Issued: 16-Jun-1945, Canada Gazette
"This Chief Petty Officer, who has served in the Royal Canadian Navy since 1929, and for eight years prior to that in the Royal Navy, has always exhibited leadership and zeal far in excess of the average. His organizing and training ability, coupled with his constant application to duty as Torpedo Coxswain, have always been an inspiration to those with who he has served and an example to the entire ship's company."