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KING'S COMMENDATION for BRAVE CONDUCT

EARLEY, David William, Able Seaman Stoker Mechanic, R-600, RCN(R)

Issued: 28-Oct-1950, Canada Gazette

“For rescuing a woman from drowning in the South Saskatchewan River at Saskatoon on May 1950. The woman had fallen from the bridge into the river near where the two men were working at HMCS Unicorn, the Saskatoon naval division. The temperature of the water was in the neighborhood of 40 degrees (F) while the current was 10 knots. The calm and direct action of these two young Able Seamen in the face of very serious personal risk cannot be too highly commended in that, by this action, they saved the life of a human being.”