Manège militaire Colonel J.A. McIntosh DSO, ED

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McINTOSH AMOURY
COL J.A. McINTOSH, DSO, ED

• Born Galt, Ontario 10 December 1885
• Commissioned in 29 Waterloo Regiment of Infantry - 1912
• Volunteered for overseas service in the Great War with 18th Battalion
  CEF - 1914
• Twice wounded, twice Mentioned in Dispatches for bravery
• Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) at the Battle of
  Courselette - 1918
• Mobilized the Highland Light Infantry of Canada for Service in 1940 and
  led them overseas to England
• Promoted to Full Colonel, he returned to Canada to command Military
  Districts 2 and 10 as well as the Camp Borden Training Complex
• Except for Wartime service Colonel McIntosh served as Postmaster for
  Galt from 1919 until retirement in 1951. He served two terms of City
  Council and was head of the Civil Defence Organization for eight years.
  He passed away in Galt on 07 September 1970 at age 85

"ONE OF CANADA'S CITIZEN SOLDIERS"