Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"Chief Petty Officer Barker has served at sea during the war in His Majesty's Canadian destroyers and cruisers for a period of over three years, latterly in HMCS Uganda in the Pacific theatre. He has at all times carried out his duties of Gunner's Mate in a superlative manner, in keeping with the high traditions of the Royal Canadian Navy."