Lieutenant-Colonel E.J. Scott-Dudley
Saskatoon Light Infantry

I was attached to A Company commanded by Maj. E.J. Scott-Dudley. That was the beginning of a very unhappy association. He knew of how I came to the Battalion and, like everyone else, misunderstood the situation. He was a banker who despised his own farm background. On my part even his hyphenated name was repulsive.

(Maj. H.C. Mitchell, Wartime Exploits, 12)

Born on 3 September 1907 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Edward John Scott-Dudley was a Saskatoon bank manager, accountant, and member of the Saskatoon Light Infantry since 1932. In the United Kingdom, he served as company commander and then second-in-command of the battalion under Lieutenant-Colonel Charles McKerron, who he replaced at the end of September 1941.

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