Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"In spite of a physical handicap received as a result of enemy action while serving in HMCS Athabaskan, this Officer's tireless endeavour, without regard for health or personal desire, in the supervision of Naval Machine Shops in HMC Dockyard, Halifax, has contributed much to the refit and emergency repair of His Majesty's Canadian Ships engaged in the Battle of the Atlantic."