Ben Carlin
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title:
Ben Carlin
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Frederick Benjamin Carlin was an Australian adventurer who was the first person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle. Born in Northam, Western Australia, Carlin attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth, and later studied mining engineering at the Kalgoorlie School of Mines. After qualifying as an engineer, he worked on the Goldfields before emigrating to China in 1939 to work in a British coal mine. In World War II, Carlin was posted to the Indian Army Corps of Engineers, servi
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Australian engineer and adventurer (1912–1981)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin
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2012-10-02T15:38:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T13:53:34Z
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