Warrant Officer Shawn Thorn

  • Lancaster Park, Alberta

Decorations for Bravery

  • Medal of Bravery

    • Invested on: November 23, 2017

    Warrant Officer John Dunbar, M.B., C.D.
    Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Corporal Alexander Keightley, M.B.
    Petawawa, Ontario
    Master Corporal Dale M. Kurdziel, M.B.
    Master Corporal Shawn Thorn, M.B.
    Lancaster Park, Alberta

    On July 20, 2015, Warrant Officer John Dunbar, Corporal Alexander Keightley, Master Corporal Dale Kurdziel and Master Corporal Shawn Thorn rescued a family from their burning home in Lancaster Park, Alberta. While WO Dunbar used a ladder to retrieve one of the children from the roof, MCpl Kurdziel rushed into the smoke-filled residence to locate a second child. Accompanied by Cpl Keightley and MCpl Thorn, he entered the house again to locate the mother and moved her to safety.

    This is the second Medal of Bravery for Master Corporal Dale Kurdziel.