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Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseHarry Kenneth Dimoline was born in Britain in 1903. In 1921, he was made a second lieutenant in the artillery of the Territorial Army. In 1938, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He was a colonel by the time the European War began in 1939. In 1942, he was promoted to the war time rank of brigadier and was given command of the Royal Artillery 4th Indian Division and saw action in North Africa and Italy. In the same year, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1943, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1944, he successively served as the acting commanding officer of the Indian 4th Division in Italy, commanding officer of the Royal Artillery 47th (London) Infantry Division, and commanding officer of the Royal Artillery Indian 17th Infantry Division in Burma. Near the end of the war, he was reverted to the rank of colonel. In 1952, he was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for his association with the Auxiliary Police of the Federation of Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. He passed away in 1972.

ww2dbaseHarry Dimoline's brother, William Dimoline, was also a general in the British Army.

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