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Mr. William Bruce MacKenzie

Pictou, Nova Scotia

Decorations for Bravery

  • Medal of Bravery

    Awarded on: 1991-01-07
    Invested on: 1991-06-21
    Stephen Grant MacKenzie, M.B. William Bruce MacKenzie, M.B. Medal of Bravery Brothers Stephen Grant MacKenzie and William Bruce MacKenzie rescued a man from a burning building in Guysborough, Nova Scotia on January 20, 1990. While driving along, they noticed smoke coming from the eaves of a house trailer and drove on to a neighbour's to enquire whether anyone lived there. On learning that an elderly man lived there alone, they asked the neighbour to call the fire department and immediately returned to the residence and entered the kitchen area, calling to the man, but were forced out by the dense smoke. Bruce MacKenzie re-entered and crawled to the bedroom where he located the unconscious victim and dragged him back to the kitchen where Grant MacKenzie assisted him in removing the man to safety. Moments later a fireball blew out the windows of the building.