was named as an emergency for the rowing squad to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games, [8] but was later confirmed as a member of the New Zealand eight. [9] At the games, he rowed in the two seat, and won a bronze medal, with the New Zealand eight finishing in third, two lengths behind the second-placed Australian crew. [1] [10]
Competing at the same games, his father, Walter Denison, won a gold medal for New Zealand in lawn bowls men's pairs.
Denison died on 15 November 1990 at Houhora, and his ashes were buried at North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland. [5] [11] [12] He had been predeceased by his wife in 1987. [5]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Oswald William Denison | ||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 29 June 1905||||||||||||||
Died | 15 November 1990 Houhora, New Zealand | (aged 85)||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Nellie Bristow
(
m. 1932; died 1987) | ||||||||||||||
Relative | Walter Denison (father) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Waitemata Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Oswald William Denison (29 June 1905 – 15 November 1990) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby on 29 June 1905, Denison was the son of Walter Denison, a jeweller, and his wife Frances Denison (née Mitcham). [2] [3] He married Nellie Bristow on 5 October 1932 at the Grange Road Baptist Church in Mount Eden, [4] and they went on to have five children. [5]
A member of the Waitemata Rowing Club, Denison was the stroke of the Auckland eight that finished third at the interprovincial eights championship in March 1937. [6] [7]
In May 1937, Denison was named as an emergency for the rowing squad to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games, [8] but was later confirmed as a member of the New Zealand eight. [9] At the games, he rowed in the two seat, and won a bronze medal, with the New Zealand eight finishing in third, two lengths behind the second-placed Australian crew. [1] [10]
Competing at the same games, his father, Walter Denison, won a gold medal for New Zealand in lawn bowls men's pairs.
Denison died on 15 November 1990 at Houhora, and his ashes were buried at North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland. [5] [11] [12] He had been predeceased by his wife in 1987. [5]