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Mentioned in Despatches

TOWNSON, Douglas Edmund, A/LS, 3423, RCN, LCA - 1021

Issued: 20-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"For good service in the invasion of Normandy."

CROIX DE GUERRE avec Palme en Bronze (FRANCE)

TOWNSON, Douglas Edmund, LS, 3423, RCN

Issued: 30-Mar-1946, Canada Gazette

"Although wounded, this rating displayed leadership and devotion to duty under enemy fire. When the craft was hit, he put out a fire in the engine room and assisted in the rescue of a badly wounded Leading Stoker."