Police diver John Simon recounts the day he searched for Harold Holt

Liz Langdale
Updated December 19 2017 - 10:20am, first published December 13 2017 - 4:30pm
Photos: courtesy of John Simon, The Herald, The Age and The Weekly Times.

The disappearance 

On December 17, 1967, the then Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappeared off Portsea's Cheviot Beach.

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Liz Langdale

Liz Langdale

Senior Journalist