Austin Lee Bodden Gabourel was born on January 17, 1933, in Utila. He was the fourth of eight children of Annie Elizabeth Bodden Gabourel from Belize and John Alonso Bodden from Cayman Islands.
The inhabitants of Roatan and the other Bay Islands were much relieved in 1683, when notorious Dutch pirate, Nicholas Van Hoorn, attacked Trujillo in his massive “triple-decker warship.” His St Nicholas Day carried a small army of 300 men.
