Bravery award
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. Constable Michael Hogg has received a special police award for his courage in rescuing a wounded fellow officer at a shooting in Papakura last month. He helped Constable K. Blythe to safety when they came under shotgun fire outside a house in Old Wairoa Road, Papakura, on January 1. Constable Blythe was wounded in the forehead, right shoulder, arm and hand.
Constable Hogg had received a certificate of merit, the highest internal police award, for his bravery, the Commissioner of Police (Sir lAngus Sharp) announced.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33479, 9 March 1974, Page 7
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91Bravery award Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33479, 9 March 1974, Page 7
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