Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: November 16, 2006
• Invested on: June 15, 2007

Prakash Mulchand, M.B. (Posthumous)
Medal of Bravery

On August 3, 2005, 44-year-old Prakash Mulchand lost his life while trying to rescue his eight-year-old son from drowning in the Assiniboine River in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. The boy slipped off a concrete platform from which he had been fishing with his father and his cousin and was swept away by the current. Mr. Mulchand immediately jumped into the water to save him from the pounding waves, all the while calling for help. The boy managed to swim to his father and grab onto him but the two became separated and were carried away by the swirling current. The unconscious child was eventually recovered by a man who pulled him onto his personal watercraft and brought him to shore, where he was revived. Sadly, Mr. Mulchand had disappeared under the surface and could not be saved.