YOUNG AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR

Michael Waldock
1983 Award

Community Service

From Bermagui, New South Wales, Waldock went blind in his teens. After being given a CB radio for his sixteenth birthday, he began working for the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard monitoring radio signals seven days a week. Since then he has contributed to over 130 sea rescues.

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