A memorial in Sydney to those lost in a horrific submarine disaster.
For today's blog I wish to highlight a man, I believe, who used up all his nine lives in one go, became a successful businessman and the reason why a large memorial is situated on a busy road in the nearby suburb of Carlingford. CHARLES ALBERT HARRY FREESTONE Charles was born on 15th March 1896, the youngest child of four of Charles Freestone, a travelling salesman and his wife Harriet. Harriet died soon after his birth and Charles brought up his four children in Chelmsford Essex England. He joined the Navy as soon as he was able, and his first service date was the 23rd of January 1912 on board the ‘Impregnable’ as a "boy". Earlier at the beginning of the century, the First Sea Lord, Admiral Fisher, foresaw the need to develop submarines as an offensive weapon which was criticised as being the weapon of weaker nations and seen as underhand warfare weapon. However, they needed to be developed as other nations were doing so. By 1913 Fisher requested that the Direc...