Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

BALFOUR, Harold Wilson

Officer - Order of the British Empire

BALFOUR, Harold Wilson, Cdr, RCNVR, Commander St.John's Port

Issued: 6-Jan-1945, Canada Gazette

"This Officer has served zealously with marked ability and enthusiasm over a period of five years, in various appointments and latterly as Commander of the Port, St. John's Newfoundland. He has taken a consistently keen interest in the welfare of service personnel, and has given unsparingly of his time and energy in that connection. Under his chairmanship the past three successive Victory Loans in the Newfoundland Command have been outstandingly successful, and he has played an important part in the organization and development of the Naval Central Canteen."