Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Group Captain

Unit:

Oversees Headquarters, Royal Canadian Air Force

Awarded on:

January 1st, 1946

Citation:
"This officer has been Senior Protestant Chaplain of Royal Canadian Air Force Overseas for the past three and one half years. He started off with a small nucleus of chaplains and has built up his branch until it now consists of over seventy chaplains. He has them placed at strategic positions where they can best look after the welfare of the Protestant personnel overseas. Group Captain Lightbourn has not spared himself and has travelled many thousands of miles in the interest of the service and the work which has to be done. He has set an example of a very high standard and due to the policy of two-year repatriation has lost many excellent key men who have been hard to replace. His work has been endless in the training of new personnel to fulfil their difficult task. He has contributed greatly to the goodwill and high morale of the personnel with whom he came in contact wherever he served."