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.
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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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Special Constable William
Special Constable William was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shooting at Parramatta on the 2nd October 2015.
Mathew MEADOWS
Mathew MEADOWS was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Ballina on the 9th February 2015.
Hugh GILES
Hugh GILES was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Ballina on the 9th February 2015.
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
Frank Beaurepaire
Frank Beaurepaire was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Coogee Beach on the 4th February 1922.
John Chalmers
John Chalmers was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Coogee Beach on the 4th February 1922.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dr. William R. Cortis
Dr. William R. Cortis was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at North Sydney on the 1st August 1889.
William James Bourne
William James Bourne was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Glebe on the 9th November 1888.
Hereward Hewison
Hereward Hewison was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Newcastle on the 28th November 1894.
Walter M Williams
Walter M Williams was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shipwreck at Sydney on the 3rd November 1895.
Percy Reginald Higgins
Percy Reginald Higgins was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Bondi on the 12th March 1898.
Jose Figueroa
Jose Figueroa was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving sea, rescue at At sea off N.S.W.coast on the 12th February 1898.
William Thomas Robey
William Thomas Robey was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a cliff/sea on the 2nd February 1901.
George Cater
George Cater was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Major Henry Osborne MacCabe
Major Henry Osborne MacCabe was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Alfred Ernest Oswald Sellers
Alfred Ernest Oswald Sellers was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
John Johnston
John Johnston was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Jacob Carlos Jones
Jacob Carlos Jones was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Daniel Alexander Wilberforce Robertson
Daniel Alexander Wilberforce Robertson was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Matthew Frost
Matthew Frost was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Charles Horace Biggers
Charles Horace Biggers was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
David Evans
David Evans was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
John Morrison
John Morrison was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
Sub-Insp. Harrie Stuart Banks
Sub-Insp. Harrie Stuart Banks was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a explosion at Mount Kembla on the 31st July 1902.
2nd Officer Fred Holdridge
2nd Officer Fred Holdridge was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shipwreck at at sea s.s. "Glaucus" on the 29th June 1906.
William Henry Pearce
William Henry Pearce was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a train at Thornton on the 4th December 1905.
James Clarken
James Clarken was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Coogee on the 28th January 1911.
Harold W. Baker
Harold W. Baker was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a drowning, rescue at Coogee on the 28th January 1911.
John Charles Richardson
John Charles Richardson was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving poisonous gases on the 13th January 1912.
Alfred Barlow
Alfred Barlow was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Lane Cove River on the 26th January 1912.
William David McKay
William David McKay was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Lane Cove River on the 26th January 1912.
Herbert Charles Parle
Herbert Charles Parle was awarded a Gold Medal for actions involving a shark attack at Mosman on the 1st January 1915.
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