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The National Headquarters of The Royal Canadian Legion in Ottawa, Ontario, feature a Wall of Remembrance, adorned by a three-metre long stainless steel sword (2006) by André Gauthier, who also provided a small work of art on the theme of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (2001) and “Of Such as These” (2003), a small bas-relief of Canadian World War II soldiers, presented by the Conference ...
Belzile was commissioned in The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada in 1951. [2] He was then assigned as a platoon commander in Korea. [2] Upon his return from the Korean theatre, he assumed a number of staff and command positions including that of adjutant with 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and staff officer at Quebec Command Headquarters in Montreal.
Royal Canadian Legion Military Museum: Newfoundland and Labrador: Grand Falls-Windsor: Military: information, information, operated by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Museum: Newfoundland and Labrador: Pleasantville: Military: information, history of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment: Atlantic Canada Aviation ...
As a full colonel, Carignan became Commandant of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean in 2013. When Carignan was promoted to brigadier-general, in June 2016, she became the first Canadian female general from a combat command. She was promoted again in 2019, to major-general, and commanded NATO forces in Iraq.
Manuel was the chairman at the Woodland Cemetery Memorial Pilgrimage Annual July 1 Observance. He was also an executive member in the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 561, having attained the highest award the Legion issues. He raised funds for the Kidney Foundation in Elliot Lake and has started a fundraiser of his own, Koins for Kids, under the ...
In 1942, he married Frances Helena Pare. They had four sons; Richard, Jacques, Robert and John. His son, Richard Paul Dextraze, was Killed In Action (KIA) in Vietnam [1] on April 23, 1969, where he fought as a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, and was a posthumous recipient of the Silver Star medal and the Purple Heart.
Macaulay joined the Canadian Forces as part of the Officer Candidate Training Program in 1989 and was commissioned as an armoured officer in the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). [1] He served as chief of staff of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command Iraq from April 2015 to March 2016, [ 2 ] and then became commander of 5th ...
Scott Edward George Bishop CMM CD is a Canadian naval flag officer serving as a Vice Admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. He presently serves as Canada's Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee, and was commander of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command from 2016 to 2021. [2] [3]