Rescuers of torpedoed ship's survivors recalled by son and brother, 88

John Piggott
Updated August 6 2020 - 3:20pm, first published May 4 2020 - 8:46am
BATTLED HEAVY SEAS: Cec Radley with the bravery award presented to his father Thomas, one of six crewmen aboard the trawler XLCR recognised for rescuing the survivors from SS Wollongbar II.
BATTLED HEAVY SEAS: Cec Radley with the bravery award presented to his father Thomas, one of six crewmen aboard the trawler XLCR recognised for rescuing the survivors from SS Wollongbar II.

It was wartime and Cec Radley was 11 when the police knocked on the door of the family home in Port Macquarie late one morning when the seas were rough.

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John Piggott

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