Lieutenant-General Michael Reginald Dare DSO, OMM, CD (August 1, 1917 – May 22, 1996) was a

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officer who became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada.

Career

Dare joined the

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as second lieutenant in the Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles in the 1930s.Canada Veterans' Hall of Valour
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as an infantry officer in The Royal Canadian Regiment, then as a staff officer at Headquarters, 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division in

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and then, from September 1944, as brigade major, 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division, before being appointed, in March 1945, assistant adjutant and quartermaster-general at Headquarters, 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division. He went on to be Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada in September 1969 before retiring in 1972. After retiring from the army, Dare succeeded John Starnes as head of the

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in 1973. He died in 1996 in Victoria, British Columbia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dare, Michael 1917 births 1996 deaths Officers of the Order of Military Merit (Canada) Vice Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Canada) Canadian generals Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Military personnel from Montreal Canadian Army personnel of World War II Royal Canadian Regiment officers