Editing 2002 Bali bombings (section)

=== Awards ===
There were many acts of individual heroism in the aftermath of the bombings. Several of these acts would receive official recognition under Australia's honours and awards system, particularly in the [[2003 Special Honours (Australia)|Special Honours List for 2003]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.gg.gov.au/media-release/announcement-special-bali-honours-list |title=Announcement of the Special Bali Honours List |date=17 October 2003 |author=[[Governor-General of Australia]] |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217140355/https://old.gg.gov.au/media-release/announcement-special-bali-honours-list |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/full-list-bali-honours-20031017-gdhltl.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=17 October 2003 |title=Full list: Bali honours}}</ref><ref name=braverydecorations>{{cite web |title=Australian Bravery Decorations 17 October 2003 |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-10/2003_10_17_oct_2003_s377_2003.pdf |website=www.gg.gov.au |publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia|The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=17 October 2003}}</ref>

[[Timothy Britten]], a Senior Constable with the Western Australia Police Force, and Richard Joyes were both awarded the [[Cross of Valour (Australia)|Cross of Valour]], Australia's highest civilian honour, for entering the burning remains of the Sari Club to free a badly injured woman from the wreckage; after they had rescued the woman on the third attempt, both men then searched for other potential survivors until the increasing intensity of the flames and of secondary explosions made this impossible. Both men were aware of the possibility of being injured or even killed (Britten specifically believed in the possibility of yet another bomb being detonated at any moment in order to disrupt rescue efforts and kill emergency workers) and would indeed sustain several injuries during their efforts to rescue the woman and find other survivors.<ref name=AustralianBraveryAssociation>{{cite web | title = Cross of Valour Citations | url = http://www.forbravery.org/crossvalour.html | accessdate = 12 December 2009 | date = 14 May 2003 | publisher = Australian Bravery Association | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20091105163654/http://www.forbravery.org/crossvalour.html | archivedate = 5 November 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = BRITTEN, Timothy Ian | work = It's an Honour | publisher = [[Government of Australia]] | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044243 | accessdate = 31 March 2007 | date = 17 October 2003 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151223115952/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1044243&search_type=simple&showInd=true | archive-date = 23 December 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = JOYES, Richard John | url = https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044249 | accessdate = 31 March 2007 | date = 17 October 2003 | work = It's an Honour | publisher = [[Government of Australia]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222154308/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1044249&search_type=simple&showInd=true | archive-date = 22 December 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=abc>{{cite news |title=After Bali |work=Four Corners |url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/transcripts/s946351.htm |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |year=2003 |access-date=18 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117085833/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2003/transcripts/s946351.htm |archive-date=17 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=braverydecorations />

Natalie Goold initially escaped from Paddy's Bar after the bombings but then went back into the now-burning building, sustaining burns to her right arm and hand in the process, in order to rescue her friend, Nicole McLean, who had been heavily injured by the blasts. After asking two men for their shirts in order to use these as improvised [[tourniquet]]s for her friend's wounds, Goold secured McLean's transportation to a local hospital and then stayed with her during their medical evacuation to Australia.<ref name=ABAcitations>{{cite web |title=Star of Courage Recipients |url=http://www.forbravery.org.au/star-of-courage-recipents/ |website=www.forbravery.org.au |publisher=Australian Bravery Association |access-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325114312/http://www.forbravery.org.au/star-of-courage-recipents/ |archive-date=25 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=smhnatgoold>{{cite news |title=Bali blast survivors honoured |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/bali-blast-survivors-honoured-20031213-gdhz19.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=1 October 2023 |date=13 December 2003}}</ref><ref name=gooldsc>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044251 GOOLD, Natalie Joy], SC, 17 October 2003. For unknown reasons, there is no actual citation. itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 2 October 2023.</ref>

Robert Meredith and his group of friends were caught up in the bombing of the Sari Club; he was thrown onto his back and badly winded. Despite intense heat and flames, Meredith and his friends managed to help about ten other survivors escape by lifting them over a wall; while the wall ended up collapsing under people's weight, injuring Meredith's feet and depriving him of the already limited protection of his thong sandals, he managed to get to a staircase from where he helped yet more survivors get to safety. Meredith would ultimately be left with several burns and cuts to his feet.<ref name=ABAcitations /><ref name=meredithsc>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044252 MEREDITH, Robert Alan], SC, 17 October 2003. For unknown reasons, there is no actual citation. itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 2 October 2023.</ref>

Lauren Munro was also caught up in the Sari bombing, being rendered unconscious; when he came to, he pulled free an injured woman who had been trapped under roof beams, and carried her out of the building and over a wall of rubble. Munro helped several other people get over the same wall before re-entering the Sari Club and spending the next two hours carrying out many more injured people and helping to fight the fire.<ref name=ABAcitations /><ref name=munrosc>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044253 MUNRO, Lauren John], SC, 17 October 2003. For unknown reasons, there is no actual citation. itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 2 October 2023.</ref> Ben Clohessy was also rendered unconscious by the blast that destroyed the Sari Club and also rescued or helped to rescue other survivors after regaining consciousness.<ref name=clohessysc1>{{cite news |title=Western Australians recognised for their bravery |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-12-16/western-australians-recognised-for-their-bravery/106932 |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=16 December 2003}}</ref><ref name=clohessysc2>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044250 CLOHESSY, Ben Michael], SC, 17 October 2003. For unknown reasons, there is no actual citation. itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 2 October 2023.</ref> Goold, Meredith, Munro, and Clohessy were all awarded the [[Star of Courage (Australia)|Star of Courage]] (SC) on 17 October 2003 for their respective actions.<ref name=ABAcitations /><ref name=braverydecorations /><ref name=smhnatgoold /><ref name=gooldsc /><ref name=meredithsc /><ref name=munrosc /><ref name=clohessysc1 /><ref name=clohessysc2 />

Awards of the [[Commendation for Brave Conduct]] were made to, among other people, Hanabeth Luke.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1044272  LUKE, Hanabeth], Commendation for Brave Conduct, 17 October 2003. For unknown reasons, there is no actual citation. itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 2 October 2023.</ref> Luke was in the Sari Club with her partner Marc Gajado at the time of the second bombing, with the explosion throwing her to the ground. After managing to escape the now-burning building by climbing through its collapsed roof using severed electrical wire, Luke began a search for Gajado, during which she came across a badly injured Tom Singer. Singer was lying close to a burning car and Luke believed that he would be engulfed in flames if he remained there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Bravery Decorations 17 October 2003 - Biographical notes |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-01/20031017_-_bravery_-_biographical_notes.pdf#page=9 |website=www.gg.gov.au |publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia|The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |page=9 |date=17 October 2003}}</ref><ref name=reutershanabethluke>{{cite news |last1=Gralow |first1=Jill |title=Bali bombings survivor looks ahead as Australia marks 20th anniversary |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bali-bombings-survivor-looks-ahead-australia-marks-20th-anniversary-2022-10-11/ |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=11 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=smhhanabethluke>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Jordan |title='More at peace': Bali survivor has become the last link to families' sons |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/more-at-peace-bali-survivor-has-become-the-last-link-to-families-sons-20221011-p5boui.html |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=12 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Jonathan |title=Hanabeth Luke: My life after Bali bombings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-19797155 |access-date=2 October 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=8 October 2012}}</ref>

When Singer confirmed that he could not stand up independently, Luke helped him to his feet and supported him in walking away. Luke then tried to return to the Sari Club to resume looking for Gajado, but was persuaded by a friend that it was too dangerous to do so (Gajado was ultimately determined to have been killed instantly); she thus went back to attending to Singer, helping other people to get him into a car to be taken to hospital. Singer died in hospital a month later.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Bravery Decorations 17 October 2003 - Biographical notes |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-01/20031017_-_bravery_-_biographical_notes.pdf#page=9 |website=www.gg.gov.au |publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia|The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |page=9 |date=17 October 2003}}</ref><ref name=reutershanabethluke/><ref name=smhhanabethluke/><ref name="BBC News"/> Separately from her Commendation for Brave Conduct award, a photograph of Luke helping Singer was published in news media around the world in the days after the bombings.<ref name=smhhanabethluke /><ref name=reutershanabethluke />

Kusitino 'Kossy' Halemai, a [[Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands|Wallis and Futuna]]-born Australian citizen who was managing the Bounty Hotel in Kuta at the time of the attacks, sheltered survivors in the immediate aftermath of the blasts.<ref name=oam_kossy>{{Cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Kossy-Halemai-Tears-came-much-later-for-Bali-rescuer/2005/06/12/1118514930545.html |date=12 June 2005 |title=Tears came much later for Bali rescuer |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Neil |last=McMahon | access-date=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=oam_kossy2>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1136178 HALEMAI, Kusitino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110153317/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1136178&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=10 November 2013 }}, Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), 13 June 2005, Citation: "For service to the victims and families affected by the bombings which occurred in Bali on 12 October 2002 and to continuing support for an international recovery program for Bali."</ref> A makeshift [[triage]] area in the hotel's reception area was organised by [[Richard B. Poore|Richard]]<ref name=oam_rpoore>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1129383 POORE, Richard Beresford] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001111220/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1129383 |date=1 October 2022 }}, OAM, 22 August 2005, Citation: "For service to Australia by providing assistance to the victims of the bombings which occurred in Bali on 12 October 2002 and to their families.", itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2010.</ref> and Gilana Poore,<ref name=oam_gpoore>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1058040 POORE, Gilana Lea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110153320/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1058040&search_type=advanced&showInd=true |date=10 November 2013 }}, OAM, 26 January 2005, Citation: "For service through the provision of assistance to victims in the immediate aftermath of the bombings which occurred in Bali on 12 October 2002, and subsequently to the people of Bali.", itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 11 March 2012.</ref> with the couple also fielding phone calls from the media and from families trying to trace loved ones. After three days of this, the Poores flew to Richard's native New Zealand where they organised the collection of eighty boxes of medical supplies; they then returned to Bali with these supplies as well as two burns nurses.<ref name=nzheraldrpooreoam>{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Derek |title=Aussie award for Kiwi Bali bombing helper |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aussie-award-for-kiwi-bali-bombing-helper/OWD2DM4HLZ2VRU4G343CL7O5SQ/ |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=26 August 2005}}</ref> Halemai and the Poores were honoured with the [[Medal of the Order of Australia]] (OAM), with Gilana Poore's OAM being awarded on 26 January 2005,<ref name=oam_gpoore /> Halemai's OAM being awarded on 13 June 2005,<ref name=oam_kossy /><ref name=oam_kossy2 /> and Richard Poore's OAM being awarded on 22 August 2005.<ref name=oam_rpoore /><ref name=nzheraldrpooreoam />

James Parkinson, an emergency nurse, worked alongside Doctor Hogg from [[Wollongong]] in the Denpasar Sanglah Hospital running the trauma centre for the bombing victims. After he disappeared in [[Africa]] and [[Europe]] for three years, the [[Governor General of Australia|Governor General]]'s department finally tracked him down and awarded Parkinson the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2005.<ref name=oam_jpark>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1058029 PARKINSON, James] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629115318/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1058029&search_type=simple&showInd=true |date=29 June 2011 }}, Medal of the Order of Australia, 26 January 2005, itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2010.</ref>