Frank Beaurepaire - Beaurepaires

Beaurepaires

In 1922, he was awarded the Royal Humane Society Gold Medal and 550 pounds, a significant sum in that era, after assisting another lifesaver, Jack Chalmers in rescuing a shark attack victim at Coogee, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney. He used this to start Beaurepaires, a motor vehicle tyre business, which had assets worth more than 8 million pounds at his death. He attended the 1932 Summer Olympics as a swimming official and judge.