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John Boileau

Retired colonel John Boileau served in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC) for 37 years and commanded Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians). In retirement, he was honorary colonel of the Halifax Rifles (RCAC) for 10 years. He is an author and a media commentator who specializes in military history and has written 15 books and about 650 articles. Boileau was founding chair of the Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society and chair of the National Council of Honorary Colonels. He is a recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Nova Scotia), a Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Vice-Regal Commendation and a Commander Canadian Army Commendation.

Articles by John Boileau

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Canadian Forces Base Valcartier

McKee's Purchase

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Wade Isaacs

Margaret Martha Brooke served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1942 to 1962. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her heroism after the sinking of the SS Caribou.

Margaret Brooke

Toronto Purchase (Treaty 13)

Alexander George Edwin Smith

Alexander George Edwin Smith

John Shiwak

Centurion Tank

Canadian Forces in Europe During the Cold War

Victory Bonds Poster 1918

Canada and Antisubmarine Warfare in the First World War

Recovery of Titanic Lifeboat

Halifax and Titanic

Royal Canadian Infantry School Badge

Infantry

David Kejick

Michel Cadotte

Canadian Midshipmen Killed in Battle of Coronel

Battle of Coronel

A worker with a Browning Hi-Power pistol

Browning Hi-Power Pistol

Richard Jack painting “The Second Battle of Ypres”.

Artistic Legacy of the First World War

Canadian Peacekeepers in Croatia

Canadian Peacekeepers in the Balkans

Treaties in Ontario

John Collins' Purchase

Sherman Tank

Sentry Duty

Trench Warfare

Major Paul Triquet, VC

Paul Triquet, VC

Bren Gun

St. Joseph's Island Treaty (No. 11)

James Francis “Stocky” Edwards

Cdr Paul Smith

Paul Smith

Niagara Purchase

David Greyeyes-Steele

Tanks Arriving at Khandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 2007

Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)

Shannen Koostachin

Shannen Koostachin

Treaties in Ontario

Johnson-Butler Purchase

The North Sydney to Port-aux-Basques passenger ferry SS Caribou was sunk by the German submarine U-69 on 14 October 1942.

Sinking of the SS Caribou

Sandra Perron

John Osborn

John Osborn, VC

Commemorative Stamp

William Neilson Hall

Treaties in Ontario

Crawford Purchase

National Aboriginal Veterans Monument

Willard Bolduc

Ian Bazalgette

Ian Willoughby Bazalgette

James Gladstone

James Gladstone

John Croak

John Bernard Croak

Louis Levi Oakes

Curtiss HS-2L Flying Boat

Royal Canadian Naval Air Service (RCNAS)

David Hornell, VC

David Ernest Hornell

Arthur Roy Brown, pilot

Arthur Roy Brown

Clifford MacKay McEwen

Clifford MacKay McEwen

Alan McLeod, VC

Alan Arnett McLeod

Victoria Cross

Thomas Ricketts, VC

Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson, VC

London Township Treaty (No. 6)

Valour Road Stamp

Valour Road

CSEF in Russia

Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force

12e Régiment blindé du Canada 150th Anniversary

12e Régiment blindé du Canada

Canadian Peacekeepers in Haiti

Canada in Afghanistan

Canadian Armed Forces

Halifax Memorial

Robert Hampton Gray, VC

Charge of the Light Brigade

Alexander Dunn, VC

Joseph Benjamin Keeper

Joseph Benjamin Keeper

"Lacrosse, National Sport" stamp, 1967

Bill Isaacs

First-class accomodations, RMS <i>Titanic</i>

Titanic

Angela Chalmers

Battle of Batoche

Battle of Batoche

Parliament Buildings

Merchant Navy of Canada

Gordon Flowerdew, VC

Gordon Flowerdew, VC

Hugh Cairns, VC

Hugh Cairns, VC

Menin Gate

Fred Fisher, VC

Vimy Monument

Coulson Norman Mitchell, VC

Dieppe Raid

John Foote, VC

Dieppe Raid

Charles Cecil Merritt, VC

David Currie, VC

David Currie, VC

Charlie Martin

Charlie Martin

Gilbert Monture

Gradual Enfranchisement Act

Isabel Macneill

Isabel Macneill

George McLean

George McLean

Penetanguishene Treaty (No. 5)

Charles Henry Byce

Charles Henry Byce

National Aboriginal Veterans Monument

Leo Bouchard

Léo Major

Sombra Township Treaty (No.7)

National Aboriginal Veterans Monument

Samuel Glode

Huron Eldon Brant, 1943.

Huron Brant

HMCS Niobe

HMCS Niobe

British-Inuit Peace Treaty

Burgess-Dunne Floatplane, 1914

Canadian Aviation Corps

Pack Horse

Animals that Served in the First World War

Edwin Victor Cook

Edwin Victor Cook

Leopard 1 Tank

Landing of the Mohawks

Crown Grant to the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte

Joey Angnatok

Joey Angnatok

The Supreme Court of Canada

Guerin Case

Nadine Caron

Tanks Arriving at Khandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, 2007

Leopard 2 Tank

Canadian Armed Forces

Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces

107th cap badge

107th Timber Wolf Battalion

Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters

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Elijah Smith

Alexander Thomas Augusta

Alexander Thomas Augusta

John Henry Yahba

William Andrew White

William Andrew White

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Lance Isaacs

Lieutenant-General Jocelyn (Joe) Paul

Jocelyn (Joe) Paul

Oliver Milton Martin

Badge of The Royal Canadian Dragoons

The Royal Canadian Dragoons

Samuel Sharpe

Samuel Simpson Sharpe

Jennifer Bennett

Jennifer Bennett