Issued: 5-Jun-1943, Canada Gazette
"This Officer is Medical Director of the Royal Canadian Navy. At the outbreak of war, the Royal Canadian Navy had no medical service, but now has over four hundred Surgeon Branch Officers and Nursing Sisters. It is due to this Officer's vision, superior organizing ability, and the choice of personnel, that the Medical Service of the Royal Canadian Navy has attained an enviable standard. It has devolved upon him also to organize the hospitalization facilities of the Service, a task which has been carried out with a high degree of success and efficiency."