Revisit photos from the 2008 Camden Haven Courier

Terry Memory featured in the Camden Haven Courier in November 2008 after he helped rescue a man at Grants Beach. 

“When Terry Memory of West Haven went for an evening walk along Grants Beach at North Haven he never expected it to turn into a life-risking experience,” it was reported. 

“The 61-year-old deserves more than a medal after braving a 400 metre swim through the surf to help a man on a floating device back to shore.”

“I was power walking from North Haven Beach to Grants Headland but when I got back here (Grants Beach) I saw a policeman and a crowd,” Mr Memory said. 

“I noticed a man out there in trouble drifting further out to sea so I said to the policeman I’d go after him. 

“He must have thought I was a silly old bugger because I got half way there and it was like an Irish joke...I thought I was going to have to swim back,” he laughed.

“I wouldn’t consider myself a strong swimmer, but it’s not until you go out that far you realise how unfit you are. “

Mr Memory swam on because he simply didn’t want to leave Laurieton man Tony Skeates (52-years-old) ‘out there by himself’. 

The two men made it back to shore.