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The Disappearance of Harold Holt

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The Australian Prime Minister went for a swim on December 17th 1967 - and never came back

The Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, went for a swim on December 17th 1967 - and never came back.

The Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, disappeared after going for a swim in the ocean on December 17th 1967 -  never to be seen again.  Susan Hulme has been speaking to Martin Simpson who was with the group that went to the beach with the Prime Minister that day.

Photo: Harold Holt on the beach with three women the year before his disappearance.  Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images

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