- Born
- Died
- Bill King was born on June 23, 1910 in the UK. He was married to Anita Leslie. He died on September 21, 2012 in Galway, Ireland.
- SpouseAnita Leslie(January 1, 1949 - November 5, 1985) (her death, 2 children)
- In 2009, Bill King's great nephew Luke Leslie produced the short film King of the Waves, which dramatised King's solo navigation and encounter with a great white shark. It also included interviews with King himself. It screened before King's 99th birthday.
- He was the last surviving World War II submarine commander at the time of his death.
- He had two children, son Richard Tarka King (b. 1949), and daughter Leonie King (b. 1951) with wife Anita Leslie.
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