Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: November 5, 1979
• Invested on: June 13, 1980

Steven Williams, aged eleven, saved five people from drowning in the sea near his home on 9 August 1978. He was on a wharf when he saw a motor-boat with the five aboard sinking at some distance from shore. Though he could not swim he rowed out in a ramshackle dory against a stiff wind. When he reached the victims the younger members climbed aboard while two adults clung to the stern dangerously weighing down the small boat. In spite of all, Steven rowed against heavy waves and brought the party to shore.