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British Empire Medal

MORRISON, Gordon Murray, A /L Stoker (FF), V-11709, RCNVR

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"For outstanding bravery and coolness during the Magazine Explosions in Halifax. On the occasion of the explosions at the Naval Magazine, Bedford, Halifax, last July, this Rating, without orders and completely disregarding his own safety, took the hose tender into the burning area and drove it through a wall of fire in order to evacuate two Officers and one injured rating who had become trapped in the area. If Morrison had not taken this action, these men would have perished."