Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: June 22, 2006
• Invested on: October 13, 2006

Kevin Anthony Venn, M.B.
Medal of Bravery

On July 31, 2004, in Richmond, British Columbia, Kevin Venn was savagely attacked while coming to the aid of a woman who was being harassed by her boyfriend. Mr. Venn was alerted to the screams of the woman while working at a nearby gas station and rushed to her aid. Although Mr. Venn planned to calmly intervene, the assailant turned on him, smashed a drinking glass in his face and savagely beat him before fleeing the scene. Dazed and in pain, Mr. Venn dragged himself more than a kilometre away before police found him an hour later. While the woman was saved from being assaulted, Mr. Venn suffered deep facial lacerations and severe head injuries as a result of his valiant efforts.