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Squadron Awards and History

History and Awards

Annual Inspection Awards 

 

Philip Garratt Trophy for General Proficiency:

This is awarded to the cadet who contributed the most to the Squadron during the last training year

 

Past Recipients

1955 W/O2 P.W. Jackson - 1956 W/O1 B.J. Owen - 1957 Sgt G.M. Lowes - 1958-59 W/O1 J. Murphy

1959-60 W/O1 A.B. Triolaire - 1960-61 W/O1 K. Moody - 1961-62 W/O2 John Cody W/O2 Pierre Lachapelle - 1962-63 W/O1 J.A. Jarvis

1963-64  W/O1 S. Harper - 1964-65 W/O1 J. Glaysher - 1965-66 W/O1 J.M. Lachapelle - 1966-67 W/O2 J. Harbridge -

1967-68 W/O2 G.A. Bagley - 1968-69 W/O1 M. Lehman - 1969-70 W/O1 K.W. Lancey  - 1970-71 W/O1 T. Givins

1971-72 W/O2 B.A. Collins - 1972-73 W/O1 B.S. Champion - 1973-74 W/O2 J.W. Doering - 1974-75 F.S.A. C.H. Fraser -

1975-76 W.O.1. D.A. Carson W.O.2 S.G. Feeney - 1976-77 W.O.1 R. Kostecka - 1977-78 W.O.1 R. Zeidler -

1978-79 W.O.1 S. McLeod W.O.2 E. McGillicuddy 1979-80 W.O.1 G. MacGougan1980-81 W.O.2 J.C. Lehman - 1981-82 W.O.1 D.E. Plaza

1982-83 W.O.1 F.A. Miller - 1983-84 W.O.1 J. Voralek - 1984-85 W.O.1 D. Lamb - 1985-86 W.O.1 R.F. Holman

1986-87 W.O.1 Freisner W.O.2 Mortley Wood - 1987-88 W.O.1 P. Fabbruzzo - 1988-89 W.O.1 P. Fabbruzzo - 1989-90 W.O.1 C. Fu

1990-91 W.O.1 J. Cvijanovich - 1991-92 W.O.1 J. Cvijanovich - 1992-93 WO1 M.S. Greenland - 1993-94 WO1 J. Lewis

1994-95 WO1 R. Siddiqui WO2 D. Foti - 1995-96 WO1 D. Pearce - 1996-97 WO1 S. Camacho - 1998 WO1 S. Camacho

1999 WO1 T. Lancey - 2000 WO1 P. Weizenbluth - 2001 WO2 D. Cheng - 2002 WO1 S. Ban

2003 WO1 D. Cheng - 2004 WO1 D. Saroea - 2005 WO1 E. Bagley - 2006 WO1 Ng

2007 WO1 Possian - 2008 WO1 H. Naiman - 2009 WO1 A. Nero - 2010 WO1 G. Yuan

2011 WO1 A. Garbrah - 2013 FSgt E. Lam - 2014 WO2 C. Arrowsmith - 2015 WO2 C. Arrowsmith

2016 WO1 M. Tolentino - 2017 WOI D Chen - 2018 WOII J Han - 2019 WOII C Boccengelle

2020 WOII J Yao - 2021 WO1 K. Martins - 2022 WO1 Huboux - 2023 WO1 Vasa

 

 

The Lord Strathcona Medal (LSM)

This is one of the highest awards which can be bestowed upon a Cadet in recognition of exemplary performance in physical and military training. The Medal and the accompanying Certificate of Merit are awarded by the Lord Strathcona Trust.

 

Past Recipients

12 - WO2 T Shoot, 16 - WO2 A Martins, 17 - WO2 A Stone, 18 - WO2 C Dela Cruz, 19 - WO2 S Davis, 20 - WO2 K Martins, 21 - WO2 O Huboux 22 - WO2 Asano - 23 - WO2 Bilenjkij

Cadet Legion Medal of Excellence

 

17 - WO2 S Percy-Robb, 21 - C Beier

The Most Promising Cadet:

This is self-explanatory. It represents the cadet who appears to have the most potential as well as the attitude and resources to use it. Usually awarded to a cadet completing his/her second year of training.

 

Past Recipients

60 - AC1 D Booth, 61 - LAC S harper, 62 - LAC H Abofs, 63 - AC1 J Harbridge, 64 - AC1 G Craigen,

65 - LAC W Muncy, 66 - LAC R Campbell, 67 - LAC J Peterson, 68 - LAC W Campbell, 69 - LAC T Hawtin,

70 - CPl F Colozza, 71 - LAC U kijhlanki, 72 - AC S Feeney, 73 - LAC L Quan, 74 - AC1 E McGillicuddy,

75 - AC1 - A Valenti, 76 - AC1 D Tachauer, 77 - AC1 A Fyfe - 78 - ?, 79 - AC J Littlejohn,

80 - LAC J Voralek, 81 - LAC E Strong, 82 - LAC D Ahmed, 84 - ?,

85 - LAC T PApazoglou, 86 - ?, 87  LAC M Pezell, 88 - LAC J Dodd, 89 - AC1 M Greenland,

90 - LAC J Wong, 91 - LAC T Argumedo, 92 - AC1 M Leung, 93 - ?, 94 - LAC M Somanith,

95 - LAC Z Gerendas, 96 - LAC N Buligan, 97 - LAC C Cheng, 98 - LAC D Cheng, 99 - LAC E Cheng,

00 - LAC D Saroea, 01 - LAC J Padillo, LAC A Wilson, 02 - LAC A Bakchinov, 03 - LAC C Thakkar, 04 - LAC Miscocci,

05 - LAC P Zhang, 06 - LAC R Vandoremalen, 07 - LAC King, 08 - LAC D Stephens, 09 - Cpl L Gomez,

10 - FCpl Greavette, 11 - FCpl C Arrowsmith, 12 - FCpl P Rebelo, 13 - FCpl E Shiro, 14 - FCpl C Ing,

15 - FCpl A Grezhevich, 16 - Cpl Z Nafte, 17 - Cpl M Housefather, 18 - LAC A Abukar, 19 - Cpl R Bazaz, 20 - Cpl A Bilenjkij, 

21 - Cpl Cirlan 22 - Cpl You  23 - Cpl Gao  

 

LCol Dale Award for Academic Excellence:

Awarded to the cadet with the highest overall mark in a junior level of training.

 

Past Recipients

75 - AC1 Lehman, 77 - Sgt S McLeod,  79 - Cpl M Fortuna, 80 - LAC J Voralek,

81 - LAC A Telford, 82 - LAC M Danaher, LAC L Engel, 83 - Cpl J Maiolo, 84 - Cpl G Viteri

85 - LAC R Barnes, 86 - Cpl M Lagakos, 86 - LAC M Pezel, 88 - LAC J Dodd, 89 - Cpl G Martorella

90 - LAC J Wong, 91 - LAC D Walter, 92 - LAC R Shapiro, 93 - AC1 S McDonald, AC1 A Diaz-Merry, 94 - LAC L. Chui,

95 - LAC A Weymouth, 96 - LAC P Lee, 97 - LAC V Faustino, 99 - LAC K Jarvis,

00 - Cadet V Yogindranath, 01 - LAC P Poon, 02 - PAC H Naiman, 03 - LAC H Naiman, 04 - LAC A Nero,

05 - LAC O Storcheus, 06 - LAC G Yuan, 07 - LAC Shi, 08 - Cpl D Genovese, 09 - LAC C Neves,

10 - LAC C Neves, 11 - FCpl Rossetti, 12 -  FCpl C Mak, 13 - FCpl D Chen,

15 - Cpl C Guto, 16 - Cpl C Guto, 18 - Sgt G Akerele, Sgt S Davis, 19 - LAC A Vasa, 20 - LAC L Colins

21 - Cpl Arasaratnam 22 - Cpl Kiwan G   23 - FCpl Steele

 

 

John Kerr Flying Award:

Awarded to the top Flying Scholarship student

 

Past Recipients

87 - R Barnes, 88 - WO2 L Miller, 89 - Cpl S Bantin,

90 - Cpl M Greenland, 91 - FSgt G Martorella, 92 - Cpl S Crites, 93 - Fsgt Wong, 94 - WO2 D Por,

95 - Sgt J Williamson, 96 - Sgt V Pawlak, 97 - Cpl C Fayet, 98 - Cpl D Mac, 99 - FSgt F Fayet,

00 - F Sgt C Cheng, 01 - FSgt G Lee, 02 - LAC N Tyres, 03 - FSgt W Wilson,

06 - FSgt A Persaud, 07 - FSgt King, Sgt Teryohin, 08 - FSgt H Ka, 09 - FSgt V Nitz,

10 - FSgt S Bhardwaj, 11 - Sgt T Shoot, 12 - Sgt G Lee, 12 - FSgt J Cheng, 13 - Sgt J Lee,

15 - FSgt J Lee, 16 - FSgt V Lee, 17 - FSgt C Ing, 18 - Cpl D Moiseev,  19 - FSgt A Stone, 20 - WO2 J Choi

21 - FSgt L Cui 22 - WO2 Hiddema  23 - WO2 Lambert

 

 

Bandsman of the Year:

As selected by the Drum Major and the Band Officers for leadership, playing ablility and dedication to the band

 

Past Recipients

81 - Cpl S Baker, 82 - Cpl R Harris, 83 - AC G Vitteri, 84 - Cpl G Vitteri,

85 - Cpl N Harmon, LAC A Dyer, 86 - Sgt J Friesner, AC1 Bowen, 87 - Cpl S Bantin, 88 - ?, 89 - AC1 M Greenland,

90 - Cpl J Thomas, 91 - Sgt M Marsh, 92 - LAC D Greenland, 93 - Sgt de Graca Marques, 94 - LAC L Chui,

95 - Sgt Lopez, 96 - Cpl A Pinnock, 97 - Cpl N Buligan, 98 - FSgt T Lancey, FSgt J Weymouth, 99 - Sgt A McLean,

00 - ?, 01 - Cpl Butters, 02 - WO2 D Cheng, 03 - WO1 D Cheng, FSgt E Bagley, 04 - WO2 Bag,

05 - WO1 Bag,  06 - FSgt Persaud, 07 - FSgt A Nero, 08 - WO2 A Nero, 09 - Sgt K King,

11 - WO2 J Kosnik, 12 - Sgt S Bace, 13 - Sgt S Sun, 14 - Sgt D Chen,

15 - Sgt H Xiong, 16 - FCpl T Gaudet, 17 - FCpl J Yao, 18 - FSgt J Choi, 19 - FSgt A Dela Cruz, 20 - Sgt E Sun

21 - FSgt L Cui, FSgt W Cross 22 - WO2 Dam   23 - Sgt Choi

 

Golden Boot for top Rifle Drill Team Member:

Top Rifle Drill Team Member who displays the most dedication, improvement, and enthusiasm to the team

Past Recipients

2019 FSgt Chiriac - 2020 Cpl Vasa - 2021 not awarded 22 - FCpl Tiwari  23 - Sgt Krajewski

 

 

Top Marksman Award:

Presented to the cadet with the top overall shooting average.

 

Past Recipients

78 - WO2 S McLeod, 80 - Cpl A Misch, 81 - Cpl S Baker, 83 - Cpl A Telford,

85 - Cpl R Pendli, 86 - LAC C Lotito, 87 - LAC Sapporta, 94 - LAC T Viau,

01 - FSgt A Chrzan, 02 - AC S Savin, 03 - Sgt Y Kostyuchenko, 04- Sgt T Sands,

05 - FSgt T Sands, 06 - Cpl Teryohin, 07 - Cpl Lalsingh,

10 - FSgt T Shoot, 11 - FSgt Y Ma, 12 - LAC A Martins, 13 - Sgt G Lee, 14 - FCpl A Dela Cruz,

15 - WO2 D Campbell, 16 - FSgt A Dela Cruz, 17 - Sgt J Han, 18 - LAC N Cui, 19 - FSgt E Bellion, 20 - FCpl Pigida

21 - not awarded 22 - FSgt Fralick  23 - LAC Oliver Burgess

 

Captain Phillip Chao Athletic Award:

As selected by the Sports Officers.

 

Past Recipients

12 - FCpl P Rebello, 13 - LAC N Houboux, 14 - Cpl L Vassell, 15 - Sgt S Peart, 16 - Sgt L Vassell, 17 - Sgt A Dela Cruz, 18 - FCpl K Martins, 19 - FCpl H Shah, 20 - FCpl A D'Silva, 21 - FCpl C Collado 22 - FSgt Fralick  23 - FSgt Shylonsky

 

 

Top Drill Team Member Award:

Top Drill Team Member who displays the most dedication, improvement, and enthusiasm to the team

Past Recipients

2019 Cpl Choi - 2020 WO2 Zeng - 2021 Not awarded 2022 - FCpl Colhon  2023 - Sgt Kiwan 

 

Creative Writing Award

Selected by distinguished members from that years Wings articals

 

Past Recipients

96 - LAC K Tsim, 97 - Cpl A Wong, 98 - Cpl E Thiruchelvam, 99 - Cpl V Faustino, 

00 - Sgt G Lee, 01 - LAC V Yogindranath, 02 - FSgt K Butters, 03 - LAC B Jo, 04 - FSgt A Thuax

05 - FSgt H Diu, 06 - FSgt A Possian, 07 - FSgt Menta, 08 - Cpl K He, 09 - FCpl J Gao

10 - FSgt J Gao, 11 - Sgt C Chen, 12 - FSgt A Dela Cruz, 13 - FSgt E Au, 

15 - Cpl T Gaudet, 17 - FSgt C Ing

 

Top Debate Member

2021 - WO2 W Osborne 2022 - Fsgt Lambert

 

Top Effective Speaking Member

2021 -  WO1 K Martins 2022 - FCpl Colhon - 2023 - Sgt Yu

 

Top Space Award

2021 - Cpl Hatfield 2022 - LAC Cline K  2023 - Cpl Quach

 

Top Radio

2021 - WO2 A Abukar 2022 - FSgt Vasa  2023 - Cpl Qureshi