Mr Reynolds, an able seaman from 1944 to 1946 in corvettes and LST 3035, came from Adelaide to attend the reunion. |
A seaman in the US Navy in World War II ran barefoot across the red-hot deck of a burning ship to save a fellow sailor's life. |
He was called to the Bar in 1958 after two years in the Royal Navy, where he was an able seaman, and a period as a factory inspector. |
He served in the navy for five years, and was described by his senior naval commanders as a superior able seaman. |
One Lewis seaman at Trafalgar lost his leg below the knee and to stop the bleeding put his leg into a barrel of tar. |
Mr Waterworth was an 18-year-old able seaman when he was depth-charged aboard HMS Strongbow at Penang, in the Strait of Malacca, off Malaya. |