CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS Gingras, Joseph Michel

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Gingras
  • FORENAME
Joseph Michel
  • UNIT
Canadian Airborne Regiment
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Medal of Bravery
  • PLACE
Cyprus 1974
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Quebec
 

CITATION:

Medal of Bravery : On July 20, 1974, during the war in Cyprus, Cpl Gratton and Pte Gingras were members of a reconnaissance patrol making their way through a narrow street in the old part of Nicosia when they came under sniper fire. One soldier was hit and fell to the ground. In disregard of their own safety, Cpl Gratton and Pte Gingras went at once to the aid of their comrade and in the face of continuing rifle fire, they succeeded in carrying the wounded man some considerable distance to the safety of the platoon position.
  • Awarded on: December 20, 1974
  • Invested on: April 03, 1975
Private Joseph Michel Gingras, M.B., Corporal Joseph Fernand Claude Gratton, M.B.

WEB LINKS:

https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/121-58136
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