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Ben Carlin
Frederick Benjamin "Ben" Carlin (27 July 1912 – 7 March 1981) was an Australian adventurer who was the first and only 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 in 1939 emigrating to China to work in a British coal mine. In the Second World War, Carlin was posted to the Indian Army Corps of Engineers, serving in India, Italy, and throughout the Middle East. After his discharge from service in 1946, he emigrated to the United States with his American wife, Elinore (née Arone).
Sparked by an idea he had had whilst in the military, Carlin proposed that the couple honeymoon by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a modified Ford GPA (an amphibious version of the Ford GPW Jeep), which they named the ''Half-Safe''. Beginning their trip in Montreal, Canada, the Carlins finally completed the transatlantic crossing in 1951, after unsuccessful attempts. From there, they travelled to Europe, temporarily settling in Birmingham to raise more money. They resumed their journey in 1954, travelling overland through the Middle East before arriving in Calcutta. After a short fundraising trip to Australia, Carlin's wife left to return to the United States. He resumed the journey with new partners, travelling through South-East Asia and the Far East to the northern tip of Japan, and then to Alaska. After an extended tour through the United States and Canada, he and ''Half-Safe'' finally returned to Montreal, having travelled over by sea and by land during a ten-year journey. Following Carlin's death in 1981, ''Half-Safe'' was acquired by Guildford Grammar, his old school, where it remains on display.
==Early life and military service==
Frederick Benjamin Carlin was born on 27 July 1912 to Frederick Cecil and Charlotte Amelia Carlin, in Northam, Western Australia, a small town in the state's Wheatbelt. His father had been an electrical engineer in the Western Australian Government Railways.〔"(NEWSREEL – PERSONALITIES – Honeymoon in Jeep )" – ''The Western Mail''. Published 19 August 1948.〕 Raised in Northam, his mother died when he was aged four,〔(From the archives: a personal glimpse of Ben Carlin ) – Guildford Grammar School Weekly Bulletin, Week 1, Term 3, 2011. Published 27 July 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2012.〕 and, at the age of ten, he was sent to board at Guildford Grammar School in Perth.〔(History: Ben Carlin and the Half Safe Story ) – Guildford Grammar. Retrieved 1 October 2012.〕 After leaving school in 1929, Carlin enrolled at the School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, where he studied mining engineering. Upon his qualification as an engineer, he worked for a short period of time as a miner in the Goldfields, before transferring to work for a British coal mining company in Peking, China, in 1939.〔〔"(JEEP TOURIST HAS SEEN THE WORLD )" – ''Advocate''. Published 15 January 1948.〕 Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, Carlin enlisted in the Indian Army. Before leaving for India, Carlin married Gertrude Maria Meredith Plath, who had been living in China with her aunt and uncle. The couple wed on 20 April 1940, at Tientsin, although they separated before the end of the war.〔"(FAMILY NOTICES: MARRIAGES )" – ''The Western Mail''. Published 20 June 1940.〕
Having originally enlisted at Shanghai,〔 Carlin was later posted to the Madras Sappers in the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. In August 1941, he was promoted to the position of second lieutenant, as part of a number of "emergency commissions" made at the start of the conflict. During the war, Carlin served in India, Iraq, Persia, Palestine, Syria, and Italy,〔"(Round the World In a Jeep )" – ''Advocate''. Published 12 January 1948. Retrieved 2 October 2012.〕 and by the conflict's end had been promoted to the rank of major.〔Stanton, Kerry (1999). (Half Safe, Half Boat, Half Car and Half a Century ) – Collector C@fe. Originally published in ''Army Motors'' magazine, issue 89, 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2012.〕 Towards the end of the war, Carlin met an American Red Cross volunteer nurse, Elinore Arone, who was originally from Boston. On his discharge from service in 1946, the couple emigrated to Maryland, where they were married in June 1948.〔
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