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MacDowell, Thain Wendell
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
MacDowell, Thain Wendell
Date Of Birth
16 Sep 1890
Age
26
Birth Place
Lachute, Quebec, Canada
Nationality
Canadian
Date
9 Apr 1917
Date Of Death
29 Mar 1960
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38th Ottawa Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Attached to the British Forces. Special Reserve of Officers. Later Colonel.
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Further gazette dates: 09/01/1917 (D.S.O.); 01/06/1917 (MiD) Further gazette pages: 454 (D.S.O.); 5427 (MiD) Gazette issue: 29898 (D.S.O.); 30107 (MiD)
Rank Name
Captain
Rank (2nd)
Major
Award Details
Distinguished Service (D.S.O.)
Gazette Date
1917
Gazette Page
5702 (V.C.); Issue 30122 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Vimy Ridge, France; France and Flanders
Service
Canadian Army
Regiment
Eastern Ontario Regiment
Battalion
38th Ottawa Battalion
Service
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Commemorated
Oakland Cemetery, Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Richardson Plot)
Place Of Death
Nassau, Bahamas
Seniority Date
10 Oct 1918
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
award
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
award
British War Medals WW1
award
Victory Medal
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31/10/2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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