Lieutenant-Colonel Alex Dupuis
12th (Three Rivers) Tank Regiment

There is no fault to find with this officer’s moral character and he is hard working. He, however, seems entirely lacking in initiative and drive. His office acts solely as a Post Office with the result that much work that should be done by him is passed to this H.Q. I consider this officer is out of his depth in his present command.

(Confidential report, 21 Feb 1941)

Born in Quebec City on 31 October 1888, George Elzer Alexandre Dupuis was a decorated First World War veteran with a Military Cross and Bar. He had joined the 22nd Battalion in France as a reinforcement officer on 1 July 1916. Although twice wounded he remained on duty and by April 1917 had been promoted to acting major. When many of the senior officers were wounded during the battle of Amiens, Dupuis briefly took command of the battalion from 28 August to 10 September 1918.

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