Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: January 28, 1980
• Invested on: June 13, 1980

Malcolm MacKinnon rescued a man whose clothes were on fire following an explosion at Bainsville, Ontario, on 14 February 1979. The man had driven his tractor-trailer into a service station. While Mr. MacKinnon was refuelling it the driver entered his trailer in order to warm up a forklift situated inside. No sooner had he started the engine than an explosion ripped through the wall of the trailer, shattered the windows of a nearby restaurant and set fire both to the driver's clothes and to the vehicle. Mr. MacKinnon ran to the victim and tore off his jacket. Then at grave risk he drove the burning truck away from the gas pumps as flames rose several metres into the air and threatened to set off a general inferno.