10 Facts About Jacques Dextraze

Jacques Dextraze served in World War II in North West Europe where he was granted command of his regiment in action and was awarded two Distinguished Service Orders.

Jacques Dextraze's battalion won considerable acclaim for its stubborn stand at "Hill 355" when allied troops withdrew, leaving the "Vingt deux" surrounded but unshaken.

The military component headquarters, coordinated by Jacques Dextraze, was in the process of planning the mission's withdrawal in early 1964 as the Simba rebellion loomed.

Jacques Dextraze launched a small-scale operation during Pierre Mulele's Kwilu Province uprising of January 1964 in order to save at least some of the threatened aid workers and missionaries under attack from the jeunesse.

Jacques Dextraze led missions to rescue a group of non-governmental organization personnel, who were hostages of Katangan rebels in the Congo.

Jacques Dextraze was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his service.

Jacques Dextraze was one of Canada's most distinguished peacekeeping commanders.

Jacques Dextraze retired from the Canadian Forces in 1977 and from 1977 to 1982 was chairman of the Canadian National Railway.

Jacques Dextraze's son, Richard Paul Dextraze, was Killed In Action in Vietnam 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.

Jacques Dextraze is interred along with his father in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal, Quebec.