Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

DE MARBOIS, Jean Maurice B.

Commander - Order of the British Empire

DE MARBOIS, Jean Maurice B., Captain, RCN

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"Since the outbreak of hostilities, this Officer has given loyal and devoted service to the Royal Canadian Navy, first as head of the Foreign Intelligence Section at Naval Service Headquarters, Ottawa, and subsequently as Officer-in-Charge of the Operational Intelligence Centre. With untiring energy and devotion to duty, he built up an efficient organization, which, working in the closest co-operation with the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, contributed directly and substantially to the defeat of the German U-Boat campaign."