For Valour

Another Canadian soldier will be decorated for valour, and a number of his comrades will receive Meritorious Service decorations:

Sergeant Derek John Scott Fawcett, M.M.V., C.D.
Meaford and Ottawa, Ontario
Medal of Military Valour

On September 3, 2006, while serving with Charles Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, in Afghanistan, Sergeant Fawcett demonstrated great valour during an intense firefight in which one Canadian soldier was killed and others were wounded. Continuously exposed to intense enemy fire, Sergeant Fawcett repeatedly crossed open terrain to lead the evacuation of casualties back to the designated collection point. Realizing that much of the Company’s senior leaders had been wounded, he took charge of a subsequent mass casualty evacuation. His actions and professionalism in combat saved the lives of his fellow soldiers and inspired those around him.

BZ to Sgt Fawcett, and to the following recipients of Meritorious Service decorations:

Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Charles Hetherington, M.S.C., C.D.

Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marc Lanthier, M.S.C., C.D.

Brigadier-General Donald Joseph Quenneville, M.S.C.

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Master Warrant Officer John Gerard Barnes, M.S.M., C.D.

Chief Warrant Officer Stephen Stanley Bartlett, M.S.M., C.D.

Major J.M. François Bisaillon, M.S.M., C.D.

Lieutenant-Colonel Shane Anthony Brennan, M.S.M., C.D.

Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Claude Caron, M.M.M., M.S.M., C.D.

Lieutenant-Colonel John David Conrad, M.S.M., C.D.

Major Mark Anthony Gasparotto, M.S.M.

Commander Darren Carl Hawco, M.S.M., C.D.

Master Corporal Lance Thomas Hooper, M.S.M., C.D.

Major Gregory Wayne Ivey, M.S.M., C.D.

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Roy Keiver, M.S.M., C.D.

Colonel Frederick A. Lewis, M.S.M., C.D.

Major Andrew John Lussier, M.S.M., C.D.

Captain Steven Kelly MacBeth, M.S.M., C.D.

Master Warrant Officer Bradley William John Montgomery, M.S.M., C.D.

Lieutenant-Colonel David Anthony Patterson, M.S.M., C.D.

Captain Anthony Peter Robb, M.S.M.

Corporal Jean-Paul Somerset, M.S.M.

Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Marshall Southern, M.S.M., C.D.

Major Matthew Bruce Sprague, M.S.M., C.D.

Major Michael Charles Wright, M.M.V., M.S.M., C.D.