Carnegie Medal Awarded to Picton Man Who Died Trying to Save Nephew

Carnegie Medal awarded to Picton man who died trying to save nephew

A Picton man has been recognized posthumously with the Carnegie Medal, North America’s highest civilian honour for heroism.

‘Extraordinary heroism’: Picton man who died trying to rescue nephew awarded Carnegie Medal

socastcmsRssStartOldies 100.9 News staffsocastcmsRssEnd A Picton man who died trying to save his then 11-year-old nephew who had slipped on a rock and fell in the rough waters in Lake Ontario has been honoured posthumously with a Carnegie Medal. Last Aug. 4, 2024, 35-year-old James David Allen (D.A.) Badgley – a pipe labourer and father of two boys – drowned in the waters near Point Petre. The news of his passing reverberated throughout the com…

Picton man posthumously honoured for heroism

North America’s highest civilian honour for heroism is going to a Picton man who died while saving his nephew last summer. James Badgley posthumously received the Carnegie Medal for Heroism after springing into action August 4, 2024 to save 11-year-old Colton Valleau from drowning at a Picton beach. Badgley dove into heavy waves where the lake bottom was rocky in an attempt to save Valleau, and after briefly resurfacing from the water and appear…

Picton man to posthumously receive national hero award after attempting to save nephew from drowning

James D.A. Badgley, a 35-year-old man from Picton who died after attempting to save his nephew from drowning, ...