Australia Day Honours for two Marine Rescue NSW volunteers

4:58 AM Thu 27 Jan 2011 GMT

'Emergency Services Medal' Marine Rescue NSW

William Peter (Bill) Carter of Marine Rescue Shoalhaven and Bruce Leslie Mitchell of Marine Rescue Port Kembla were each awarded the Emergency Services Medal in the 2011 Australia Day Honours. Bill Carter joined the marine unit of the Volunteer Rescue Association in 1998 and was appointed a Foundation Director of the Board of the new, integrated organisation, Marine Rescue NSW, on its establishment in July 2009. At the first Annual General Meeting of Marine Rescue NSW in December 2010 he was re-elected to the Board. Bruce Mitchell joined the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard in 2001 and was also a Foundation ...

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