• Awarded on: November 26, 1997

Master Warrant Officer Leblanc was in charge of Company A of the Battle Group of the
2nd Battalion Royal 22e Regiment in Bosnia-Herzegovina, when he learned that two soldiers from a reconnaissance patrol had been caught in an ambush, near the village of Pravoslavna Pecsta, on July 23, 1993. One of the soldiers had managed to escape unscathed while the other had injuries to both legs from a grenade explosion. As soon as he learned this, Master Warrant Officer Leblanc went to the scene with his deputy commanding officer. Undeterred by light arms fire and anti-personnel mines, and under support fire provided by his company, Master Warrant Officer Leblanc and his deputy commanding officer crawled to the injured man, dodging bullets. They calmly examined the soldier's injuries and began to move him to a safe place where the stretcher-bearers could finally tend to him. Thanks to his composure during a very tense period and incredible courage in the face of the enemy, Master Warrant Officer Leblanc helped save the life of a fellow soldier. He acted in the finest tradition of the Canadian Forces.