Colonel Harry Merville Jacques DSO, MD (12 November 1873 – 5 March 1956) was the 8th Canadian Surgeon General.
Jacques joined the Non-Permanent Active Militia as a Lieutenant with the 68th (King's County) Regiment in 1905, and the following year joined the Permanent Active Militia Medical Corps (PAMC).[1]
With the outbreak of World War I, he was Taken on Strength of the CEF in 1915,[2] and was sent overseas with 2nd Division, PAMC. The following year, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order "for his conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty."[3] In particular, he was noted as having "supervised the clearing of the front and [controlling] the work of the advanced and main dressing stations with great skill and personal courage."[3]
Colonel Jacques died on March 5, 1956, at the age of 83.