Charles Littlejohn
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| Birth name | Charles William Berry Littlejohn | |||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1889 Nelson, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 1960 (aged 71) Toorak, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||
| Relative | William Still Littlejohn (father) | |||||||||||
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Charles William Berry Littlejohn MC (4 January 1889 – 4 August 1960) was a New Zealand-born rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Born in Nelson, New Zealand, on 4 January 1889,[2] Littlejohn was the son of William Still Littlejohn and Jeannie Littlejohn (née Berry).[3] He was educated at Nelson College from 1898 to 1903,[4] and later went to New College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (from Ormond College, Melbourne University) where he was a Diploma student in anthropology.[5] He was a member of the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Race in 1911 and 1912. He was also a member of the New College eight which won the silver medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2] He was subsequently decorated with the Military Cross while serving in World War I.
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Charles Littlejohn". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ a b Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Charles Littlejohn
- ^ "A smart New Zealander". West Coast Times. 7 July 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005". Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 (CD-ROM) (6th ed.). 2006.
- ^ Diploma students in Anthropology, University of Oxford 1907-1945 Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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