Denis Scully, who swam from the moored lifeboat to the beach with a lifeline
and thus provided the connection that enabled the first of the castaways
from the Dunedin Star to be taken from the beach. Photo taken
in 1978 in Johannesburg by Graham Booke
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A rescuer with some of the rescued. Union Defence Force Corporal Harvey,
driver of the truck, in front, brings four crewmen of the Dunedin
Star back to civilisation after their four weeks' ordeal. They are
from left, refrigeration greaser J Smith; main greaser F Mc Garth; main
greaser B. Robinson; and refrigeration greaser W. Connelly.
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