Brigadier-General Paul Triquet was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour “in the face of the enemy.”
He was born in Cabano in 1910. He was 33 and a captain in the Royal 22e Régiment, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Infantry Corps during the Second World War.
On December 14, 1943, Captain Triquet’s company, augmented by an Ontario Tank Regiment squadron, fiercely assaulted the fortified Casa Berardi. Enemy resistance cut them off from the rest of the regiment.
With only fifteen men and three tanks remaining, he continued to advance. By the time the regiment finally sent reinforcements the next day, Triquet’s group had repelled numerous counter-attacks. Triquet’s sense of duty and leadership earned him the Victoria Cross.
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