As an 18 year midshipman in hmas australia in 1940 , we spent time off bear island , well above the arctic circle and so i qualified for this award 在1940年,作為hmas “澳大利亞”號上的1名18歲海軍軍校學生,我們去過北極圈內的熊島,因此我獲得了這枚勛章。
As p . q . 17 passed to the north of bear island , the admiralty signalled that " tirpitz , " and " hipper , " plus 4 destroyers and 2 torpedo boats had all left trondheim , the two major german ships had actually arrived in altenfjord 當第17艦隊駛過熊島的北方時,海軍說發現“提爾皮茨”號、 “希佩”號和4艘驅逐艦2艘魚雷艇離開了特隆赫姆,這兩艘德國海軍的主力艦已經到達了阿爾滕峽灣。