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Missing elderly man John Bakkum sadly dies in hospital after being rescued from Omeo Highway

7NEWS Australia · 28 August 2026 at 8:15 am

Missing elderly man John Bakkum sadly dies in hospital after being rescued from Omeo Highway

A frantic two-day search operation was launched for John Bakkum after he vanished from a pub in Victoria’s High Country.

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