• Lancaster Park, Alberta

Decorations for Bravery

• Medal of Bravery

  • Awarded on: April 25, 2012
  • Invested on: April 24, 2014

  Corporal Dale M. Kurdziel, M.B.
  Medal of Bravery
  
  On February 19, 2010, Corporal Dale Kurdziel placed himself at great risk in order to defuse a large improvised explosive device (IED), in Afghanistan. With the IED located in a confined space, Corporal Kurdziel volunteered to dismantle it by hand. Equipped with a flashlight, he used his feet and elbows to propel himself inside. It took nearly two hours for Corporal Kurdziel to successfully remove all the IED components.

• Medal of Bravery

  • Invested on: November 23, 2017

  Warrant Officer John Dunbar, M.B., C.D.
  Halifax, Nova Scotia
  Corporal Alexander Keightley, M.B.
  Petawawa, Ontario
  Master Corporal Dale M. Kurdziel, M.B. *
  Master Corporal Shawn Thorn, M.B.
  Lancaster Park, Alberta
  
  On July 20, 2015, Warrant Officer John Dunbar, Corporal Alexander Keightley, Master Corporal Dale Kurdziel and Master Corporal Shawn Thorn rescued a family from their burning home in Lancaster Park, Alberta. While WO Dunbar used a ladder to retrieve one of the children from the roof, MCpl Kurdziel rushed into the smoke-filled residence to locate a second child. Accompanied by Cpl Keightley and MCpl Thorn, he entered the house again to locate the mother and moved her to safety.
  
  *This is the second Medal of Bravery for Master Corporal Dale Kurdziel.