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10 November 1942
Admiralty certificate
What it was for
For the part he played in a recent convoy trip to Malta.
As reported in Calgary Herald, 7 December 1942. The convoy was Operation Pedestal, August 1942, when Bill shot down a Ju 88 and landed his damaged Sea Hurricane back on Indomitable.
The Admiralty certificate of a Mention in Despatches, published in the London Gazette on this date.
(no salutation)
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Third
By the Kings Order, the name of
Lieutenant (A)
William Wallace Haig Martyn
ROYAL NAVY
Was published in the LONDON Gazette
as mention in a Dispatch for distinguished service
I am charged to record
HIS Majesty's high appreciation.
sgd A. V. Alexander
Fist Lord of the Admiralty