Jean Jacques Paradis Explained

Jean Jacques Paradis
Rank:Lieutenant General
Branch:Canadian Army/Canadian Forces
Commands:Commander, Mobile Command
Allegiance: Canada
Birth Date:7 November 1928
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Awards:Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces' Decoration

Lieutenant General Jean Jacques Paradis CMM, CD (7 November 1928 – 31 August 2007) was the Commander, Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.

Military career

Educated at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and the Université de Montréal,[1] Paradis was commissioned the Royal 22e Régiment in 1950.[2] He served in Korea and Germany[2] and then became Commanding Officer of the 3e Bataillon in 1966.[1]

He was made a Director at the Canadian Army Staff College in 1968[2] and appointed Commander of the 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group at Valcartier in 1972.[1] He became Chief of Personnel in 1975 and Commander, Mobile Command in 1977.[2]

In retirement he became Overseas Marketing Director at Industries Valcartier, a munitions business,[3] and a Director of The Arches Foundation of Quebec, an organisation supporting the development of L'Arche communities in Quebec.[4]

He died after a long illness on 31 August 2007.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.journaladsum.com/ftp/journaux/VOL_36_NO_07_ADSUM_2007-09-12.pdf Décès du Lieutenant Général Jacques Paradis
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=953E0vPpvOEC&dq=%22Commander+Mobile+Command%22&pg=PA129 To serve Canada: a history of the Royal Military College since the Second World War By Richard Arthur Preston
  3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19810523&id=FwoiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1522,803333 The Private Side of a Top Soldier
  4. Web site: Fondation des Arches du Québec . 2010-04-11 . 2009-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090821070953/http://www.fondationarchesquebec.com/fr/Evenements/Campagnes_de_financement . dead .