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Lt. George Dundas MC & Bar
Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 61st Bde
from:Wheatley, Ontario, Canada
(d.2nd Sep 1918)
Lt. George Dundas attested to the Canadian Expeditionary Force on Mar 3rd, 1915. He enrolled directly from the University of Toronto into the Eaton Motor Machine Gun Brigade. While motorized machine guns were cutting edge technology at the time, they didn't fit easily into static trench warfare & were used very little. Due to boredom, George found a chance to enlist with the RFA, which he did. He joined either 61st or 161st brigade (not clear on that)in France during March 1916.
Bored again with the 18 pounders he transferred to trench mortars. At that point, as he says in a letter to his friend, "I wanted excitement and action and I bally well got it." He received the Military Cross in October 1916 at the Somme and added a bar in March 1918 during the German's spring offensive - a very rare combination. Less than 350 were awarded during the war I believe. Officers usually didn't live long enough to receive two commendations for bravery.
Lt. George Dundas, enrolled very near the beginning of the war & managed to come within about a month of seeing the end of it. He died Sept 2nd, 1918 and during the push east of Amiens. He is buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Lt. George was my Great-Great Uncle. I'd like to know more about the activities of his brigade or any other information related to him.
