Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

KIDSTON, John Richard

Mentioned in Despatches

KIDSTON, John Richard, LCdr, RCNVR, HMCS Wetaskiwin

Issued: 8-Jan-1944, Canada Gazette

"This Officer has consistently rendered good service, over a considerable period of time as Commanding Officer of one of His Majesty's Canadian corvettes engaged in convoy escort duties in the North Atlantic. He has, at all times, often under very trying circumstances, exhibited a high degree of cheerfulness, efficiency and wholehearted devotion to duty."