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Officer - Order of the British Empire

MOREAU, Cecil Henry, Chap 3/c (RC), RCN

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"For extreme devotion to duty in the face of the enemy. Father Moreau has been attached to Landing Craft Flotillas at Southampton and Motor Torpedo Boats and Minesweepers in the English Channel. He has made many trips in Motor Torpedo Boats and on one occasion the craft in which he was carried came under considerable enemy fire in the vicinity of Le Havre. Despite personal discomfort under rigorous conditions, he conducted a burial service at sea for two ratings who had been killed during the engagement. He rightly earned the reputation of the 'sea-going, fighting Padre' and won the respect and admiration of all by his instinctive understanding of human nature and his personal courage under fire."