'Hero' father killed in Cooktown crocodile attack

Dr David Hogbin was walking when a path gave way and he fell into water, before being taken by a crocodile.

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Dr Dave Hogbin was on holiday in Queensland with his wife and three boys when a riverbank gave way and he fell into the Annan River in Cooktown.

His wife tried to pull him out of the water, but she too began slipping down the river bank, prompting him to let go of her arm. His family called him a "hero", hailing his "final selfless act".

Queensland Police said they believed human remains found in a crocodile in Cooktown to be of a 40-year-old man, from New South Wales, who went missing on Saturday. The remains are yet to be formally identified.

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