Anthozoa, a photo by Joel Carnat on Flickr.
'A prisoner of war, historian, author, artist and trustee of charitable foundations, Calton died at the age of 92 [1.1.2014] with several projects still under way.'
'Despite his young life being brutally intruded upon, Calton Younger was defined by his generosity of spirit and his tireless labour ... his commitment to freeing those oppressed by circumstance.'
'Though, with characteristic humility, Calton is almost a minor character in his memoir of his POW days, his observation in it that some prisoners triumphed 'if for no other reason because they were cheerful, unembittered men' after years in camps, could aptly be applied to him.'
'In hut 40 (of Stalag Luft III)', Calton wrote, 'camaraderie grew slowly, but with great certainty, as coral is built; men drew upon qualitites which were innate but never before needed to the same degree, and the tiny skeletons of ephemeral kindnesses created a structure of unyielding tolerance.'
Calton wrote in his memoir that 'from POW experiences, I learned much and I do not regret those years. Yet it was a very long time before I conquered a restless preoccupation with the past and found what I was searching for ... '
from Obituary by Karen Harbutt, 2014, 'Former prisoner of war who worked for the less fortunate', The Age, 5 February, p. 42
http://www.watoday.com.au/comment/obituaries/former-prisoner-of-war-who-worked-for-the-less-fortunate-20140204-31zfr.html
