GAVE HIS LIFE FOR CHILD
BRAVE EX-SOLDIER [Peu United Pkess Association.] AUCIvLANM), January JO. A fatality occurred in Manukau Harbor this afternoon, Percy White being drowned in attempting to rescue a child named Pearce, who had fallen from the Cornwallis wharf. When the child fell into the water White immediately dived in although ho was not a strong .swimmer, and had boon severely injured in the war. Other helpers assisted While at\d the child to the shore, and though the child was all right White collapsed. Artificial respiration was unsuccessful. Deceased was a married man with two children, and lived at Onohuuga.
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Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 10
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102GAVE HIS LIFE FOR CHILD Evening Star, Issue 19778, 31 January 1928, Page 10
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