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.

Ref: 1/2-044404-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
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