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* 1961-1963 Major-General Jean Allard
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At the Dutch headquarters at Genappe ( about five kilometres ( 3 miles ) from Quatre Bras ), Major-General Jean Victor de Constant Rebecque, chief of staff to the Prince of Orange, realising the danger ordered Lieutenant-General Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitsky the commander of the 2nd Dutch Division to dispatch his 2nd Brigade ( Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ) to occupy Quatre Bras.
At the head of a division he took part in the celebrated campaigns of 1795-1797, and in 1796 covered Major-General Jean Moreau's right when that general invaded Bavaria.
These men signed up with the French buccaneer, Jean Baptiste Lafitte to join the army of Major-General Andrew Jackson.
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Allard was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of Sibyl Jean ( née Stewart ) and Amos Wilson Allard.
* April 23 – Jean Victor Allard, general and first French-Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff ( born 1913 )
Notable Franco-Manitobans include Métis nationalist Louis Riel, former Manitoba Premier Marc-Amable Girard, world-renowned writer Gabrielle Roy, international singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie, current federal Member of Parliament Kevin Lamoureux, former federal Members of Parliament Ronald Duhamel, Raymond Simard and Robert Bockstael, former provincial MLAs Jean Allard, Albert Préfontaine, Edmond Préfontaine, Neil Gaudry and Laurent Desjardins, current member of the Canadian Senate Maria Chaput, professional hockey players Jonathan Toews and Travis Hamonic, and country singer Lucille Starr.
Jean Victor Allard, ( 12 June 1913 – 23 April 1996 ) was the first French Canadian to become Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest position in the Canadian Forces, from 1966 – 1969.
In 1985, he published his memoirs, with English translation in 1988 The memoirs of General Jean V. Allard, written in cooperation with Serge Bernier.
The main proponent of the Airborne was General Jean Victor Allard who, as commander of the Army ( i. e. Mobile Command ) and then Chief of Defence Staff, created it between 1965 and 1968 as a large rapid-reaction, light mobile force, suitable for overseas brigade-size missions.
He faced the most difficult challenge of his career in the 1966 election, but still defeated Liberal Jean René Allard by a significant margin.
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