LCol Joseph Emm Frowde Seagram ED

Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada 1943-1945

Married Marjorie Houston of Chatham on June 1, 1929.

LCol J. E. F. Seagram joined the 48th Highlanders militia battalion in Toronto prior to 1939. He was promoted from Lt. to Captain as Transport Officer in the spring of 1939. When war was declared in early September Captain Seagram was one of the majority of Highlanders who stepped forward for war time duty, joining the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders as a Major and becoming its Commanding Officer in 1943 until the spring of 1945 when he turned command over to LCol Laddie (Hamilton) Cassels.

He was a director of The Seagram Company Ltd from 1945 until 1979.

Died Nov 28,1979

ED
Unit(s)
Militia / Reserve Bn, 48th Second Bn (WW 2)
Fate
Released

Data source(s)

Source
Detail
Museum Archive Documents
Newspaper article with photos of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in 1940
Regimental History (Vol 3)- Dileas: A History of the 48th Highlanders of Canada 1929–1956
Pages 29, 2nd Bn, 727, 785
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