Military Medal, 1944.

From medal group awarded to Gunner Joseph Hogan, 8th Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.
Associated with World War Two, Italy (1943-1945).

Joseph Hogan received the Military Medal for gallantry in Italy on 15 October 1944, when he successfully extinguished a fire started by enemy shells on a troop ammunition dump, despite being badly burned himself. His prompt and courageous actions resulted in the saving of two guns and prevented a number of serious casualties. Thus, in the words of the citation ‘a reduction of the regiment’s fire power was prevented at a time when supporting fire was urgently required by our forward troops’.