 Major George Paxton Downie Cowan, a former member of 68th Battery, 15th Brigade, Canadian Artillery has been added to our list of fallen. He was a Lieutenant from 1926 to 1930. Promoted to Captain in 1932, he married Grace Cameron-Cowan-Dansey on 6 June 1933. When the war broke out, he was taken on strength 9th Battery 1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA, followed shortly with a transfer to 10th Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA on 28 December 1939. He embarked Halifax for overseas as a Lieutenant on 28 January 1940 and disembarked at Gourock, Scotland on 9 February 1940. Captain Cowan was posted to 8th Army Field Regiment RCA 10 February 1940, followed by a stint with 125 Officer Candidate Training Unit on 24 January 1941. A quick succession of units followed; 20th Battery, 2nd Anti-Tank Regiment RCA on 20 January 1942, 4th Field Regiment RCA on 14 September 1942, 5th Field Regiment RCA 28 August 1943, 4th Field Regiment RCA, again, on 16 September 1943, 1 Canadian G Reinforcement Unit 12 October 1943 before embarking for Italy on 26 October 1943. After disembarking on 8 November 1943 he was taken on strength with 2nd Field Regiment RCA on 12 January 1944, and then 92nd Battery, 3rd Field Regiment on 13 January 1944. On 25 May 1944 he was killed in action at Cassino Italy.
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