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EARLY NEXT SPRING the people of Canada will welcome a new Governor-General, in the person of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, distinguished soldier and strategist of two world wars. His appointment has been received with enthusiasm and satisfaction in all parts of the Dominion both by members of the armed forces, who served under him overseas, and by all others who are familiar with his distinguished record in the service of the Empire. Sir Harold will be the seventeenth Governor- General since Confederation and he is the second great British soldier to hold that office. The first one was Baron Byng of Vimy, who commanded the Canadian Corps for a time during the First World War, and was later Governor-General of Canada from 1721 to 1925. Lir Harold, who is fifty-three years of age, is the on of the Earl of Calibon, of County Tyrone, Ire land, and he is Britain's youngest Field Marshal. He comes to Canada at the peak of a brilliant military career, during which he took part in many of the decisive actions of the ‘war. ‘The first of these was the evacuation of Dunkerque, which although it was a defeat, is also recognized as a great military and moral achieve ment. In that action, Field Marshal Alexander was the last man to leave ‘the shores of France. Lord Gort's report describes this incident in the following words, “on being satisfied that no troops were left on shore they (Alexander and a senior naval officer) left for England.” He took part also in the retreat in Burma where he succeeded General Sir Claude ‘Auchinleck as commander. Here he again proved great in defeat, and was ‘successful in bringing four-fifths of his divisions to safety over dificult jungle trails.
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Rapid City Reporter
Rapid City, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Sep 20, 1945
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