Lieutenant Marcel Joseph Ferdinand François Mailloux, M.B. and Bar
Corporal George Joseph Rouleau, M.B.
Medal of Bravery
Lt. Marcel Mailloux and Cpl. George Rouleau of the National Harbours Board Police removed a victim of epilepsy from Jacques Cartier Bridge in Montreal on 4 November 1977. The man was observed in a main cross-beam of the structure some seventy metres above the river. Lt. Mailloux and Cpl. Rouleau climbed the bridge despite very adverse weather conditions and when reaching the victim were obliged to secure him to the structure as he was suffering seizures. After he had calmed down they proceeded to descend, the officers taking every precaution to avoid their falling from the bridge. In the last stage of the rescue and still at grave risk, they assisted the victim down a fireman's hundred foot ladder.
* This is the second award of a Medal of Bravery to Lt. Mailloux.