From left: Captain J.H. Herd, salvage, officer, and Captain J.P.Williams, leader of the expedition, congratulating Chief Diver J. Johnstone and Diver W. Johnstone, R.A.N., on October 13, when they created three world's records for salvage diving. The two gold bars shown are worth ?8,640. During the salvage the Australian divers broke all world's records for depth of diving, amount of gold recovered. (94 percent.), and shortest time of recovery. The actual recovery of the gold took less than 8 weeks. February 24, 1942.