Background
Weldon was born in 1933 in the small town of Ingham, Queensland, the youngest of five children. His father, Vivian, was the local Ford dealer. At the outbreak of World War II, the family relocated to Brisbane, where he spent many days as a child scouring the shores of the Brisbane River.
At age 15, he joined the Pacific Surf Club as a Cadet, which would cement his interest in the surf lifesaving movement.
Weldon studied at the Brisbane Grammar School but in 1949, when his mother died suddenly, he left school early. He later enrolled in college two nights a week, where he learnt his first trade of colour etching.
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