At the Sydney Rotary meeting 12.30pm to 1.30pm 15 February 2022 hear from Mark Spencer: dental surgeon, underwater explorer, photographer, author and Rotarian |  |
His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE2 was the first Allied submarine to navigate the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara on the day of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli. It was sunk on 30 April 1915. The wreck of the AE2 was located in June 1998. Mark Spencer was part of the Navy-supported work that confirmed the identity of the AE2, at a depth of 72 meters in Turkey’s Sea of Marmara.
Mark’s subsequent expedition to Turkey surveyed and documented the maritime heritage off Anzac Cove leading to amazing additional insights to the historical landings of the ANZACs at Gallipoli in 1915.
Mark is a past member of the Rotary Club of Sydney having left Sydney in 2005. He is now living in the Coffs Harbour region. He is the Immediate Past President and current vice-president of the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour Daybreak.
Mark is the author of “Ocean of Self”.
