Issued: 5-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette
"This Officer has served in administration posts in the main base of the RCN since the outbreak of war. In his present appointment as Flotilla Engineer, he has carried out his duties with untiring energy and devotion to duty. The work which he has done in the interests of the Canadian Escort Force as a whole, during its period of inception and expansion, is worthy of the highest praise and recognition."