Colin mcdougall biography

Canadian author

Colin Malcolm McDougallDSO (1917–1984) was a Canadian author best known for his 1958 Governor General's Award-winning novel Execution.

Biography

Born in Montreal, McDougall studied at McGill University before enlisting in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during World War II. He was sent overseas, where he served as an officer during Canadian participation in the Italian campaign.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and was Mentioned in Despatches. The recommendation for his DSO describes how he had fought in virtually every major engagement following the Allied invasion of Sicily, rising from a platoon commander, to regimental adjutant, then commanding the support company and finally, for the year before the recommendation was made, becoming commander of B company.

It further describes three particular attacks led by him, including an action on 21 September 1944 when the company was ordered to improve the batta