Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"Surgeon Commander Morton, prior to his appointment to the United Kingdom on loan to the Canadian Army Overseas, was one of the Principal Medical Officers on the West Coast for nearly three years. Through his thorough knowledge of service requirements and exceptional professional ability, he has maintained an extremely high standard of efficiency, and has, in his spare time, prepared papers which have furthered the medical and surgical knowledge of the Armed Forces."