Medal of Bravery
Awarded on: 1980-01-28
Invested on: 1980-06-13
At Harmony, Ontario, on 24 July 1978, Robert Hammond jumped onto a runaway combine to prevent the driver of the vehicle from being crushed. The steering mechanism of the machine had come apart and when the combine made a complete turn on one side and then rolled backwards down an embankment the driver became helplessly trapped. Without concern for his own safety Mr. Hammond leapt up near the cab of the vehicle, reached through the broken windshield and brought the heavy machine to a halt moments before it would have upset and caused serious injury.