Humble Napier police officer who saved a boy swept off Marine Parade dies of cancer
5 May, 2021 01:33 AM
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Senior constable Bryan Farquharson (left) and constable Paul Bailey with Joshua McQuoid, who they rescued in Napier in 2013. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Senior constable Bryan Farquharson (left) and constable Paul Bailey with Joshua McQuoid, who they rescued in Napier in 2013. Photo / Mark Mitchell
The son of Napier Senior Constable Bryan Farquharson says his father always treated the famous rescue of a boy from Marine Parade's surf as just another day on the job.
Farquharson, who was part of
the police force for 21 years, lost his battle with cancer on April 30.