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Mentioned in Despatches

GIBSON, William Simpson, Lt (E), RCNVR, HMCS Mahone

Issued: 10-Jun-1944, Canada Gazette

"For prompt and efficient action in directing the shoring of bulkheads and hatches of his ship after a collision. Following a collision involving HMCS Mahone and S.S. Townsend, Lieutenant Gibson immediately took charge of damage control parties and succeeded in shoring bulkheads and hatches. It is considered that the rapidity and efficiency with which this task was carried out undoubtedly saved the ship from further damage which would have involved total loss. Lieutenant Gibson also displayed great courage in descending through a skylight to remove electric fuses from circuits to the four-inch magazines."