Pearl Windsor GALLANTRY

1915 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Pearl Windsor GALLANTRY
  Birth	1915	Sydney NSW RD   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	4B821F3E44704DFB8A7855246A850ABD574D
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	November 2023: from the website of the Royal Humane Society of New South Wales. "Pearl Windsor GALLANTRY was awarded a Certificate of Merit for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Nielson Park on the 15th December 1927." The event was reported in The Labor Daily (Sydney) on 16 December 1927 (source Trove): RESCUED JUST IN TIME DROWNING GIRL CONSTABLE DIVES IN Heen Ryding, of Hargreaves Street, Paddington, has to thank Constable Hardy, of the Water Police, and her friend. Pearl Gallantry, of 201 Hargreaves Street, for her life. Constable Hardy, having a day off, was idling away the time fishing from a jetty at Nielson Park, while a partv of young convent girls had come to the beach with some of the Sisters for a school breaking-up picnic. Many girls In the water were enjoying themselves Immensely, when Pearl Gallantry excitedly shouted: "Help! Help! She's drowning !" Miss Gallantry was supportng Neen Ryding 30 yards from the beach, while she called out for assistance. The glrls were a long way out, and the position, for a moment, looked serious for them. Hardy, however, had been attracted by Miss Gallantry's cries for assistance, and ran to the end of the jetty and dived into the water. Swimming strongly, he soon reached the girls just in time to prevent Miss Rydlng from drowning, by seizing her by the halr as she sank. The constable brought the girl thirty yards to the beach. Her companion was able to return without assistance. Life-savers C. Cook and Robert Burns restored animatlon to Miss Rydlng on the beach.
  Person ID	I5960	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Cecil Claud GALLANTRY,   b. Bef 29 Feb 1888, Kingsclere, Hampshire d. 22 Jan 1967, St James Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Daisy Mabel HUGHES,   b. Jun 1884, Marylebone RD d. 12 Apr 1971, St Leonards, New South Wales RD (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	1910	Waterloo, New South Wales RD   [2]
  Family ID	F1748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S221] NSW BMD index online, January 2011 and later, reg no. 27526/1915. (Reliability: 3). [S221] NSW BMD index online, January 2011 and later, reg no. 10298/1910. (Reliability: 3).