A man who died after intervening in an assault was one of three Wyndham residents honoured for acts of bravery last week.
Luke Edward Mitchell, of Point Cook, died from injuries sustained while trying to stop an assault in May 2009.
He was honoured posthumously at The Royal Humane Society of Australia’s Annual Bravery Awards.
Twenty people were presented with awards by Governor of Victoria, Linda Dessau, at Government House.
Mr Mitchell saw three offenders assaulting a man in Brunswick in 2009 and told them to leave the victim alone.
The assailants turned on him, punching and kicking him. They then followed Mr Mitchell and some friends to a nearby 7-Eleven where, armed with knives and a meat cleaver, they attacked Mr Mitchell again.
Mr Mitchell’s sister-in-law, Daniela Mitchell, tried to push the three assailants away.
Mr Mitchell was taken to hospital but died later that day.
Luke’s brother Shane accepted the bravery award last week. He described Mr Mitchell as “a champion bloke” who would not have hesitated to help someone out.
Ms Mitchell, also from Point Cook, was awarded a bronze medal for bravery.
Wyndham Vale man Travis Benson – who was unable to attend last week’s ceremony – will receive a bronze medal for bravery for trying to rescue four children from a submerged car in April 2015.
Mr Benson pulled a baby out of the car, but the infant was unresponsive and could not be resuscitated.
When the CFA arrived on the scene, they found another child unconscious in the water.
She was resuscitated but another two children could not be revived.
