Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"For outstanding and wholehearted devotion to duty over a long period. Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Fields was actively engaged in Medical Research for the Canadian Naval Service in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres of operation. Recently, he was appointed Principal Medical Officer, Montreal Area, in which capacity he has performed his duties in an outstanding and zealous manner. His contribution to the Royal Canadian Naval war effort is worthy of much commendation and recognition."