All these pictures were taken inside the farm house of Mr Richards. According to Mr Richards, Graham was a very lucky boy to have come out where he did. Had -he taken the wrong turning when on the opposite side of the river, he could well have ended up in the bush, marked on the map "precipitous bush-clad". There was, however, every prospect of him having been sandwiched between two parties of searchers - one going up and the other down the Pelorous River. The upstream party was hot on his trail when he emerged from the bush. A word about the searchers and the Search and Rescue Organisation. They did a magnificent job, and it was through no fault of theirs that Graham was not found earlier. Some of them, leaving Nelson at 12.30 a.m. and arriving in the area at 4.30 a.m. after an all-night trek, searched with the aid of torches until daylight and carried on again until nightfall. Others had just as arduous a time.

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Reunion with mum and dad and .sisters, Mrs C. G. Grainger and Mrs J. C. Frisby.

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Graham displays torn shirt. He was very lightly dressed for the trek.

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Thanks to Mr Richards.

Communications - possibly the most important phase of search work. In Nelson, Johnny Walker, of Tasman Street, was the home base for operators working radios from the search area. From here messages were relayed to the police station, the headquarters of the S.A.R.O.

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Johnny on the spot, otherwise Mr Walker, in touch with the Third House operator.

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Transmitters and radio gear have to be kept in first class condition and this is job of Brian Plum, organisation technical officer, who receives a hand here from Allan Aydon.