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British Empire Medal

SCHNYDER, Karl, Sick Berth Attendant PO, V-33143, RCNVR, Med Lab Technician

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"For conspicuous devotion to duty and superlative technical skill. Following Active Service in the First World War, Petty Officer Schnyder served continuously in the Civil Service for twenty-two years before joining the Navy as its first experienced Medical Laboratory Technician. In training Sick Berth Staff for Laboratory duties, he has provided an inspiring example of enthusiastic and unselfish devotion to every task set before him. He has been instrumental in organizing a new Serological Test which has been incorporated into the discharge routine, and marks an important technical advance in Public Health survey work of this type."