Issued: 15-Jun-1946, Canada Gazette
"This Chaplain has served faithfully and zealously both ashore and at sea, upholding the high traditions of the Church and the Chaplaincy Service of the Royal Canadian Navy in a marked degree. At all times, he has carried out his duties earnestly even beyond that which duty required. The interest and care shown for Naval Personnel and their dependants have been outstanding, and his faithfulness in the ministrations of the Church unexcelled."