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| Born | John Gerard Heath Lander (1907-09-07)7 September 1907 Liverpool, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 25 December 1941(1941-12-25) (aged 34) Stanley, Hong Kong | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
| Club | First Trinity Boat Club | |||||||||||
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John Gerard Heath Lander (7 September 1907 – 25 December 1941) was aBritishrower who competed at the1928 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during theSecond World War.
Lander was born inLiverpool. He attendedShrewsbury School and was in the Shrewsbury crew that won theLadies' Challenge Plate atHenley Royal Regatta in 1924. He then went toTrinity College, Cambridge, where he crewed for theFirst Trinity Boat Club. WithEdward Vaughan Bevan,Richard Beesly andMichael Warriner, he won an Olympic gold medal in thecoxless fours eventrowing at the 1928 Summer Olympics inAmsterdam.[1] They recorded a time of 6:36.0 in the final to beat the U.S. crew by 1 second. In 1929 Lander was expected to be included in theCambridge crew in theBoat Race, but Richard Beesly, fellow gold medalist and the Cambridge President, called on Tom Brocklebank as stroke instead.
Upon leavingCambridge, Lander took up a business appointment inHong Kong.[2] After theJapaneseinvasion of Hong Kong, Lander enlisted as agunner in theHong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.[3][4] He waskilled in action nearSt. Stephen's College on 25 December 1941.[4] Lander is buried atSai Wan War Cemetery.[3]
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