Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders of Canada 1985 -1988

Lieutenant Colonel H.W.G. Mowat joined the Victoria Rifles of Canada Cadet Corps in Montreal in 1960. He rose to command the corps before its disbandment in 1964. He transferred to and assisted in forming the 4th Field Engineers Cadet Corps at Hillside Armoury. He was awarded the Gold Star and Lord Strathcona Medal.

Lieutenant Colonel Mowat joined the Regular Army in 1966. He served with the 2nd Battalion, the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment and 3 Canadian Mechanized Commando. He served in Gagetown, N.B., Cyprus and Northwest Europe. He held appointments as Platoon Com- mander, Assistant Adjutant, Company Second in Command (NWE), Operations Officer (NWE), Mortar Platoon Commander (NWE), and School of Infantry), ending his Regular Force career as Unit Support Officer of the Royal Regiment of Canada. Lieutenant Colonel Mowat was a graduate of the Canadian Forces Staff School, and the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College.

In 1980, Lieutenant Colonel Mowat retired from the Regular Force and transferred to the Royal Regiment of Canada as Adjutant and subsequently Company Commander. He transferred to and served as Company Commander with the Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton) Regiment in 1983. In January 1984, he joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada as the Deputy Commanding Officer.

Born in Montreal in 1947, Lieutenant Colonel Mowat married his wife, Lee, whom he met in Cyprus in 1969. They had two children Tara and Jason.

Lieutenant Colonel Mowat was an Account Executive in the Employee Benefit Services Department at the National Victoria and Grey Trust Company.