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Master Corporal Joseph Fernand Robert Claude Gratton

St-Émile, Quebec

Decorations for Bravery

  • Medal of Bravery

    Awarded on: 1974-12-20
    Invested on: 1976-02-16
    Private Joseph Michel Gingras, M.B. Corporal Joseph Fernand Claude Gratton, M.B. 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.