Beaufort Burdekin (27 December 1891 – 15 May 1963) was a British rower who competed in the

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. Burdekin was born in Dorset but came from an Australian family after whom the Burdekin River was named. He was educated at

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and at

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. He was a crew member of the New College

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which won the silver medal for Great Britain

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. In 1914 he was a member of the Oxford Boat in the

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. Burdekin became a member of

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. He served in the

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during

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and was wounded in action in France. In 1920 he went with his family to Sydney, Australia where he was a barrister. Burdekin married the feminist novelist Katharine Penelope Cade in 1915. They had two daughters, Katharine Jayne (b. 1917) and Helen Eugenie (b. 1920). The marriage ended in 1922.

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1891 births 1963 deaths People educated at Cheltenham College Alumni of New College, Oxford English male rowers British male rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Royal Field Artillery officers Australian barristers Olympic medalists in rowing Sportspeople from Gloucestershire Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics British Army personnel of World War I {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub

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