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John Walker (rowing)
John Drummond
Walker
was a
British
rowing coxswain
who
competed
in the
1912 Summer Olympics
.
Walker was born in
Oxford
, the son of Rev. Edward Newburn Walker,
senior
tutor
of
Queens College, Oxford
and his
wife
Gertrude
May Hamilton. He was
educated
at
New College, Oxford
.
Walker was the
coxswain
of
the New College
eight
which won the
silver medal
for
Great Britain
rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics
.
In 1918 Walker was in the
Naval
Sea Transport
Branch
,
Ministry of Shipping
when he was
awarded
the
MBE
.