Georges Vanier

Major-General The Right Honourable Georges-Phil?as Vanier (April 23, 1888 - March 5, 1967) was a Canadian diplomat who was Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967.

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Georges Vanier was born in Montreal. He studied at Loyola College in Montreal, and received a law degree at the Montreal branch of Universit? Laval. During the First World War, he was a founding member of the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the French-Canadian battalion that, in 1920, became the famous Royal 22e R?giment. He received the Military Cross in 1916, the Distinguished Service Order, and Bar to the Military Cross in 1919. While leading an attack at Ch?risy, France in 1918, he lost his right leg. After a long convalescence, he returned to Montreal to practise law. He married Pauline Archer on September 29, 1921, and the couple had five children.

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1888: 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors....

March 5: March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). There are 301 days remaining....

1967: 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

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