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Brave mum remembered for saving son from the waves

Alexander Jones Byron David Hurley Australia

Leonie Jackson has received a posthumous bravery medal for saving her young son from a rip. (ALEXANDER JONES) (AAP)

Leonie Jackson was having a day at the beach with her two children when the unthinkable happened.

Her young son Byron, a confident swimmer, became stuck in a rip at Congo on the NSW south coast.

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