词条 | Albert Rowland |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Albert Rowland | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | headercolor = | textcolor = | birth_name = Albert Edward Mackay Rowland | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|10|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|1918|07|23|1885|10|26|df=y}} | death_place = Marne, France | resting_place = Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Optician | years_active = | height = {{convert|5|ft|8+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on|order=flip}}[1] | weight = {{convert|146|lb|kg|0|abbr=on|order=flip}}[1] | spouse = {{marriage|Agnes Ludlow Fraser|1911}} | country = New Zealand | sport = Track and field | coach = | retired = | coaching = | nationals = 1-mile track walk champion (1907) 3-mile track walk champion (1907) | olympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = | module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes | allegiance = New Zealand | branch = New Zealand Rifle Brigade | serviceyears = 1916–18 | serviceyears_label = | rank = Second lieutenant | rank_label = | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = | battles_label = | battles = | awards = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = }} }} Albert Edward Mackay Rowland (26 October 1885 – 23 July 1918) was a New Zealand athlete who competed in walking events. He competed for Australasia in two walking events at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Early life and familyBorn in Christchurch on 26 October 1885,[2] Rowland was the son of Edward Anthony Rowland and Anne Rowland (née Macdonald).[3] He married Agnes Ludlow "Jo" Fraser on 28 October 1911 at Holy Trinity Church in the Christchurch suburb of Avonside,[4] and they went on to have one daughter.[1] AthleticsA race walker, Rowland won both the 1-mile and 3-miles track walk titles at the New Zealand national athletics championships in 1907.[5] He represented Australasia at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. He finished fifth in the final of the 3500 metres walk behind teammate, and fellow New Zealander, Harry Kerr, who won the bronze medal.[6][7] He also competed in the 10-miles walk, finishing fifth in his heat and not progressing to the final.[2] World War IRowland was working on his own account as an optician in Wellington when he enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in July 1916.[1] He travelled to Britain with the 21st Reinforcements on the Waitemata, arriving in Plymouth on 27 March 1917.[1][13] On the voyage, Rowland was one of the editors of the onboard magazine, the Waitemata Wobbler.[8] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade on 30 April 1918, and was attached to the New Zealand Cyclist Battalion when he was killed in the Second Battle of the Marne in on 23 July 1918.[1][2][3] He was buried in the Marfaux British Cemetery.[3] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14622242 |title=Rowland, Albert Edward Mackay – WW1 32540 – Army [Original Paper Personnel File] |date= |website= |publisher=Archives New Zealand |accessdate=11 May 2017}} {{1908 Australasian Olympic team}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowland, Albert}}2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/albert-rowland-1.html |title=Albert Rowland |date= |website=Sports-Reference |publisher= |accessdate=11 May 2017}} 3. ^1 2 {{CWGC|id=309485|name=Rowland, Albert Henry Mackey|access-date=11 May 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19111107.2.41 | title=Marriage | date=7 November 1911 | work=The Star | accessdate=11 May 2017 | page=3}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/userfiles/file/National_Champions.pdf |title=National champions 1887–2016 |date=December 2016 |website= |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |accessdate=8 May 2017 | first=Stephen | last=Hollings}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/albert-rowland/ |title=Albert Rowland |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=11 May 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/harry-kerr/ |title=Harry Kerr |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=11 May 2017}} 8. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_library-catalogq40-33058 |title=Waitemata wobbler: N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement |date= |website= |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |accessdate=11 May 2017}} 8 : 1885 births|1918 deaths|Sportspeople from Christchurch|New Zealand male racewalkers|Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Olympic athletes of Australasia|New Zealand Army officers|New Zealand military personnel killed in World War I |
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