FLYING AT 71.
MARINER SEEKS LICENSE
LONDON, Aug. 4. Captain W. K Elders, of Leigh-on-Sc.a who is 71. has taken up flying and is seeking a pilot’s license. He once sailed the Cutty parh. He joined the Brisbane fire brigade and saw the 1893 floods. He also served in the Australian Navy and the Sydney fire brigade and spent seven years at pearling. He te s ot an hour s fight with an octopus when rescuing a diver in Torres Strait.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 224, 20 August 1938, Page 11
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81FLYING AT 71. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 224, 20 August 1938, Page 11
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