Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2001-06-25
Invested on: 2001-10-12
Jeremy Brown, M.S.M., Vienna, Austria
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)
In the summer of 1998, Jeremy Brown, Senior Medical Attaché at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya, provided medical assistance to the wounded following a bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy, located less than a kilometre away from the Canadian Mission. Setting aside his personal safety, Dr. Brown tended to the personnel in the smoking rubble, providing care to the injured and comfort to the dying. He responded to the crisis situation in the hours, days and weeks following the bombing that killed 200 and left over 4,000 injured. Through his compassion and dedication, Dr. Brown brought great honour to his profession and to Canada.