Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: October 5, 1987
• Invested on: June 07, 1988

Pierre Lidguerre, M.B.
John Frank Pische, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

Pierre Lidguerre and John Pische rescued a woman from a burning house on the Fond du Lac Indian Reserve in Saskatchewan on September 26, 1986. Mr. Lidguerre had been helping to build a new house when, at around 9 a.m., one of his fellow workers spotted smoke coming from the residence next door. The men went to investigate. They succeeded in breaking open the rear door of the house and one man went inside, through thick black smoke, to see if there were any occupants. He emerged shortly afterwards carrying a badly burned small boy. He entered a second time, rescued a little girl, then a third time to rescue the mother. However, he was forced out by the overpowering smoke. By this time, Mr. Pische had arrived on the scene; he and Mr. Lidguerre entered and, following the first man's instructions, found the woman unconscious in a bedroom. They lifted her up and together carried her outside before wrapping her in some old drapes and rushing her to the Reserve clinic.