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Lieutenant-Colonel Thain Wendell MacDowell, V.C., D.S.O., 1890-1960
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2004
Photo from Google Street View ©2010 Google - Posted December, 2010
Photo Source - Wikipedia
Plaque Location
The United Counties of Leeds & Grenville
The Township of Augusta
In Maitland, on the northwest corner of
King Street (Road 2) and Church Street
Coordinates: N 44 38.163 W 75 36.732 |
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Plaque Text
Born at Lachute, Quebec, MacDowell moved to Maitland in 1897. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1915. During World War I, he enlisted, on January 9, 1915, in the 38th Battalion, C.E.F. On April 9, 1917, during the battle of Vimy Ridge, assisted by two runners, he captured two machine guns, two officers and seventy-five men. With the vision of the enemy obscured by a turn in a passage in their dug-out, he was able to convince them that he commanded a vastly superior force. His action eliminated a serious obstacle to the gaining of his battalion's objective, and he was awarded the British Empire's highest decoration for valour, the Victoria Cross.
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> Posted October 8, 2009
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