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Pierre Edouard Leclerc

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Major-General Pierre Edouard Leclerc, CBE, MM, ED, CD (1893–1982) was a Canadian Army officer. One of the Army's few senior French-Canadian officers, he commanded the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade until he was relieved for health reasons in 1941.[1]

He subsequently commanded the 7th Canadian Infantry Division.

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  1. ^ Granatstein, J.L. (2005). The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War (2nd ed.). Calgary: University of Calgary Press. pp. 249–250.