Awards for bravery
Two certificates of merit and three leters of commendation were awarded to North Island men by the Royal Humane Society cf New Zealand, which met i t Christchurch yesterday. A Whakatane man, Mr D. M. Osborne, was awarded a certificate of merit for his part in a rescue in the Whakatane River when a dinghy carrying two persons overturned w-hile crossing the bar in May. 1975. Mr Osborne saw the incident from the shore and with the aid of a surf board reached one man. His son .had been able to swim to a nearby rock out of reach of the six-foot swell. Mr Osborne attempted to take the man to safety of a large rock but was unable to do so. Having guided him to t shallower water he climbed on the rock to signal ashore. Mr D. J. Rankin, w-ho received a letter of commendation, went out on a surf board. and he and Mr Osborne were able to drag the man on to the rock, .where they rested. Mr J. F. 'McLean, who also received ia letter of commendation, went out on a surf board and rescue tube to the son, whom he took back to shore. He then went back and took the father to the beach. Mr H. G. Fletcher received a certificate of merit .for attempting to rescue a passenger of a car which had rolled into the Waikura River at Tahunga, near Gisborne, on August 17. 1975.
Mr Fletcher went into the j steadily-flowing river, opened) the passenger’s door andj .found the passenger trapped’ in her seat belt. Mr Fletcher . : submerged and went into the I car to get the person out.) He brought her to the bank: but attempts to revive her with mouth-to-mouth resusci- ■ tation failed. Mr T. N. Muriwai was I awarded a letter of com-1 imendation for attempting to rescue a 13-vear-old boy who got into difficulty in the 'Hunua Falls on the Waiaroa River. Mr Muriwai, a super- 1 i visor of the school party.' tired and had to return to the bank where he was helped from the water, exhausted. The society said that) although the rescue attempt Tailed, Mr Muriwai displayed great determination in attempting to save his pupil
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34119, 3 April 1976, Page 14
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