Biography

Harold Edward Holt, prime minister of Australia, was born on 5 August 1908 at Stanmore, NSW, Australia; elder son of Thomas James Holt, schoolteacher, and his wife Olive May, née Williams, both Australian born.

In the 1950s he took part in four meetings of the C.P.A. and was chairman (1952-55) of its general council. He was a guest at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953,

Holt became Prime Minister of Australia in January 1966. The Holt Government continued the dismantling of the White Australia policy, amended the constitution to give the federal government responsibility for indigenous affairs. In 1967 Holt disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria. His body was never recovered, and he was declared dead in absentia.
- IMDb mini biography by: Paul Gerard Kennedy

Prime Minister of Australia from January 1966 until he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria in December 1967.

Was only the third Prime Minister of Australia to have died while in office.

He is the youngest Australian prime minister to die in office.

Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos.

The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great Britain and the sister Dominions, is the primary objective of the new Department.