Athlete.
Born at London, England on 7 August 1893, son of Alfred Town and Rebecca Phillips, he came to Brandon in 1910 where he worked as a painter and decorator in the hotel industry. A long-distance runner, he won eight Canadian championships between 1919 and 1924, and ran in the Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924. He was married twice, first on 5 June 1921 to Rosetta Chapman (?-?) and second on 2 August 1941 to Lucy Rawson (1890-1974). He died at White Rock, British Columbia on 29 March 1957 and was buried in the Brandon Cemetery. He was inducted posthumously into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1985) and Athletics Manitoba Hall of Fame (1985).
Marriage registration [Thomas Town, Rosetta Chapman], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Thomas Town, Lucy Rawson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Thomas Town], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, December 1999, 288 pages.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 29 May 2025
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