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Major Frederick Harold Dunham

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1880-01-29
Place of birth: Saint John New Brunswick Canada
Next of kin: Norma J. Dunham, wife. 32 Oakmount Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Wholesale Woollens
Occupation (normalized): Working Proprietor (Wholesale Trade)
Address: Not specified
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death: 1951-04-24

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Major (58th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Major, 58th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Major (Army). 1916-04-20 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded August 8, 1918
Awards

Military Cross
Description: For gallantry and good leadership. He handled his men with great skill and coolness during an attack against a village, which he captured. He then reorganized his command and advanced against an enemy position and captured it, together with many prisoners and machine guns. His courage and example greatly contributed to the success of his company.
Date of award: 1919-01-11
Source: London Gazette No. 31119, pg. 655

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 369492
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2739-S038
Uploader's Notes:

Prior service 6 years with the 48th Regiment, 11 years with the 12th Regiment and 1 year with the RCR in South Africa.

Frederick Harold Dunham Obituary – Toronto Star April 25, 1951 Page 2

Hold Funeral Friday For Col. F.H. Dunham

Funeral service will be held Friday for Lieut.-Col. Frederick Harold Dunham, 71. A veteran of two wars, who died Tuesday at Sunnybrook hospital. He was head of F.H. Dunham and Co., a woolens firm established in 1920.

Born at Saint John, N.B., of U.E.L. stock, he was a graduate of Central Technical school, Toronto, and was associated with the W.R. Brock Co.

Joining the Canadian militia in 1897, her served in the South African war with the First Canadian Contingent. During World War I he served with the 35th, 44th and 58th Battalions, C.E.F., and was twice wounded and mentioned in dispatches. He was awarded the M.C. and the V.D. From 1925 to 1927 he was lieutenant-colonel commanding the Queen’s Rangers.

Col. Dunham was a member of the Canadian Corps council from 1935 to 1938. He was a past president of the Township of York Community Services, former member of the board of directors of York Board of Trade and a member of the Canadian Military Institute, the R.C.Y.C. and Victoria Presbyterian church.

He is survived by his widow, Norma R. Dunham; one son, Herbert F. Dunham, Newmarket, and three daughters, Mrs. Eric Stephan, Montreal, Mrs. J.S. Vanderploeg and Mrs. Geoffrey W. Smith, both of Toronto.

Service will be held in Yorke Bros. chapel, Bloor St. W., with interment in Park Lawn cemetery.

Uploader's Research notes: 35th Battalion Nominal Roll [Major Army Canadian Infantry 35th Battalion Major Army Canadian Infantry 58th Battalion D Company Military Cross For gallantry and good leadership. He handled his men with great skill and coolness during an attack against a village, which he captured. He then reorganized his command and advanced against an enemy position and captured it, together with many prisoners and machine guns. His courage and example greatly contributed to the success of his company. ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2007-06-28
Last modified: 2014-07-27