SAVED FROM DROWNING
BOY'S GALLANTRY RECOGNISED (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, November 1. The rescue of a child from drowning off Cheltenham Beach on January 31 last is recalled by the award of the silver cross for gallantry with considerable risk, which has been announced by the GovernorGeneral, Viscount Galway, to Charles John Cook, aged 14, a pupil of the Hamilton Technical High School. The boy was responsible for saving the life of Bruce Rennie, aged six, a son of Mr Boy V. Bennie, of Taumaruni, who was drowned when a dinghy capsized off the beach.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22718, 2 November 1935, Page 18
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