Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette
"This rating has at all times displayed outstanding initiative, resourcefulness and efficiency in carrying out his duties. By his continual cheerfulness and exemplary character he has been an example to all with who he has served." the Royal Canadian Navy is now able to take in the United Nations War Effort, particularly in the maintenance of the Atlantic lifeline, has been most marked, and is deserving of the highest recognition."