First rescue mission a remarkable one

By Denise Dion, Andrew Pearson
Updated April 25 2017 - 3:49pm, first published 3:30pm
Mitchel Van der Meulen of Tathra is the newest crew member of the Westpac Life Saver helicopter crew.
Mitchel Van der Meulen of Tathra is the newest crew member of the Westpac Life Saver helicopter crew.

Westpac Life Saver’s newest rescue crew member, ex-Lumen Christi student and Tathra resident Mitchel Van der Meulen, was put through his paces during a rescue when he was winched on to a yacht in fading light off Turingal Head.

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