1909 - 1972
Gordon Bridson Swimming
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Gordon Bridson is a member of the following lists: 1909 births, Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) and 1972 deaths.
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| Birthday |
2nd December, 1909
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| Birthplace |
Wellington, New Zealand
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| Died |
6th December, 1972
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| Place of Death |
Cambridge, New Zealand
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Occupation |
Swimming
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Commander Gordon Bridson, DSO, DSC (2 December 1909 – 6 December 1972) was a New Zealand swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1930 British Empire Games. He was also in the New Zealand Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and in the Second World War, he served in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Seconded to the Royal Navy in 1940, he commanded a minesweeper vessel that accompanied coastal convoys along the English Channel. He was later the commander of the minesweeper HMNZS Kiwi which, with her sister ship Moa, sunk the Japanese submarine I-1 off Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
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