Moodie, J. W. Dunbar (John Wedderburn Dunbar), 1797-1869

found: Letters of love and duty, c1993:t.p. (John Moodie) t.p. verso (Can. CIP: Moodie, J.W. Dunbar (John Wedderburn Dunbar), 1797-1869)

found: LC data base, 11-03-93(hdg.: Moodie, J. W. Dunbar (John Wedderburn Dunbar), 1797-1869)

found: Ten years in South Africa, 1835:t.p. (Lieut. J.W.D. Moodie, 21st Fusiliers)

found: Dictionary of Canadian biography online, 30 Sept., 2014(Moodie, John Wedderburn Dunbar, army officer, farmer, public servant, and writer; b. 7 Oct. 1797 at Melsetter in the Orkney Islands; d. 22 Oct. 1869 at Belleville, Ont.; joined the army as a second lieutenant in the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers in 1813; took part in the disastrous night attack on Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands on 8 Mar. 1814 and was shot in the left wrist; served for a time as magistrate at Umkomas, Natal, but returned to England in 1829 and began a writing career; married Susanna Strickland on 4 Apr. 1831, moved to Southwold, Suffolk, and then decided to immigrate to Canada in 1832; purchased a farm near Cobourg, Upper Canada, in Oct. 1832; served in the provincial militia, and in Nov. 1839 ... was appointed sheriff of Victoria District; together with Susanna he edited and contributed to the Victoria Magazine, published at Belleville from 1847 to 1848; His contributions include light verse, short stories, essays, and lectures)