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John Robertson McDowell

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Pte John McDowell

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 23.02.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Montreal, Quebec.
  • Service no: 418092
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 42nd Battalion
  • Place of Death: Canada
  • Age at Death: 30?
  • Date of Death: 22.12.1917
  • Burial Country: Canada
  • Cemetery: Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montreal
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: P.800.S.M.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06.07.1887
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Shoe Maker
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Agnes Melville McDowell, 647 Evelyn St, Verdun, Quebec

  • Children:

More about John Robertson McDowell

John enlisted and served under the name of John Robertson. His wife is also recorded as residing at 3776 Wellington St, Verdun, Montreal. It is believed that John lied about his age when he enlisted as a medical report within his service file records his hair as grey and aged between 50-55.

For more information on John, visit, John’s Memorial also John’s Service Record

There is also a reference to John in the Dundee Peoples Journal 30/03/1918 page 6, available in Dundee Central Library

For reasons unknown John McDowell is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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