The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Joseph-Paul-Emile Bernatchez

Bernatchez, Joseph-Paul-Emile

Major-General

* 1st of March 1911

† 13th of November 1983

Promotions

1944-04-13 Acting Brigadier
1944-10-30 Temporary Brigadier
1951-12-01 Major-General

Service

1941-10-16 1944-01-12 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 22e Royal Regiment [Italy]
1944-04-13 1945-06-02 Commanding Officer 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade [Italy]
1945-06-03 1945-09-24 Commanding Officer 3rd Canadian Infantry Regiment, 6th Canadian Infantry Division
1946-01-30 1946-04-07 Special employed, National Defence Headquarters
1946-04-07 1946-07-15 Acting Deputy Adjutant-General (B), National Defence Headquarters
1946-07-15 1947-01-15 District Officer Commanding 5th Military District
1947-01-15 1948-02-15 Commanding Officer Eastern Quebec Area
1948-02-15 1949-09-XX General Officer Commanding Prairie Command
1949-09-XX Attending the National Defence College
1950-08-01 1951-05-30 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, National Defence Headquarters
1951-05-31 1951-08-15 Director-General of Military Training
1951-08-24 Chief of the Canadian Military Mission in the Far East
1957-12-13 General Officer Commanding Quebec Command
1957-12-XX 1961-07-XX Chairman of the NATO Military Agency for Standardisation [England]
1961-XX-XX 1964-XX-XX Vice Chief of the General Staff
1964-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Review - Royal Military College of Canada", 1965