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Officer - Order of the British Empire

McMASTER, Humphrey, Captain, RCN, Director of Personnel

Issued: 16-Jun-1945, Canada Gazette

"Captain McMaster, who returned to the Royal Canadian Navy in the early days of the present war, served first in the training of personnel in the original HMCS Corwallis. He came to Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa, in the fall of 1942 as Director of Training and subsequently as Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel. Since August 1944, Captain McMaster has held the appointment of Chief of Naval Personnel. At all times, this Officer has devoted himself untiringly and unstintingly to the interests of the Naval Service, from a small beginning to its present state of high efficiency, for which he is largely responsible."