MAJOR MAC INTOSH LANDED IN SICILY WITH H.Q. 1 CAN. INF. BDE, WHERE HE HELD THE APPOINTMENT OF BRIGADE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SICILIAN CAMPAIGN, HE CARRIED OUT HIS DUTIES IN A MOST EFFICIENT MANNER AND HE WAS CONSTANTLY PERFORMING WORK WHICH WAS FAR BEYOND THE CALL OF HIS NORMAL DUTY.

HE CONTINUED AS BRIGADE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN UNTIL 16 OF OCTOBER 1943 WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS UNIT, THE 48 HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA, AS SECOND IN COMMAND OF A RIFLE COMPANY. DURING THE VERY HEAVY FIGHTING IN ORTONA. HE COMMANDED A RIFLE COMPANY, CONTINUING IN THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL 12 FEB 1944. IN THESE BATTLES MAJOR MAC INTOSH DISPLAYED FINE LEADERSHIP AND GREAT PERSONAL COURAGE.

DURING THE LONG PERIOD SUBSEQUENT TO THE FALL OF ORTONA, WHEN THE MONOTONY OF MANNING DEFENSIVE POSITIONS UNDER DIRECT OBSERVATION AND CONTINUAL FIRE FROM THE ENEMY STARTED TO TAKE ITS TOLL OF PERSONNEL, HIS GREAT SPIRIT AND FINE EXAMPLE ENABLED HIS COMPANY TO CARRY ON WITH VERY FEW CASUALTIES.

AFTER A PERIOD OF STAFF TRAINING, THIS OFFICER WAS APPOINTED GENERAL STAFF OFFICER GRADE 111 (LIASON) AT MAIN HEADQUARTERS 8TH ARMY. HERE HIS WORK WAS SO OUTSTANDING THAT, WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF HIS ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT, HE WAS MADE GENERAL STAFF OFFICER GRADE 11 (LIASON) AT THE SAME H.Q. ‘S. HIS WORK AS LIASON OFFICER BETWEEN 1 CAN. CORPS AND EIGHTH ARMY WAS OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE TO 1 CAN. CORPS. THROUGH HIS EFFORTS THE SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE STAFFS OF THESE H.Q.’S WAS GREATLY ENHANCED.

ON 9 DEC. 1944 MAJOR MACINTOSH WAS APPOINTED BRIGADE MAJOR, 1 CAN. INF. BDE. THIS APPOINTMENT CAME AT A TIME WHEN THE BRIGADE HAD SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE CASUALTIES IN THE CROSSING OF THE LANO VECCHIO, AND NAVIGLIO RIVERS DESPITE THESE LOSSES, WHICH IN MANY CASES RESULTED IN A TEMPORARY BREAKDOWN OF ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE BRIGADE, IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT THE BRIGADE CONTINUE IN ACTION FOR SOME WEEKS. IN HIS NEW APPOINTMENT MAJOR MACINTOSH SHOWED DOGGED DETERMINATION AND DISPLAYED UNTIRING EFFORTS IN ENSURING THAT THE COMMAND AND CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE BRIGADE WAS ALL THAT IT SHOULD BE. ON MANY OCCASIONS IT WAS NECESSARY THAT HE BE ORDERED TO REST, SO UNSELFISH WAS HE IN HIS TIME AND EFFORTS. IT WAS LARGELY THROUGH HIS ENDEAVOURS THAT A HEADQUARTERS, MADE UP OF MANY NEW APPOINTMENTS, WAS WELDED TOGETHER QUICKLY IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTION, AND FUNCTIONED SMOOTHLY. HIS ACTIONS UNDER SHELL FIRE AND HIS ENERGY AND PERSEVERANCE AS A STAFF OFFICER ARE AN EXAMPLE TO ALL WITH WHOM HE COMES IN CONTACT.