The sacrifice of the Watherston family is considered one of the greatest regarding Australia's involvement in the Great War. Their tragic story begins in 1896, where a strong westerly wind blows across the waters just off Boston Island, near Port Lincoln, South Australia. In a flat-bottomed boat, heading to a cutter, is married couple James and Isabella Watherston with one of their five sons. James and Isabella Watherston. Courtesy Findagrave. A heavy sea strikes their small
