Heritage site marker Charles Riley memorial reserve

Charles Riley lost his life while involved in rescue operations at Watermans Bay on 3 September 1954. He had taken a line out to a dinghy which was in trouble while attempting to rescue three girls carried out to sea in the heavy undertow. Although the dinghy was swamped, those aboard reached shore safely. However, when Charles’s line became tangled in a weed bank he became submerged, and when finally pulled ashore he failed to respond to resuscitation.