Lieutenant-Colonel H. Lefort Bisaillon
Régiment de Maisonneuve

Not once, even when under exceedingly difficult situations, has he neglected doing the utmost for those under his command. His calmness and mastery of himself were a striking example to all ranks and whenever the battle was at its highest pitch he would go around to the coys to counsel and help them out.

(War diary, 18 Aug 1944)

Born in Quebec in 1907, Henri Lefort Bisaillon was the son of Colonel Pierre Bisaillon who had commanded the 85th Regiment from 1915 to 1920. He took a commission in his father’s old unit, now redesignated Régiment de Maisonneuve, in 1928. While stationed in the United Kingdom, in November 1942, he succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel M.L. de Rome and would lead the unit to France as part of the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division after D-Day.

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