On the night of October 28th, 1944 it was of the greatest urgency that the South Beveland Canal be bridged in order to allow the division to link up with a hard-pressed British division which had previously made a landing on the southern shore. The only possible bridging site was under observation by the enemy and being heavily shelled by them with extreme accuracy. In spite of this, Sergeant Loiselle took charge of the building of folding boat rafts on the near bank. Time and again he and his party were driven to cover by shellfire but returned to the site after each barrage to continue with the bridge construction.

Several of his men became casualties and after getting them out to safety he reorganized his party and continued work until the savage barrage became too great and he was ordered by his officer to bring his men out. The perseverance and courage shown by this Non-Commissioned Officer and the complete disregard for his own safety while under terrific enemy fire together with his inspiring leadership is worthy of the highest traditions of the Royal Canadian Engineers.