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British Empire Medal

CARSON, William Spence, Stoker 1/c, V-68135, RCNVR

Issued: 10-Jun-1944, Canada Gazette

"This rating, while fighting a fire on board a cargo vessel, went into # 3 hatch to clear away the cargo which consisted of bags of phosphate, in order that the magnesium stored there might be vented. Whilst he was in the hatch, one barrel of magnesium exploded, and blew him out of the hatch, necessitating his immediate removal to hospital."