"it took Hollywood to bring him to your attention."

Not in my case, Wig.
I first learned of Clouston in May 1990 while watching CBC's excellent documentary of the 50th anniversary re-enactment. The 40 minute film devoted almost 4 minutes to Clouston.

I was stunned. I considered myself to be quite well-informed about Canada's role in the Second World War yet here was a fellow Montrealer who had done so much during a monumental event... yet I'd never heard of him?

I subsequently contacted our War Museum but they said they could do nothing re. Clouston because he did not serve with a Canadian unit.

Thankfully, I videotaped the documentary ("We Shall Fight on the Beaches!") and showed it my students every November. I wrote to various Canadian media prior to the 70th and 75th anniversaries, asking them to highlight this 'unknown Canadian hero of Dunkirk' but none of them replied.

The recent film has provided an opportunity, perhaps the last, to give Clouston some well-earned recog'n.