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QUEEN'S COMMENDATION for BRAVE CONDUCT

GREER, Norman Robert, Able Seaman, 106-408-065 , RCN

Issued: 20-Apr-1968, Canada Gazette

"At approximately 1240 hours, August 15, 1967, at the Sault Lock Jetty in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, a mother screamed that her son had fallen into the water. Crew members from HMCS Kootenay immediately rushed to the jetty's edge and saw a child, of about four years of age and a man splashing about in the water between the jetty and the ship. After unsuccessful attempts to reach the two in the water and realizing that the man was unable to assist the terrified child, who had by now submerged, AS Greer jumped fully clothed into the water, grasped the child and handed him to the crew members. He then assisted the man to the jetty's edge and out of the water. It was later learned that the man was the child's father and apparently a good swimmer. By this fine display of courage, AS Greer ventured his own life to save the lives of others, his actions being in the best traditions of the Canadian Armed Forces."