Oswald Denison

A member of the Waitemata Rowing Club, Denison was the stroke of the Auckland eight that finished third at the interprovincial eights championship in March 1937.^[6][7]

In May 1937, Denison was named as an emergency for the rowing squad to represent New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games,^[8] but was later confirmed as a member of the New Zealand eight.^[9] At the games, he rowed in the two seat, and won a bronze medal, with the New Zealand eight finishing in third, two lengths behind the second-placed Australian crew.^[1][10]

Competing at the same games, his father, Walter Denison, won a gold medal for New Zealand in lawn bowls men's pairs.

Denison died on 15 November 1990 at Houhora, and his ashes were buried at North Shore Memorial Park, Auckland.^[5][11][12] He had been predeceased by his wife in 1987.^[5]