Fred Kirkham (born Frederick Angus Benfield; 5 April 1937 – 25 October 2007)[1] was an Australian Olympic medal winning rower, songwriter and judge.
[4] His first and only state appearance for New South Wales was in the three seat of the senior men's eight which contested and were runners-up for the King's Cup at the 1956 Australian Interstate Regatta.
[5] In 1956 for the Melbourne Olympics the winning King's Cup Victorian eight was selected as the Australian men's eight excepting for Kirkham in the three seat from New South Wales.
Kirkham served as a uniformed officer for several years before training to join the NSW Police Drug Squad.
After 14 years at the Bar he was appointed a Judge of the District Court of New South Wales in 1988 where he served until his retirement.