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John Hardy Burrough (1913-1944) was a male rower who competed for England.
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John Hardy Burrough (1913-1944) was a male rower who competed for England.
Burrough represented England and won a gold medal in the eights at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [1] [2]
He was the son of Ernest James Burrough and Sophie Burrough, of Epsom, Surrey. He was an works control chemist (distillery and winery) by trade and lived in Downs Avenue, Epsom during 1938.
He was killed during World War II, in 1944 when serving as a flight lieutenant with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial. [3]
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