Lieutenant-Colonel Art Fraser
Royal Regiment of Canada
The raid was costly in that many lives were lost, but the lessons learned at Dieppe were essential for the future undertakings of the Allied forces. The invasion of North Africa might have been a dismal failure along with future invasions without the knowledge gleaned at Dieppe.
(Ottawa Citizen, 26 Feb 1943, 15)
Born in Victoria, British Columbia in April 1907, Arthur Hayward Fraser enlisted with the Canadian Scottish in 1922, received a commission in 1928, and transferred to the Permanent Force with the PPCLI in 1931. During the early phase of the Second World War, he served on the general staff of the 2nd Canadian Division and became brigade major of the 4th Infantry Brigade prior to the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942.
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