GALLANT RESCUE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21727, 16 February 1934, Page 8

GALLANT RESCUE

HEROISM OF A V.C. CHILD'S LIFE SAVED After saving the life of a three-year-old boy who had fallen into one of the deep ornamental pools in University Park in Sydney lately, Mr. J. W. Whittle, V.C., declined to give his name and went home. His action was only / discovered later, by accident. The boy, Philip Goldberg, was admitted to the_ Children's Hospital in a serious condition, but next day was reported to be making good progress. Mr. Whittle was crossing the park, when a-'small boy, sobbing, told him that his brother was in the pool. Heedless of Mr. Whittle dived repeatedly in deep water, and found the little boy in the mud at the bottom of the pool. He applied artificial respiration methods for nearly a quarter of an hour before ambulance officers arrived. Mr. S. J. Law, manager for New South Wales of the Western Assurance Company, gave an account of the rescue. He said that nothing would have been known of Mr. Whittle's brave action if a friend had not questioned him when he noticed that his watch was missing. Mr. Whittle was unemployed several years ago, and was given an opportunity with a firm as the result of a newspaper paragraph. He had more than justified the confidence shown in him.