IN SYDNEY OVER EASTER 1943
GOT ENGAGED IN SYDNEY HARBOR DURING JAP SUBMARINE ATTACK-THE AUSSIE NAVY GOT THE SUB AND I GOT MY WIFE. WE WERE HEADED FOR MANLY IN A HEAVY SEA-THEY TURNED OFF ALL LIGHTS AND THE FERRY WALLOWED IN THE HEAVY INCOMING SEA-NO MOON NO STARS
ALL WE COULD SEE WAS THE CREST OF THE WAVES AS THEY BROKE ON THE SHIP
MY BROTHER IN LAW WAS ON DUTY AS ANTI SUB OFFICER IN THE AUSSIE NAVY THAT NIGHT