A 15-year-old Wanganui schoolboy, who rescued two other schoolboys from the surf on December 27 last year, is the fourth person to receive the Kingsland Memorial Medal. Graeme Tauri is shown receiving the medal at the Christchurch Town Hall—“for the most meritorious rescue from drowning within New Zealand and its territories in the year”—from Brigadier J. T. Burrows, acting for the Minister of Internal Affairs.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33966, 6 October 1975, Page 20
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65A 15-year-old Wanganui schoolboy, who rescued two other schoolboys from the surf on December 27 last year, is the fourth person to receive the Kingsland Memorial Medal. Graeme Tauri is shown receiving the medal at the Christchurch Town Hall—“for the most meritorious rescue from drowning within New Zealand and its territories in the year”—from Brigadier J. T. Burrows, acting for the Minister of Internal Affairs. Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33966, 6 October 1975, Page 20
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