Bravery award for hero who died trying to save British backpacker from a crazed Frenchman

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Tom Jackson awarded a posthumous Queen's Gallantry Medal for heroic actions
Fatally stabbed at a north Queensland hostel by Frenchman Smail Ayad in 2016
He had rushed to the aid of fellow backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who also died
His friend Daniel Richards risked his life to comfort Ms Ayliffe-Chung as she died
Mr Richards also presented with Queen's Gallantry Medal at Buckingham Palace

By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 18:33 EST, 7 November 2018 | Updated: 18:44 EST, 7 November 2018

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A man who died while trying to save the life of a fellow backpacker has received a posthumous bravery award from Prince William.

British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, was dragged from her hostel bed and stabbed to death by schizophrenic Frenchman Smail Ayad at a hostel in north Queensland, in August 2016.

Tom Jackson, 30, ran to Mia's aid and was also fatally stabbed.

While many would have run away when confronted with a frenzied attack, Tom Jackson (pictured), tried to stop killer Smail Ayad but he was fatally stabbed in the process

British woman Mia Ayliffe-Chung (pictured) had been travelling the world for nearly a year before she arrived Australia in 2016. She was stabbed to death at a hostel in August 2016

Fellow British backpacker Tom Jackson (pictured), has received a posthumous Queen's Gallantry Medal for his heroic actions

Mr Jackson's friend, Daniel Richards, from Wales, also attempted to stop Ayad and comforted Ms Ayliffe-Chung in her final moments.

Mr Jackson and Mr Richards were both awarded Queen's Gallantry Medals in the Civilian Gallantry list presented by Prince William, at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

Tom's parents Les and Sandra Jackson accepted the posthumous award on their son's behalf from Prince William on what would have been his 33rd birthday.

Their youngest children Dan and Liv were also in attendance.

Mr Jackson's friend Daniel Richards (right) also received a Queen's Gallantry Medal from Prince William at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday

The family are 'inestimably proud' that his heroic actions had been recognised.

'It's a bittersweet occasion and we wish that Tom was getting the awards, but I'm very proud to be receiving it on his behalf,' Mrs Jackson told ITV News.

'He was very much a protector, he didn't like people bullying other people.'

'He said Tom had done a remarkable thing and about how brave he had been, so it was nice to know that he knew,' Sandra Jackson (right) said about Prince William (left)

Her husband revealed he cried when they received the letter notifying the family of the bravery award.

'I'm obviously not happy about the circumstances which led to it but I think it's right that Tom is recognise at this level for what he did on that terrible day,' Mr Jackson said.

Mrs Jackson described Prince William as 'so friendly'.

Frenchman Smail Ayad (pictured) stabbed Tom Jackson and Mia Ayliffe-Chung to death in 2016

'He'd read about the case so he knew why I was going up to receive the medal on Tom's behalf, so that was really lovely,' she told the BBC.

'He said Tom had done a remarkable thing and about how brave he had been, so it was nice to know that he knew.'

Mr Richards was also at Buckingham Palace to receive his award from Prince William.

He paid tribute to his late friend, whom he described as 'a fantastic man, very caring, a big strapping lad.'

Daniel Richards (pictured) comforted Ms Ayliffe-Chung in her final moments, despite a risk to his own safety

'I owe my life to Tom,' Mr Richards told the BBC.

Ayad was remanded to a mental health facility after being charged with the murders of Mr Jackson and Miss Ayliffe-Chung, where he remains detained.

Criminal proceedings against Ayad were dropped in April due to mental illness.

He appeared in Brisbane's Mental Health Court via videolink in June, where Justice Jean Dalton told the court that the immigration department was 'at the beginning of a process of liaising with Queensland Health to look for a way in which Ayad can be safely repatriated' to France.

'It seems to me that he will soon be detained by the Immigration Department and that while he remains in Australia he will either be in The Park high secure service — which is very much like a jail, it's a secure area — or he will be in immigration detention,' Justice Dalton said.

No date for his return to France has been set.

Mia Ayliffe-Chung (pictured) was on a backpacking holiday of a lifetime when her young life was tragically cut short at the age of 21

London Bridge hero Australian Kirsty Boden was also recognised by the Queen for her bravery in running to the aid of the wounded during the deadly terror attack last year.

Ms Boden, 28, was one of two Australians killed when three terrorists went on a rampage on London Bridge.

Six other people were also killed in the attack and 48 people were injured before London police shot dead the terrorists.