15th April marks the anniversary of the death of Robert Johnson. |
It took 8 years after the tragic death of Robert Johnson for his remains to be shown the respect this young man deserved. |
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1900 - Captain Dicken, of the Royal Arthur, set about giving Robert Johnson a properly marked grave and show him the long overdue respect he deserved. He went about raising by subscription amongst the naval people a sufficient sum to have the body of young Johnson removed to a point which overlooks the anchorage of the men-of-war at Tapala Point. The crew of the HMS Boomerang were assigned the sad duty of removing the body from the grave. The government of the day agreed, and a beautifully designed monument was set above the grave. The Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, HMS Boomerang 1900 |
I covered more of the story in 2014 which you can read here. http://jervisbaymaritimemuseum.blogspot.com.au/search?q=robert+johnson |
16 April 2017
Sailors bones lay bleaching on the shore of Jervis Bay.
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