Man Who Saved Life Of Lord Mountbatten
The man who saved the, life pf Lord Louis Mountbatten.arrived in Auckland todav. He is Mr. L. .Solomoii, formerly a leading seaman of H.M.B. Ivipling and' . now a ineniber of the Australian cbii: tiiigent of exservicemen who have, come to Hexv Zealan'd to take paft in the . Anzae ! Day services. - . 7, ' -Mr. Solomon had charge of a xnotor boat scarehing for - surviyors WhenH.M.S. Kelly- (Lord Louis ' destroyer.) was sunk by .an air- attack during- the Battle -for Lrete. .... ilA L. , " I just dragged hixn out by the scrun of the neck, ' ' said Mr-. Solomon. He was cool, chcerful and eollected, just as . he ahvava was." Lord Louis later met Mr. Solomon in Melbpurne, . He w,asi.snrprispd forJipj thonght his'reseuer ^as'dead. .'He 'had/ in fact, ordered.a meniorjal servipe f.or the man" who-- siivfed Ms life. 3 Mr. Solomon, howevcrf-snle sur vivor of the ; Vreay^f-lM^boaf 'wdipn. it capsized later, m^jiaged to get ash,ore on an asland aiid tufnCd up at Solluni wLth some itoyal. ; Mhrines and Australians who. were 0scapixxg from Orete. . . ' V
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1948, Page 6
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177Man Who Saved Life Of Lord Mountbatten Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1948, Page 6
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