Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier PC DSO MC CD (April 23 1888 – March 5 1967) was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada the 19th since Canadian Confederation.Vanier was born and educated in Quebec and after earning a university degree in law served in the Canadian army during the First World War; on the European battlefields he lost a limb but was commended for his actions with a number of decorations from the King.
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