Sacrificed freedom to help close friend

By Sarah Scully
Updated November 1 2012 - 3:05pm, first published June 28 2012 - 11:47pm
Geoff Atkins will travel to Canberra for Sunday's unveiling of the Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Memorial.
Geoff Atkins will travel to Canberra for Sunday's unveiling of the Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Memorial.

MOYSTON - It was the worst maritime disaster in Australia's history, yet many of us have never heard of the sinking of the Montevideo Maru.

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