A PLUCKY RESCUE
BY A SOLDIER AT TRENTHAM. The following note appears in Trenbham camp orders: —"The Commandant, desires to record ' his .- approbation and high appreciation of the action of Private F. Lloyd, F Company, 19th . Reinforcements', who pluckily, without hesitation and regardless of the. risk he himself was incurring, dived to the rescue of Private L. Pickering, who was exhausted, having been overcome by the strong current, and successfully brought him to safety. Private Pickering's life was saved by this plucky action, and the Commandant is bringing the incident, which occurred at 2.15 p.m., on November 10, before the- Royal Humane Society.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2929, 15 November 1916, Page 4
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103A PLUCKY RESCUE Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2929, 15 November 1916, Page 4
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