Disappearance of Harold Holt
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On 17 December 1967, Harold Holt, the 17th prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming in the sea near Portsea, Victoria. An enormous search operation was mounted in and around Cheviot Bea
A search party combing Cheviot Beach after Holt's disappearance
Harold Holt on a spearfishing expedition at Portsea, Victoria, in 1966
John McEwen
John Gorton
John Curtin
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John Curtin was an Australian politician, trade unionist and journalist who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He held office as the leader of the Austra
Disappearance of Harold Holt
…submarine. However, this theory was quickly proven false. Holt was the third Australian prime minister to die in office, after Joseph Lyons in 1939 and John Curtin in 1945. Holt was initially replaced in a caretaker capacity by John McEwen, and then by John Gorton following the 1968 Liberal Party leadership election…
Official portrait, 1942
John Curtin in 1908
Caricature of Curtin in 1914 (Truth)
John Curtin in the 1920s