SON OF SYDNEY & JANET (NEE ROGERS)HAWKINS. AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS IN 1943 BY GEORGE V1 & AGAIN IN 1972 BY ELIZABETH 2ND. ON 10/01/1943 WHILE IN A CONVOY GOING FROM WEST INDIES TO MADEIRA THEY WERE TORPEDOED. EYNON TWICE SWAM BACK TO THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHERS AND IN THE PROCESS RECIEVED BURNS TO THE FACE