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.