John Brian Freeman Rigby (7 April 1906 – 19 June 1975) was a New Zealand

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. At the

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he won the silver medal as part of the men's coxed four. He was a member of the Petone Rowing Club, and his team members in the 1938 boat were Jim Clayton (

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), Albert Hope,

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, and

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(

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). Rigby died on 19 June 1975, and his ashes were buried at

Karori Cemetery Karori Cemetery is the second-largest cemetery in New Zealand. It opened in 1891, and is located in the Wellington suburb of Karori. History Karori Cemetery opened in 1891 to address overcrowding at Bolton Street Cemetery. In 1909, it recei ...

, Wellington.

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