Long before he became one of New Zealand foremost military figures, a VC winner and  Governor-General, Bernard Cyril Freyberg was known as a swimming champion.

In 1905 he was one of four selected to represent New Zealand at the Australasian Swimming Championships to be held in Brisbane.

Bernard Cyril Freyberg, Te Aro Baths, Oriental Bay, Wellington.
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, Te Aro Baths, Oriental Bay, Wellington.
Ref: 1/2-044404-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
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