Recognising acts of bravery by bestowing awards on those who risk their lives to save others.

Recipients

Medals and certificates of merit awarded in recognition of the following brave deeds.

To all recipients, the Society conveys the thanks, admiration and congratulations of the people of New South Wales.

Filtered by: Award type Bronze (2112 results)

Superintendent (Ret’d) Gary Merryweather

Superintendent (Ret’d) Gary Merryweather was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in restraining a person attempting self-harm on the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 18 February 2022

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/03 Awarded year: 2022/23

Sergeant Joel Hunter

Sergeant Joel Hunter was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in rescuing two eleven-year-old boys from the flooded Lachlan River on 20 November 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2023/07 Awarded year: 2022/23

Cain Bettenson

Cain Bettenson was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing people from a burning motor cruiser at Brooklyn, NSW, on 4 April 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2023/02 Awarded year: 2022/23

Rochman Reese

Rochman Reese was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing people from a burning motor cruiser at Brooklyn, NSW, on 4 April 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2023/02 Awarded year: 2022/23

Sergeant Melissa Dimmock

Sergeant Melissa Dimmock was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in evacuating residents trapped in a house fire at Campsie NSW, on 30 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/13 Awarded year: 2022/23

Constable Jarrad Annakin

Constable Jarrad Annakin was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in evacuating residents trapped in a house fire at Campsie NSW, on 30 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/13 Awarded year: 2022/23

Constable Cleopatra Tsiotsias

Constable Cleopatra Tsiotsias was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in evacuating residents trapped in a house fire at Campsie NSW, on 30 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/13 Awarded year: 2022/23

Former Constable Bowen-Williams

Former Constable Bowen-Williams was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in evacuating residents trapped in a house fire at Campsie NSW, on 30 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/13 Awarded year: 2022/23

Maximillian Henderson

Maximillian Henderson was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing two children trapped beneath an upturned boat on the flooded Colo River near the Windsor Bridge, NSW, on 23 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/11 Awarded year: 2022/23

Stephen Vernon

Stephen Vernon was awarded a Bronze Medal rescue of a male attempting suicide by jumping into Sydney Harbour near the Sydney Opera House on 17 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/07 Awarded year: 2021/22

Tanguy Chiron

Tanguy Chiron was awarded a Bronze Medal rescue of a male attempting suicide by jumping into Sydney Harbour near the Sydney Opera House on 17 March 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/07 Awarded year: 2021/22

Senior Constable Darren Traill

Senior Constable Darren Traill was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing three men washed off Honeycomb Rock at Port Kembla, NSW, in February 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/16 Awarded year: 2022/23

Senior Constable Matthew Elston

Senior Constable Matthew Elston was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing three men washed off Honeycomb Rock at Port Kembla, NSW, in February 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/16 Awarded year: 2022/23

Qualified Firefighter Nathan Sullivan

Qualified Firefighter Nathan Sullivan was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in rescuing a boy from a waterfall at "Ladies Well" on the Alleyn River Barrington Tops National Park on Tuesday 14 January 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/16 Awarded year: 2021/22

Blake Parke

Blake Parke was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing a man from a burning house in Broken Hill and extinguishing the fire on 13 September 2020

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/14 Awarded year: 2021/22

Sebastian Hunter

Sebastian Hunter was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing a man from a burning house in Broken Hill and extinguishing the fire on 13 September 2020

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/14 Awarded year: 2021/22

Paramedic Matthew Wilson

Paramedic Matthew Wilson was awarded a Bronze Medal for attempting to resuscitate a male victim of a motor car explosion at Gwandalan on 6 September 2020

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/04 Awarded year: 2021/22

RFS Volunteer Philip Blackmore

RFS Volunteer Philip Blackmore was awarded a Bronze Medal for attempting to resuscitate a male victim of a motor car explosion at Gwandalan on 6 September 2020

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/04 Awarded year: 2021/22

Timothy Brown

Timothy Brown was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in rescuing a driver trapped in a motor vehicle following a traffic accident on the Pacific Highway at Heatherbrae, NSW on 09 June 2020

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/18 Awarded year: 2022/23

Katie-Lee Carlin

Katie-Lee Carlin was awarded a Bronze Medal for the rescue of a woman who was being attacked by two dogs at Griffith on 13 January 2020

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/07 Awarded year: 2021/22

Gerald Carlin

Gerald Carlin was awarded a Bronze Medal for the rescue of a woman who was being attacked by two dogs at Griffith on 13 January 2021

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/07 Awarded year: 2021/22

John Gersbach

John Gersbach was awarded a Bronze Medal for the rescue of the driver of an overturned, burning truck near Wellington on 28 November 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/01 Awarded year: 2021/22

Senior Firefighter Eddie Vaysbakh

Senior Firefighter Eddie Vaysbakh was awarded a Bronze Medal for his efforts in attempting to save the life of a neighbour in a house fire at Dover Heights on 3 September 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/14 Awarded year: 2020/21

John Huxley

John Huxley was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing the driver of a crashed vehicle at Kyogle on 27 August 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/17 Awarded year: 2021/22

Graham O’Reilly

Graham O’Reilly was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing the driver of a crashed vehicle at Kyogle on 27 August 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/17 Awarded year: 2021/22

Yvonne O’Reilly

Yvonne O’Reilly was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing the driver of a crashed vehicle at Kyogle on 27 August 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/17 Awarded year: 2021/22

Sonia Marks

Sonia Marks was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing the driver of a crashed vehicle at Kyogle on 27 August 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2021/17 Awarded year: 2021/22

Michael Appleby

Michael Appleby was awarded a Bronze Medal for the pursuit and apprehension of an armed murderer running amok through the streets of Sydney at lunchtime on Tuesday 13 August 2024

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/02 Awarded year: 2021/22

Witold Skoniecny

Witold Skoniecny was awarded a Bronze Medal for the pursuit and apprehension of an armed murderer running amok through the streets of Sydney at lunchtime on Tuesday 13 August 2025

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/02 Awarded year: 2021/22

Christine Mancer

Christine Mancer was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing a woman from a dog attack at Umina Beach on 20 June 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2019/21 Awarded year: 2020/21

Matthew Klemm

Matthew Klemm was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in saving the life of a woman trapped in a burning car following an accident at Jindabyne on 2 April 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/18 Awarded year: 2021/22

Karren Rowson

Karren Rowson was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in saving the life of a woman trapped in a burning car following an accident at Jindabyne on 2 April 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/18 Awarded year: 2021/22

Michael Smith

Michael Smith was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in saving the life of a woman trapped in a burning car following an accident at Jindabyne on 2 April 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/18 Awarded year: 2021/22

Jean-Monique Hawkins

Jean-Monique Hawkins was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in saving the life of a woman trapped in a burning car following an accident at Jindabyne on 2 April 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/18 Awarded year: 2021/22

Ray Adam

Ray Adam was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in saving the life of a woman trapped in a burning car following an accident at Jindabyne on 2 April 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/18 Awarded year: 2021/22

Trevor Thompson

Trevor Thompson was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in saving the life of a woman trapped in a burning car following an accident at Jindabyne on 2 April 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/18 Awarded year: 2021/22

Brett Gleeson

Brett Gleeson was awarded a Bronze Medal for rescuing the driver of a burning vehicle near Lake Burrendong on 16 January 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/17 Awarded year: 2021/22

Sarah Bywater

Sarah Bywater was awarded a Bronze Medal for rescuing the driver of a burning vehicle near Lake Burrendong on 16 January 2019

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/17 Awarded year: 2021/22

Jeffrey Stack

Jeffrey Stack was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing a young girl who had been sexually assaulted and in detaining the offender at Kogarah on 15 November 2018

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/03 Awarded year: 2020/21

Jeffrey Catt

Jeffrey Catt was awarded a Bronze Medal for their efforts is restraining an offender who stabbed one of them with a syringe allegedly containing HIV infected blood at Lismore Base Hospital on 10 November 2018

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/02 Awarded year: 2022/23

Sergeant Michael McClafferty

Sergeant Michael McClafferty was awarded a Bronze Medal for rescuing an unconscious man from a burning house at Chipping Norton on 15 July 2018

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/20 Awarded year: 2021/22

Leading Senior Constable Brent Whiten

Leading Senior Constable Brent Whiten was awarded a Bronze Medal for rescuing an unconscious man from a burning house at Chipping Norton on 15 July 2018

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/20 Awarded year: 2021/22

Constable Cameron Meani

Constable Cameron Meani was awarded a Bronze Medal for rescuing an unconscious man from a burning house at Chipping Norton on 15 July 2018

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/20 Awarded year: 2021/22

Senior Constable Steven Thorpe

Senior Constable Steven Thorpe was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in saving a woman from drowning in Lake Mulwala on 26 November 2017

Bronze Medal Case number: 2020/04 Awarded year: 2020/21

Chief Inspector Brenton Charlton

Chief Inspector Brenton Charlton was awarded a Bronze Medal for the rescue of a woman from a house fire at Tempe on 12 October 2017.

Bronze Medal Case number: 2018-15 Awarded year: 2018/19

Michael van Baast

Michael van Baast was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in rescuing the driver of a vehicle following an accident near Cootamundra on 17 September 2017.

Bronze Medal Case number: 2019-01 Awarded year: 2018/19

Paramedic Andrew Brooker

Paramedic Andrew Brooker was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions arising out of the rescue of two children at Wollongong City Beach on 10 September 2017 which resulted in the loss of Shaun Oliver's life.

Bronze Medal Case number: 2018-12 Awarded year: 2018/19

Ian Marchant

Ian Marchant was awarded a Bronze Medal for his actions in attempting to rescue the driver of a crashed and burning semitrailer at Leadville, NSW, on 08 June 2017

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/08 Awarded year: 2022/23

Joe Frankland

Joe Frankland was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing several flood victims at Murwillumbah, NSW over an extended period on 31 March 2017

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/12 Awarded year: 2022/23

Darren Pearson

Darren Pearson was awarded a Bronze Medal for their actions in rescuing several flood victims at Murwillumbah, NSW over an extended period on 31 March 2017

Bronze Medal Case number: 2022/12 Awarded year: 2022/23

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