259233 Capt. Jean Henry "John" Gauthier DSO, LOH.Canadian Army Battalion HQ Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry from:Montreal, Canada Major Jean Gauthier was in the Canadian Army before the war. He volunteered in the CanLoan officer program and was integrated as a British Army Captain with the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry as an intelligence officer.
He went ashore on D+? and was tasked numerous times to make contact with the French resistance behind German lines to guide the advancement of the brigade (for which he was awarded the French Legion of Honour after the War).
He reached the Rhine with the British forces at the end of the war. After demobilization he remained as a career officer in the Canadian Army where he was commanding officer of the third (or fourth?) battalion of the Canadian Guards and saw more action in Korea.
He was 2IC of the UNMOGIP in Kashmir/Pakistan as a Colonel. He finished his military career as Military Attache to the Canadian Embassy to France in Paris. His last posting was head of VIP security for the Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67. He passed away in France in early 1999 at the age of 81.
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