A Royal Navy pilot on a beer rescue mission in Australia found that locals in a town cut-off by bush fires were “extremely pleased” with the 20 kegs and four pallets of beer he delivered during a seven-hour mission. “The Australians like a beer, it turns out,” reported The Independent.

According to PlymouthLive, Lieutenant Commander Nick Grimmer, from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall, has been on an exchange program with the Royal Australian Navy and has been involved in helping to evacuate people trapped by the bush fires in south-east Victoria.

Hotel owner Lou Battel said: “We were running low and a pub can’t run without beer, can it? Every Australian needs a beer and definitely the emergency services.’’ The call went out and the Australian navy delivered.

Lt-Cdr Grimmer was part of a flight wing assigned to the amphibious ship HMAS Choules. Besides the beer run, he’s been involved in nearly two-month’s worth of rescue mission and disaster relief operations.

This has not been Grimmer’s first brush with fame. Two-years ago he rescued a kitten which had survived a 300-mile journey in Grimmer’s car.