Two heroes

I’ve been out of action recently thanks to a knee injury, and during my forced rest indoors I’ve been looking at the Wharton family history, as a change from the Phillipsons. Here my two uncles, Captain John Wharton, who the internet tells me was the most decorated merchant seaman in the second world war, and my Uncle Tom, who spent three and a half days on a life raft after his ship was sunk during a famous incident involving HMAS Yarra, which went down with most of her crew after being attacked by the Japanese.