Honours and Awards

Issued to Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Members

WILKNSON, William Arthur

Mentioned in Despatches

WILKNSON, William Arthur, LCdr, RCNVR, HMCS Strathdam

Issued: 5-Jan-1946, Canada Gazette

"For coolness, skill and gallantry in action during a premature explosion aboard one of His Majesty's Canadian Ships (HMCS Strathdam). Following the explosion, Lieutenant-Commander Wilkinson displayed fearless patience and courage in rendering safe the remaining ammunition which had been prepared for firing and was in a highly sensitive state due to fragments from the explosion."