Facts:   - birth name: john cecil alexander dowse    - death date: 16 august 1964    - ru nationalyears: 1914      - ru nationalcaps: 3    - ru proclubs: monkstown    - birth date: 11 november 1891    - name: john dowse    - ru position: forward    - ru nationalteam: ireland   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john dowse .
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major-general john cecil alexander dowse -lrb- 1891 -- 1964 -rrb- was an irish-born british army medical officer in world war i and world war ii .he played rugby for ireland in 1914 .