John Sandell & Malcolm BuckmanPrint Page 
The monument commemorates John Owen Sandell and Malcolm John Buckman. Sandell and Buckman were Outward Bound instructors who drowned in August 1963 while attempting to rescue a party of 12 Outward Bound schoolboys when a squall overturned their canoes on Lake Hume.
The two instructors helped four youths ashore then returned to aid others. However their own craft overturned throwing them into the near freezing water. Their bodies were recovered some time later and five students also died in the tragedy. In 1964, both men were posthumously awarded commendations for Brave Conduct by the Queen.
Outward Bound Australia is an independent not for profit organisation that helps people discover,develop and achieve their full potential. Outward Bound's outdoor education courses are based on the principles learnt from training young British seamen to survive in the North Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War.
Location
| Address: | Bar Island Cemetery, Hawkesbury River, Junction of Berowa & Marramarra Creeks, Bar Island |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.526888 Long: 151.152978 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Tragedy |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 15-August-1963 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1963 |
Dedication
John Owen Sandell
Aged 29 years
Accidentally drowned
August 15, 1963.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. St. John 15.13.
Malcolm John Buckman
Aged 26 years
Accidentally drowned
August 15, 1963.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. St. John 15.13.
