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| Full name | Robert Benedict Seymour Smith | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1909 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 January 1993 (aged 83) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Benedict Seymour Smith MM (15 April 1909 – 13 January 1993) was a New Zealand rower.
At the 1938 British Empire Games he won two bronze medals: one in the men's double sculls alongside Gus Jackson; and one in the men's single sculls.[1]
During World War II, Smith served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[2] In January 1943 he was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.[3] In June 1943 he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the New Zealand Engineers.[4]
- ^ "Bob Smith". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Robert Benedict Smith". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "No. 35879". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1943. p. 526.
- ^ "New Zealand, World War II appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations, 1935–1945". Ancestry.com Operations. 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2017.