- SURNAME
Plouffe
- FORENAME
Joseph Michel
- UNIT
Canadian Airborne Regiment
- RANK
Private
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Star of Courage
- PLACE
Cyprus 1974
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Edmonton,Alberta
WIA 23.7.1974 Cyprus
CITATION:
Star of Courage : On July 23, 1974, during the war in Cyprus, a Canadian patrol conducting a group of combatants out of a UN controlled area came under fire. Some combatant soldiers were killed and others wounded and the Canadian officer commanding the patrol was wounded. Pte Joseph Plouffe, a member of the escort party, went at once to the aid of the fallen officer. Moments later he sustained a bullet wound in the face but despite this injury, he continued to render first aid in complete disregard of the peril to his own life.
- Awarded on: December 20, 1974
- Invested on: April 03, 1975
WEB LINKS:
https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/121-57955
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