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Tonka was just a baby when his mother was hit by a car and killed.
Since then, he has suffered a second heartache, after a cyclone hit his home, off the coast of Townsville.
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SUBSCRIBETonka was just a baby when his mother was hit by a car and killed.
Since then, he has suffered a second heartache, after a cyclone hit his home, off the coast of Townsville.
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