Meritorious Service Decorations - Military Division
Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2021-06-16
Invested on: 2021-11-08
From July to December 2020, as coxswain of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Toronto, Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Oake was deployed to the Baltic, Norwegian and North seas in support of NATO assurance measures. He displayed remarkable leadership, which ensured the morale and well-being of the crew and fostered unit cohesion. Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Oake’s close coordination and collaboration across all departments within the ship was the bedrock for maintaining unity of effort on operations, and was vital to HMCS Toronto’s operational effectiveness.