Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: September 15, 2011
• Invested on: February 24, 2012

Lieutenant(N) André D. Bard, M.B.
Leading Seaman David J. S. Denman, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On September 23, 2009, while working as a dive team, Lieutenant André Bard and Leading Seaman David Denman risked their lives to search for possible live ammunition in a pond, in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. An unknown number of grenades had been thrown into a large pond. One of the explosives had malfunctioned and was in an extremely dangerous state. Using a metal mine detector in the murky water, the dive team searched the bottom of the pond, where they found the unexploded grenade buried deep in the mud. The device was carried a safe distance away and detonated. Lieutenant Bard and Leading Seaman Denman continued their thorough search of the pond, finding and removing other weapon fragments.