Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

THOMASSET, Gaston Marcel

Mentioned in Despatches

THOMASSET, Gaston Marcel, A/CPO, 3396, RCN

Issued: 5-Jun-1943, Canada Gazette

"During prolonged engagements with enemy U-Boats in a heavily attacked convoy in the North Atlantic, this Chief Petty Officer was in charge of depth charge crews. His quick thinking and initiative were largely responsible for an attack on a U-Boat."

Mentioned in Despatches (2nd Occurance)

THOMASSET, Gaston Marcel, A/CPO, 3396, RCN

Issued: 20-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"For outstanding courage, skill and devotion to duty in H.M. Ships Tartar, Ashanti, Eskimo, Javelin, and H.M. Canadian Ships Haida and Huron in action with German destroyers."