CHILD RESCUED
BRAVERY RECOGNIZED.
(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 a silver cross for gallantry with considerable risk, which has been announced by the Governor-General, Lord Galway, to Charles John Cook, aged 14, a pupil of the Hamilton Technical High School. The boy was responsible for saving Bruce Rennie, aged 6, a son of Roy V. Rennie, of Taumarunui, who. was drowned when a dinghy capsized off the beach.
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Southland Times, Issue 22728, 2 November 1935, Page 6
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90CHILD RESCUED Southland Times, Issue 22728, 2 November 1935, Page 6
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