GALLANT LOCK-KEEPER.
MAN WHO FLOODED YSER. A. and N.Z. BRUSSELS. June 16. A lock-keeper named Cogghe, who flooded the Yser during the German advance, in 1914, died to-day at the age of 74. He had been lock-keeping till the last. Recently he was decorated, and received a State pension in recognition of his gallantry' i i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18120, 19 June 1922, Page 7
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56GALLANT LOCK-KEEPER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18120, 19 June 1922, Page 7
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