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George Medal

TELLIER, William Gaston, Lt, RCNVR (Temp)

Issued: 15-May-1942, London Gazette

"For courage and coolness."

Note: He helped remove a fifteen inch unexploded shell from a fuel tank of one of H.M. Ships. He has dealt within the 'danger period' with six bombs onboard ships, where constant close contact must be maintained with the bomb throughout and there is no chance of running to safety while the bomb often becomes jammed in the ship's structure, which makes it difficult to handle without detonating. There were two bombs in one ship, one had buried itself six feet into bunker coal. He crawled through the bomb hole and dug out the coal until he found the fuze, but both plungers were stuck and it could not be discharged by hand. A hole was cut in the deck above and the bomb and a liquid fuze discharger was used. The other bomb had to be dug out of six hundred tons of ballast. From page 122 "One Thousand Brave Canadians". Ref: Blatherwick.net