George Mettam

At war's end he rowed in the AIF #1 eight to victory at the 1919 Henley Peace Regatta and brought the King's Cup to Australia.

[5] George's brother Arthur, a winner of the Military Medal also rowed in the West Australian representative eights of 1913 and 1923.

[7] His first action on the Western Front in France in July 1917 saw him suffer a severe hand laceration which required surgery back in England.

Along with Tom McGill and Arthur Scott he was one of the final three crew changes made to the AIF #1 eight just ten days before the event.

He died of a heart attack after swimming out to rescue the occupants of an upturned boat during a regatta on the Swan River.