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 Gold (90 results)

Frank Schile

Frank Schile was awarded a Gold Medal for their actions in attempting to rescue the victim of a fatal shark at Kingscliff, NSW on 07 June 2020

Gold Medal Case number: 2023/06 Awarded year: 2022/23

Mark Hayes

Mark Hayes was awarded a Gold Medal for their actions in attempting to rescue the victim of a fatal shark at Kingscliff, NSW on 07 June 2020

Gold Medal Case number: 2023/06 Awarded year: 2022/23

Jamie Ingram

Jamie Ingram was awarded a Gold Medal, Galleghan Award, Stanhope Medal for the pursuit and apprehension of an armed murderer running amok through the streets of Sydney at lunchtime on Tuesday 13 August 2019

Gold Medal Galleghan Stanhope Case number: 2020/02 Awarded year: 2021/22

Jason Shore

Jason Shore was awarded a Gold Medal for the pursuit and apprehension of an armed murderer running amok through the streets of Sydney at lunchtime on Tuesday 13 August 2020

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

Leading Firefighter Gonzalo Herrera

Leading Firefighter Gonzalo Herrera was awarded a Gold Medal for the pursuit and apprehension of an armed murderer running amok through the streets of Sydney at lunchtime on Tuesday 13 August 2021

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

Senior Firefighter Mitchell Bennetts

Senior Firefighter Mitchell Bennetts was awarded a Gold Medal for the pursuit and apprehension of an armed murderer running amok through the streets of Sydney at lunchtime on Tuesday 13 August 2022

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

Nicola Gilio

Nicola Gilio was awarded a Gold Medal, Galleghan Award and Stanhope 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

Gold Medal Galleghan Stanhope Case number: 2020/03 Awarded year: 2020/21

Shaun Oliver

Shaun Oliver was awarded a Gold Medal and Galleghan Award 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.

Gold Medal Galleghan Case number: 2018-12 Awarded year: 2018/19

Saybah (Mary) Kpaba

Saybah (Mary) Kpaba was awarded a Gold Medal for rescuing her children from a house fire at Doonside on 6 August 2016 before the arrival of emergency services.

Gold Medal Case number: 2019-20 Awarded year: 2018/19

Antonio ROKOV

Antonio ROKOV was awarded a Gold Medal Posthumous Award for his actions in saving the life of a teenage boy, at the cost of his own, in a skydiving accident at Goulburn Airport, NSW on 21 November 2015.

Gold Medal Case number: 2018-14 Awarded year: 2017/18

Special Constable William

Special Constable William was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shooting at Parramatta on the 2nd October 2015.

Gold Medal Case number: 2017/12 Awarded year: 2016/17

Dr Martha KNOX-HALY

Dr Martha KNOX-HALY was awarded a Gold Medal for her actions in coming to the rescue of a work colleague who was being attacked with a knife by her estranged husband in a carpark at Carramar NSW, on 18 August 2015.

Gold Medal Case number: 2018-19 Awarded year: 2017/18

Hugh GILES

Hugh GILES was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Ballina on the 9th February 2015.

Gold Medal Case number: 2017/02 Awarded year: 2016/17

Mathew MEADOWS

Mathew MEADOWS was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Ballina on the 9th February 2015.

Gold Medal Case number: 2017/02a Awarded year: 2016/17

Robert STRANGE

Robert STRANGE was awarded a Gold Medal and Galleghan Award for his attempts to save a wounded colleague’s life when detained at gunpoint at Croppa Creek about 60 km from Moree NSW, on 29 July 2014.

Gold Medal Galleghan Case number: 2018-10 Awarded year: 2017/18

Andrew Cochrane

Andrew Cochrane was awarded a Gold Medal and Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a petrol fire at Mona Vale on the 1st October 2013.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 2014/17 Awarded year: 2013/14

The Late Senior Constable David Rixon

The Late Senior Constable David Rixon was awarded a Gold Medal for his actions during the arrest of a male assailant at Tamworth, NSW on 12 March 2012

Gold Medal Case number: 2022/17 Awarded year: 2022/23

Oguz (Alex) Taskun

Oguz (Alex) Taskun was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving an assault with knife at Auburn on the 19th April 2004.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 2006/05S Awarded year: 2005/06

Richard Morris

Richard Morris was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a land slide at Thredbo on the 1st August 1997.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 2001/02S Awarded year: 2000/01

Ambulance Paramedic Christopher Valan Wilkinson

Ambulance Paramedic Christopher Valan Wilkinson was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a land slide at Thredbo on the 1st August 1997.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 2001/02S Awarded year: 2000/01

Ambulance Paramedic Paul John Featherstone

Ambulance Paramedic Paul John Featherstone was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a land slide at Thredbo on the 1st August 1997.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 2001/02S Awarded year: 2000/01

Senior Constable Ian Maurice Boughton

Senior Constable Ian Maurice Boughton was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a underwater pipe at Port Waratah on the 20th April 1995.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1996/30S Awarded year: 1995/96

Aaron John Ledden

Aaron John Ledden was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a capsized vessel at Port Macquarie on the 1st July 1993.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1994/25S Awarded year: 1993/94

Rodney Stephen Peters

Rodney Stephen Peters was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a flood at Willow Tree on the 26th January 1991.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1992/11S Awarded year: 1991/92

Dulcie Kalms

Dulcie Kalms was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a vehicle, crashed, burning at Temora on the 16th November 1980.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1981/15S Awarded year: 1980/81

Bruce Wallace McPherson

Bruce Wallace McPherson was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving sea at Yamba Bar on the 10th January 1979.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1979/23S Awarded year: 1978/79

Barry J. Campbell

Barry J. Campbell was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a suicide, rescue at Watsons Bay The Gap on the 24th March 1964.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1965/13S Awarded year: 1964/65

Frederick John Knight

Frederick John Knight was awarded a Stanhope Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Middle Harbour on the 30th January 1963.

Gold Medal Stanhope Case number: 1963/17S Awarded year: 1962/63

William James Bissett

William James Bissett was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving surf/rocks at Hawkes Nest Port Stephens on the 1st January 1958.

Gold Medal Case number: 1958/08 Awarded year: 1957/58

Gwen (Miss) Smith

Gwen (Miss) Smith was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving an assault with knife at Turramurra on the 27th August 1949.

Gold Medal Case number: 1950/31 Awarded year: 1949/50

Reginald Trew

Reginald Trew was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving surf/shark attack at Bar Beach Newcastle on the 23rd July 1949.

Gold Medal Case number: 1949/33 Awarded year: 1948/49

Albert Charles Linich

Albert Charles Linich was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Newcastle on the 12th February 1948.

Gold Medal Case number: 1948/24 Awarded year: 1947/48

Stanley Elwin Elford

Stanley Elwin Elford was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a river/shark attack at Port Macquarie on the 8th November 1947.

Gold Medal Case number: 1948/23 Awarded year: 1947/48

Gordon Knowles

Gordon Knowles was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving an aircraft fire at Mascot on the 19th July 1945.

Gold Medal Case number: 1946/38 Awarded year: 1945/46

Sidney Owen

Sidney Owen was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Botany Bay on the 23rd January 1940.

Gold Medal Case number: 1940/24 Awarded year: 1939/40

Charles John Denniss

Charles John Denniss was awarded a Gold Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving surf, rescue at The Entrance on the 27th March 1937.

Gold Medal Case number: 1937/15 Awarded year: 1936/37

William John Creighton Wright

William John Creighton Wright was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Maroubra on the 9th March 1935.

Gold Medal Case number: 1935/21 Awarded year: 1934/35

Eugene Lawrence O'Toole

Eugene Lawrence O'Toole was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Dee Why on the 12th March 1934.

Gold Medal Case number: 1934/18 Awarded year: 1933/34

Francis Charles Spruce

Francis Charles Spruce was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at George's River on the 27th January 1934.

Gold Medal Case number: 1934/19 Awarded year: 1933/34

William James Lyle McCaughey

William James Lyle McCaughey was awarded a Gold Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Nymboida on the 6th January 1934.

Gold Medal Case number: 1934/27a Awarded year: 1933/34

George S. Greenwell

George S. Greenwell was awarded a Gold Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Collaroy on the 25th April 1931.

Gold Medal Case number: 1931/49 Awarded year: 1930/31

Geoffrey Wellesley Hyman

Geoffrey Wellesley Hyman was awarded a Gold Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Tamarama on the 29th January 1930.

Gold Medal Case number: 1930/23 Awarded year: 1929/30

Lucy Bell Donaldson

Lucy Bell Donaldson was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Merewether on the 4th April 1928.

Gold Medal Case number: 1928/34 Awarded year: 1927/28

Stanley Frederick Gibbs

Stanley Frederick Gibbs was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Gray's Point on the 3rd January 1927.

Gold Medal Case number: 1927/37 Awarded year: 1926/27

Reginald L. S. Craythorne

Reginald L. S. Craythorne was awarded a Gold Medal (Posthumous) for actions involving a boat fire at Sydney Harbour on the 30th June 1925.

Gold Medal Case number: 1925/42 Awarded year: 1924/25

James Gordon Lees

James Gordon Lees was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Newcastle on the 12th March 1925.

Gold Medal Case number: 1925/43 Awarded year: 1924/25

Life Saver Robin Chalmers

Life Saver Robin Chalmers was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Bondi North on the 18th March 1923.

Gold Medal Case number: 1923/40 Awarded year: 1922/23

John Denis Doherty

John Denis Doherty was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Bondi North on the 18th March 1923.

Gold Medal Case number: 1923/40a Awarded year: 1922/23

Oswald Oliver Doherty

Oswald Oliver Doherty was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Bondi North on the 18th March 1923.

Gold Medal Case number: 1923/40b Awarded year: 1922/23

Bernard Doherty

Bernard Doherty was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Bondi North on the 18th March 1923.

Gold Medal Case number: 1923/40c Awarded year: 1922/23

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