Brigadier Ian Strachan JOHNSTON, CBE, DSO*, ED, CD (MID)
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada (Canadian Active Service Force) December 1942 – June 1944 Honourary LCol (48th Highlanders of Canada) 1964 – 1967 and HCol 1967 – 1972. Ian Strachan Johnston CBE DSO (2) ED KC was born on 12 August 1908 in Toronto, Ontario. He was educated at Ridley College […]
Captain WILSON, JOHN ALEXANDER
Captain Wilson was killed in action in the second day of the Hitler Line battle, (recorded as 23 May 1944) near Pontecorvo, Italy. NOK: Son of Richard Steele Wilson and Mabel Milne Wilson; husband of Elizabeth Stewart Wilson, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Capt, George Turnbull Whitelaw
Son of Allan Napier Whitelaw and Marion Whitelaw, of Oshawa, Ontario.
Lieutenant Robert Free Osler
Lt. Robert Free (Bobs) Osler joined the 2nd Battalion 48th Highlanders in 1940 to train for overseas duty. Once in England he joined the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders and was appointed to Charlie Company. on 26 April 1943, in response to the army adding a Company to the battalion, Osler became platoon commander of 18 […]
Lieut. Proctor, G J
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LIEUT. MACPHERSON, A.F.
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Lieutenant Colonel D. A. (Don) Mackenzie, DSO (Distinguished Service Cross – USA)
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1944 – 1945. By Lieutenant Colonel T.D. Wentzell Donald Alexander Mackenzie was born on July 9, 1914 in Kincardine, Ontario to Kenneth and Marguerette Mackenzie. Kenneth died when Donald was only seven years old. Marguerette moved back to her hometown of Owen Sound where she raised Donald […]
Brigadier James Edwin Ganong, ED
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders (CASF) March 1942 – December 1942 Commander 4 Canadian Infantry Brigade – 1944 Commanding Officer, 48th Highlanders of Canada 1945-1946 Commander 5 Canadian Infantry Reserve Brigade – 1946-1949 Born on December 30, 1903, in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, he pursued higher education at the Royal Military College and Osgoode Hall, […]