Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: October 23, 2003
• Invested on: June 25, 2004

Gary George Ferrier, M.B. (posthumous)
Erich Schulz, M.B. (posthumous)
Medal of Bravery

On August 15, 2000, Erich Schulz died while trying to assist Gary George Ferrier, who also lost his life, in an attempt to rescue a co-worker from the bottom of a liquid manure spreader tank, on a farm near Drayton, Ontario. Alerted that a colleague had collapsed after going down into the faulty tank, Mr. Ferrier ran to his rescue. Although fully aware that the gases contained in the confined area presented a grave risk to his own life, he climbed down to the bottom of the 18,000-litre metal cylinder but was, himself, soon overcome by the toxic fumes. When Mr. Ferrier failed to reappear, Mr. Schulz jumped into the tank with a rope in an attempt to save him, but he too succumbed to the poisonous gas. Regrettably, efforts to revive them were unsuccessful.