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

Liz Langdale
Updated December 17 2017 - 6:56am, first published 6:55am

The disappearance 

Photos: courtesy of John Simon, The Herald, The Age and The Weekly Times.

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

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