Issued: 16-Jun-1945, Canada Gazette
"For outstanding zeal, energy and devotion to duty over a long period at sea, and particularly from May to December, 1944, when his ship, HMCS Chaudiere, was operating from a large number of different ports and doing a high percentage of sea time. He was present in several actions, and his unfailing cheerfulness and initiative set a fine example to his whole department."