Girlfriend of Australian man who fell overboard pays tribute

The girlfriend of an Australian man who fell overboard off a cruise ship in the US says she’s devastated the search for him has been called off.

Warwick Tollemache, 35, from Brisbane, was earlier identified as the man who fell from the Quantum of the Seas into the Pacific Ocean about 1400km south of the Hawaiian islands late on Tuesday night.

Now, Celina La Roche, who had been dating Mr. Tollemache for six years, has paid tribute to her partner in a heartbreaking post.

She wrote: ‘I love you, always have and always will. RIP my love.’

Her comments came shortly after a massive air and sea search by the US Coast Guard was called off on Friday.

Brisbane man Warwick Tollemache (pictured left) has been named as the man who went overboard from a cruise ship. His girlfriend has paid tribute