tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor...
was launched Saturday 19th November 2011
at Toronto Library, NSW

Colin Kerby found new stories to entertain the audience. 
Jan Mitchell told of how she met Col and Judy and why she was compelled to formally record the life of this fascinating man.  Judy Kerby also spoke and gave insight in to how
the book came to be.

All profits from the sale of this book are being donated to the 
Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund
PO Box 965, Wahroonga, NSW 2076, Australia
www.hamlinfistula.org.au


tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor... is self published and produced
by Create Space, an arm of Amazon Books.

Ninety year old Colin Kerby OAM is a distinguished Australian of many talents: commercial diver, fitter and turner, engineer, inventor, brewer, confectioner, aircraft manufacturer and boat builder. His most important contributions to society include the saving of nearly 500 lives from drowning and the invention and building of machines for cancer research and organ transplantation. How can one man achieve so much? Read the story of Col's life in this enjoyable, funny and fast paced biography to find out.

How many careers can one man have? How many times can one man cheat­­ death?

Skilled as a fitter and turner, engineer, steam boiler and engine attendant, brewer, light aircraft manufacturer and medical researcher – Colin Kerby could be described as one of Australia’s most multi-skilled individuals.

His parents held the lease for the famous St Kilda Pier Kiosk at the start of World War II and in 1961, Col and his wife Judy took it over. The popular landmark is still known to Melbournians as Kerby’s Kiosk.

Col and his wife of more than fifty years, dancer Judy Lingard, continue to make their home aboard Ooroo, the yacht they designed and built themselves.

Jan Mitchell has meticulously recorded the humorous anecdotes of Colin Kerby’s remarkable life and spun them into a fast-paced read. This book is funny and compulsively enjoyable–like the man himself.

Left:  Colin Kerby with biographer, 
Jan Mitchell aboard Ooroo, 2011




Right:  Colin Kerby up on deck, Ooroo, 2011, just before turning ninety