Issued: 6-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette
"This Officer has served in the North Atlantic continuously since September 1940, both as a C.E.R.A. and as a Warrant Officer and has been Chief Engineer of corvettes for three years. He has at all times maintained a highly efficient department and has been a constant source of inspiration to others by his cheerfulness in the face of trying conditions and by his personal devotion to duty."