Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"Radio Artificer McNeil's technical excellence and unsparing hard work has enabled the training base of HMCS Somer Isles in Bermuda to complete ships' programmes and send them back to operations on schedule. In the early organization of this establishment, when the shortage of supplies, and the transportation of spares was most acute, this Rating showed remarkable ingenuity in repairing radio equipment. McNeil has, at all times, upheld the high traditions of the Royal Canadian Navy by his constant devotion to duty."