Tom Logan (water polo)

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Surgeon Captain (D)

Thomas Henry Logan

Surgeon Captain
Battles/warsKorean War
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire

Thomas Henry Logan

MBE (21 April 1927 – 24 December 2011) was a New Zealand water polo player, swimmer, surf lifesaver
, dentist and naval officer.

Early life and education

Born in 1927, Logan was educated at

Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1951.[2]

Naval career

Joining the

HMNZS Royalist.[3]

In 1960 he was promoted to surgeon lieutenant-commander,

HMNZS Endeavour.[3]

In the

Queen Elizabeth II.[1] Logan retired as a surgeon captain in 1977, the first dentist to reach that rank in the Royal New Zealand Navy.[1] Also in 1977, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.[8]

Sporting career

Medal record
Men’s water polo
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland Water polo

Water polo

At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland Logan won a silver medal as part of the men's water polo team, which he captained.[1][9] He coached and played in the navy team that won the New Zealand club championship in 1967.[1]

Surf lifesaving

Logan was a member of the Fitzroy Surf Livingsaving Club in New Plymouth, and won the 1951 New Zealand championship.[1]

Swimming

In 1949, Logan was captain of the New Zealand universities swim team that toured to Australia in 1949. He won New Zealand breaststroke and individual medley titles on two occasions and was a national record holder. He returned to competitive swimming in the

FINA masters committee from 1987 for 10 years.[1]

Death

Logan died at Tauranga on 24 December 2011.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Exelby, Kelly (3 January 2012). "Obituary: ex-Navy man a swimming star". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: L". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Logan, Surgeon Captain T.H." Torpedo Bay Navy Museum. 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ The Navy List. London: Admiralty. April 1956. p. 1160.
  5. ^ The Navy List. London: HMSO. Spring 1962. p. 835.
  6. ^ a b The Navy List. London: HMSO. Spring 1968. p. 268.
  7. ^ "No. 43531". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1965. p. 43.
  8. ISBN 0-908578-34-2
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  9. ^ "Tom Logan". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Thomas Henry Logan obituary". New Zealand Herald. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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