Oliver Newton "Jim" Clayton (13 April 1911 – 9 June 1992) was a

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. At the

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he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four as their

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. He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were

Albert Hope Albert Alexander Hope (2 February 1914 – 3 September 1966) was a New Zealand rower. Hope was born in the Auckland suburb of New Lynn on 2 February 1914, the son of Ada Louisa Hope (née Gibson) and Frederick Hope. At the 1938 British Empire ...

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, John Rigby, and

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New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rowing 1911 births 1992 deaths Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games Place of birth missing 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub