Geoff Broadway

Thomas Geoffrey Broadway (19 June 1911 – 24 November 1978) was a New Zealand middle-distance runner who represented his country at the 1934 British Empire Games in London.[1][2] He married Daphne Ellen Vercoe after his return from World War II.[5] Broadway served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II, having been a commercial traveller before enlistment.[8] After returning to active service, he was reported wounded in June 1944.[9] Broadway died on 24 November 1978, and his ashes were buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in the Christchurch suburb of Linwood.
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