BRAVERY RECOGNIZED
AWARDS BY ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, December 20. Several awards for bravery were made to-day by the Court of directors of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand. The awards were.— Bronze medals.—Gladys May Roque, who rescued Donald Hopkins when he was attacked by a bull at Rakaia on February 10, 1935. Richard Robert Hull, who rescued Arthur Morrison from drowning and attempted the rescue of George McKay at Evan’s Bay, Wellington, on August 30, 1935. Framed certificates.—Ronald Francis Latimer, who rescued Horace William Wood from drowning at Timaru on October 25, 1934. Lindsay Warmington, who attempted to rescue Robert Cameron Cuthbert from drowning at Mangawhare on April 28, 1935. Percy Morris McConchie, who attempted to rescue William Gordon Robertson from drowning at Nelson on October 28,1935. James M. C. Kevin, who rescued James Herbert McFaul from drowning at Governor’s Bay on November 23, 1935. McFaul was unconscious and died.
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Southland Times, Issue 22770, 21 December 1935, Page 11
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