Thomas Cree, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Cree

Australian rower

Date of Birth: 01-May-1915

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Mar-1990

Profession: rower

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Thomas Scott Cree (1 May 1914 – 28 March 1990) was an Australian rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Tom Cree was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
His father Captain Robert Scott Cree, died of wounds sustained in the 3rd Battle of Gaza in 1917 when Tom was three years old.
Tom and his mother, Zara Carvick (Webster) Cree, migrated to Australia when he was six.
He was educated at Geelong Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1935 he partnered David Burnford to win Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.
In 1936 he was a member of the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Race.
Later in the year he partnered Burnford in the coxless pair representing Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where they reached the semi-final stage.
He again rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1937.
T S Cree joined the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1939 and left as a Lieutenant Commander in 1946.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
He died at Darling Point, NSW, in 1990.