MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
RAILWAYMAN SAVES,FOUR.LIVES WELLINGTON, September 12. Mr H. H. Sterling (General Manager of Railways) presented to Mr Cyril Vincent Mills to-day, the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for an act of bravery in rescuing four men ifrom drowning at the entrance of Porirua Harbour on December 30 last. Mr Mills who is connected with the Railway Mechanical Department, set out in a choppy sea in a small dinghy and, at great personal risk, landed four of the six men of the boat safely on the sliore, two being unconscious, while the other two men were lost. “One can understand an act of bravery on the impulse of the moment,” said Mr Sterling, “ when the danger is not realised, but this accident was not one of those. In face of obvious risk, he went out as his deliberate duty, and we must stamp it without any other evidence, as an outstanding act oif. bravery.” Mr Mills also holds the Mons Star and the Croix de Guerre.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1929, Page 3
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167MEDAL FOR BRAVERY Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1929, Page 3
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