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ALBERT MEDAL (in Bronze For Saving Life at Sea)

KEEFER, Charles Allan, Lieutenant , RCNVR, HMS Lulworth

Issued: 17-Feb-1942, London Gazette

"HMS Lulworth went to the rescue of survivors from a torpedoed Merchantman. The night was dark, with heavy seas running, so that the rescue work was slow and hazardous. As HMS Lulworth was about to abandon search, two men and a woman were found clinging to the wreckage. The men were saved, but as the woman, who was unconscious, was being hauled on board, she slipped from her life-jacket, disappeared below the surface, and came up astern. Lieutenant Keefer at once dived into the sea to try to save her. He reached her, but both were swept away by the heavy seas, and though search was made for an hour, neither was seen again."

* Issued posthumously

St. Olav's Medal (Norway)

KEEFER, Charles Allan, Lieutenant , RCNVR, HMS Lulworth

Issued: 17-Mar-1943, Unknown Gazette

“We, Haakan, King of Norway, make known that We on this day of March 17, 1943, have conferred upon Charles Allan Keefer, Lieutenant, R.C.N.V.R., our St. Olav’s Medal (post mortum) in recognition of his personal contribution to Norway’s cause during the war, wherein he gave his own life in an attempt to save a Norwegian woman from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean.”

* Issued posthumously