James Pirret, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Pirret

New Zealand lawn bowls competitior

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1915

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1976

Profession: bowls player

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About James Pirret

  • James "Ham" Pirret (22 February 1915 – 4 December 1976) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player. At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the men's singles gold medal.
  • In 1954 at the next British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver he won the silver medal in the men's singles.
  • Pirret competed in the men's singles at his third consecutive British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 at Cardiff, finishing in sixth place.Pirret died on 4 December 1976, and his ashes were buried at Tuakau Cemetery.

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