Source: Duty Nobly Done, page 236.
Family Search: When Private Henry Lorne McFadyen was born on 16 March 1894, in Eldon Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada, his father, Ronald Macfadyen, was 45 and his mother, Margaret Jamieson, was 40. He lived in Victoria, Ontario, Canada in 1901. He registered for military service in 1916. He died on 10 November 1917, in Passendale, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 23, and was buried in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
730710 Pte. H.L. McFadyen, Infy.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as a stretcher bearer. After a raid he found himself isolated with several wounded men in a shell hole close to the enemy’s lines for a period of two days and a night. During this time, with splendid and unselfish devotion, he deprived himself of his clothing to make his wounded comrades more comfortable, and eventually brought them back to our lines safely, although in an exhausted condition himself.
Source: The London Gazette Publication date: 19 October 1917 Supplement: 30346 Page: 10869
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 