b. ? d. ?
DATE OF AM ACTION: 13/11/1911 Yangtze, China.
Very little is known about the life of Arthur Hanson other than he was an employee of the Burroughs Wellcome and Company. He was presented with his Albert Medal by the Consul-General of Shanghai on 27th March 1913.
AM CITATION:
On the day in question a number of houseboats containing foreign refugees from Szechuan were proceeding down the Yangtze River, and in one of the gorges encountered a strong wind blowing against the current, with a result that several boats were caught in a dangerous whirlpool. With one exception the boats were brought out of the whirlpool by the strenuous efforts of those on board, but the remaining boat, which contained several women and children, was left drifting in the whirlpool in a perilous position, her rudder having been broken off. At great personal risk Mr. Hanson, who was on shore some considerable distance away, swam out with a rope tied round him, and succeeded in attaching this to the boat, which by this means was safely pulled to land.
BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
