Very interested to see the picture. My grandfather (John McCallum)was a deckhand on the ship. When it was breaking up they tied a rope to him and he scrambled to shore and secured the rope so that people could get off the ship. He was awarded a medal and pocket watch with a description of his heroic act. I still have them as they have been passed down the family.
Posted by Marjorie McDonald, 4 November 2012 at 0:49
John McCallum was my father. He was so modest that his children never knew of his heroism until we were grown. We lived in Windsor and someone who knew of this event came across my father and notified the newspaper who ran a big story - which embarrassed him very much! But the truth was out.
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Very interested to see the picture. My grandfather (John McCallum)was a deckhand on the ship. When it was breaking up they tied a rope to him and he scrambled to shore and secured the rope so that people could get off the ship. He was awarded a medal and pocket watch with a description of his heroic act. I still have them as they have been passed down the family.
John McCallum was my father. He was so modest that his children never knew of his heroism until we were grown. We lived in Windsor and someone who knew of this event came across my father and notified the newspaper who ran a big story - which embarrassed him very much! But the truth was out.
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