COOGEE TRAGEDY
k MR. CHALMERS RECOMMENDED ' FOR ALBERT MEDAL.
(UNHID WIB3S ASSOCIATION.—COMIUOHT.) SYDNEY, Bth February. An official story of the Coogee surf tragedy h« been forwarded to the Governor, with a recommendation that Mr. Chalmers be awarded the Albert Medal.
[Mr. J. Chalmers, a returned soldier, swam to the rescue of Mr. M. Coghlan when the latter was attacked by a shark, and got him free. With the "assistance of Beaurepaire, the injured man was taken to the shore, but succumbed 'to his wounds.]
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1922, Page 7
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84COOGEE TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 33, 9 February 1922, Page 7
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