Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"Chief Petty Officer Sims for the past twelve years has served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. During this war, he has served at sea in Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships for forty-two months, six months of which were spent in an operational ship based off the Philippines. He has displayed marked initiative, loyalty and devotion to duty, and has set an excellent example of leadership to the men working with him."