A HERO OF MOUNT EGMONT
POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF THE ALBERT MEDAL. London, January i. The Albeit Medal, has been awarded to the late Arthur Ainbury, of New Plymouth, for attempting to save a mountaineer on Mount Egmont while the Intoi' was falling on an ice-slope at a terrific pace. Mr. Ambury tried to arrest his descent, at the loss of his own life. Tho accident occurred on June 3 last, at what is known as Humphries' Castle. Mr. Ambuiry, a married man withf,our children, Mr. William E. Gourlay,' of the Lands Department, New Plymouth, aged 20 (son of Mr. E. Gourlay, a linotype operator' on the Christchurch "Press"), and Mr. M'Donald, were mountaineering Messrs. Ambury and Gourlay lost their lives by falling over a cliff, and Mr. M'Donald wae injured.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 87, 7 January 1919, Page 7
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130A HERO OF MOUNT EGMONT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 87, 7 January 1919, Page 7
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