Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"This rating has displayed outstanding ability and leadership throughout his thirty months service in His Majesty's Canadian minesweeper. Completely reliable in matters of routine and discipline, he can be depended upon to take charge in his department in a thoroughly efficient manner. In a fire which occurred at sea, he displayed coolness and sound judgement which made it possible to keep the fire under control until the ship eventually reached port."