Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"This Officer contributed greatly to the Canadian Naval Service by his legal knowledge and its application to Naval matters. His appointment as Assistant Judge Advocate General, Deputy Secretary of the Naval Board and from December 1942 until his retirement in August 1945 as Deputy Judge Advocate General (Navy), were filled with superlative efficiency. His high personal qualities, his tact and tolerance, have won him the respect and admiration of all with whom he came in contact."