Martyr!!! Father-Of-3 Drowns After Rushing Into the Ocean To Save 4 Children (Photo)

A man who is being hailed as a hero after he suffered a really tragic fate while trying to save four children from drowning to death.

Shaun Oliver, a 32-year-old heroic father-of-three drowned while trying to help a father save his four children from a rough rip tide at Wollongong City Beach.

According to Daily Mail UK, the man, from Victoria, was in Wollongong on business when he raced into the treacherous surf on Sunday afternoon to try and save the children.

‘It was an heroic act but it has unfortunately cost him his life,’ Detective Inspector Brad Ainsworth of Wollongong Local Area Command told reporters on Monday.

The Wollongong father of the children had managed to get his two younger children to shore, but the two older children aged 10 and 12 got caught in a rip.

An off-duty paramedic helped the 10-year-old to shore.

Mr Oliver entered the water and managed to reach the 12-year-old, but got into trouble himself.

A surfer reached the pair and helped the boy towards the beach, but Mr Oliver was swept out to sea.

Three police officers swam out to reach him and pulled him from the water and paramedics gave him CPR but he died in hospital.

The two boys and the off-duty paramedic were also taken to hospital for assessment.

Inquiries into the incident are continuing and police will prepare a report for the Coroner.

Mr Oliver’s brother Nathanael wrote on a GoFundMe page that he had sacrificed himself to save the children, leaving behind his wife of almost 10 years and their three children.

‘Shaun has sacrificed his future happiness and shared life with wife Carla and three beautiful children to do what none of us hope to do in this lifetime… be tested,’ his brother said.

‘Sadly not long before their 10 year anniversary, Shaun was faced with an ultimatum.

‘He chose to protect those who could not protect themselves. And he, and his family, have paid a heavy price.’

Det Insp Ainsworth said people should not have been swimming at the closed beach on Sunday as conditions were bad.

‘The beach was closed. There was a heavy surf, a drag, an undercurrent, it was just all the conditions there that you don’t go in.’

Surf Life Saving has warned beachgoers of the dangers of the surf.

‘It might like picturesque and tame but there is quite a strong undercurrent and tow,’ a spokesman said.

‘Inexperienced people need to heed the warnings and don’t go into the water.’