Jean Allard

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Person.png Jean Allard  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(officer)
Jean Allard.jpg
Born12 June 1913
Sainte-Monique-de-Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Died23 April 1996 (Age 82)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Senior Canadian officer. Bilderberg 1968

General Jean Victor Allard was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 to 1969. He attended the 1968 Bilderberg meeting.

Military career

Allard was an officer in the Régiment de Trois-Rivières prior to World War II. After the outbreak of war in 1939, he was attested to the Canadian Active Service Force and promoted to the rank of major. When the active component of his regiment was redesignated to become an Anglophone armoured unit, he requested a transfer to the infantry and became the Deputy Commanding Officer of Régiment de la Chaudière in England.[1] In December 1943, he became the Commanding Officer of the Royal 22e Régiment in Italy.[1]

He was in command of the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade at the end of the war in Germany, in the rank of brigadier (now brigadier-general).[1] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on three occasions. He was the Canadian Military Attaché in Moscow after the war until 1948 when he was appointed Commander for the East Quebec Area.[1]

During the Korean War, he commanded the 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade from April 1953.[1] He signed the truce at Panmunjon on Canada's behalf on 27 July 1953. He became commander of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade in 1954 and Commander of the Eastern Quebec Area in 1956.[1] In 1958 he was made Vice-Chief of the General Staff.[1]

As a major-general, he commanded the British 4th Division from 1961 to 1963, as part of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR).[1] In 1964 he was made Chief of Operational Readiness.[1] As a lieutenant-general, he was Commander, Mobile Command from 1965 to 1966, comprising the Canadian land forces in Canada and, at that time, the close air support forces, as well.[1]

In July 1966, Allard was promoted to full general. From 1966 to 1969, he was Chief of the Defence Staff.[1]

In 1985, he published his memoirs, with English translation in 1988 The memoirs of General Jean V. Allard, written in cooperation with Serge Bernier.[2]

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196826 April 196828 April 1968Canada
Mont Tremblant
The 17th Bilderberg and the 2nd in Canada
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References

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k http://www.generals.dk/general/Allard/Jean-Victor/Canada.html
  2. Jean V. Allard. Mémoires du Général Jean V. Allard. Ottawa, Les Éditions de Mortagne, 1985. ISBN 2-89074-190-7