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Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General Annual Report 2019-20

APPENDIX C: AUSTRALIAN BRAVERY DECORATIONS

TABLE C1: AUSTRALIAN BRAVERY DECORATIONS 2019–20

Award levels
Category	Number of nominations	Total awarded	% Awarded	CV	SC	BM	CBC	GBC
Interception of armed offender	53	33	62.3	0	0	9	5	3(19)
Rescue from animal attack	6	5	83.3	0	0	2	3
Rescue from armed offender	25	15	60.0	0	1	1	2	1(11)
Rescue from electrical hazard	0	0		0	0	0	0
Rescue from explosive hazard	3	1	33.3	0	0	0	1
Rescue from fire – aircraft	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Rescue from fire – building	37	24	64.9	0	0	5	9	2(10)
Rescue from fire – bushfire	3	1	33.3	0	0	0	1
Rescue from fire – motor vehicle	38	32	84.2	0	0	6	5	5(21)
Rescue from fire – other	0	0		0	0	0	0
Rescue from gases, toxic fumes etc.	0	0		0	0	0	0
Rescue from heights, cliffs	6	4	66.7	0	0	3	1
Rescue from holes, wells or mines	7	8	87.5	0	0	1	0	1(7)
Rescue from inland waters	17	6	35.3	0	0	1	1	1(4)
Rescue from other situation	44	14	31.8	0	0	1	2	2(11)
Rescue from path of oncoming vehicle	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Rescue from water – other	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Rescue from water – sea	34	16	47.1	0	0	5	6	1(5)
Rescue from water – submerged vehicle	4	1	25.0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	289	160	55.4	0	1	34	37	16(88)

CV = Cross of Valour, SC = Star of Courage, BM = Bravery Medal, CBC = Commendation of Brave Conduct, GBC = Group Bravery Citation

* The number in brackets represents individual recipients in group citations

Note: Anomalies may occur due to the deferral of promulgation, or delay in promulgation due to difficulty in locating recipients.

TABLE C2: AUSTRALIAN BRAVERY DECORATIONS 1975 TO 30 JUNE 2020

Award levels
Category	Number of nominations	Total awarded	% Awarded	CV	SC	BM	CBC	GBC
Interception of armed offender	1,032	543	52.6	1	13	174	264	91	*
Rescue from animal attack	237	137	57.8	0	16	61	54	6	*
Rescue from armed offender	962	544	56.5	0	44	195	189	116	*
Rescue from electrical hazard	90	38	42.2	1	1	13	23	0
Rescue from explosive hazard	367	278	75.7	2	18	69	59	130	*
Rescue from fire – aircraft	87	46	52.9	0	3	33	10	0
Rescue from fire – building	1,282	639	49.8	0	12	200	367	60	*
Rescue from fire – bushfire	556	180	32.4	0	3	25	41	111	*
Rescue from fire – motor vehicle	921	597	64.8	0	27	195	287	88	*
Rescue from fire – other	126	90	71.4	0	8	36	17	29	*
Rescue from gases, toxic fumes etc.	48	32	66.7	0	2	20	10	0
Rescue from heights, cliffs	199	90	45.2	0	4	28	41	17	*
Rescue from holes, wells or mines	188	125	66.5	1	4	31	15	74	*
Rescue from inland waters	1,022	496	48.5	0	1	93	225	177	*
Rescue from other situation	957	200	20.9	0	3	40	101	56	*
Rescue from path of oncoming vehicle	130	61	46.9	0	1	31	29	0
Rescue from water – other	78	14	17.9	0	0	1	9	4	*
Rescue from water – sea	1,715	826	48.2	0	19	196	395	216	*
Rescue from water – submerged vehicle	229	106	46.3	0	0	9	68	29	*
TOTAL	10,226	5,042	49.3	5	179	1,450	2,204	1,204	*

CV = Cross of Valour, SC = Star of Courage, BM = Bravery Medal, CBC = Commendation of Brave Conduct, GBC = Group Bravery Citation

* The number represents individual recipients in group citations.

There may be some anomalies when comparing with previous years due to corrections relating to people previously unaccounted for, and amendments in the number of people qualified to receive the awards.

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