| He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 13/04/1916) in Ottawa ON. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He served in #3 (Naval) Wing and participated in Freiburg Raid. (He was invalided from RNAS as Flight Lieutenant, 25 March 1918.) He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross "For conspicuous gallantry during an air raid. Shortly after leaving the objective he was engaged by three enemy machines - two single-seaters and one two-seater. His gunlayer, Air Mechanic, 1st Grade, R.G. Kimberley, was slightly wounded in the wrist, which numbed his hand. Notwithstanding this, he succeeded in bringing down two of the enemy machines, being again wounded by an explosive bullet in the ankle. The machine was riddled with bullets, and owing to the damage navigation was most difficult and the return journey was very slow. Consequently he was again attacked, but although the gunlayer was twice wounded, the enemy machine was driven off." |
