Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private

Unit:

1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG), Canadian Army

Awarded on:

September 25th, 1945

"For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy in action against enemy forces on 14 August 1944, near Estreos-la-Champaigne, France. As his platoon of the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG) was advancing under a heavy and sustained artillery and mortar barrage, Private Secord carried out his duties as medical orderly coolly and skillfully. Caught in a shellburst while dressing the wounds of a sergeant, he threw himself across his body to shield him from further injury, thereby sacrificing his life."

Headquarters: European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 263