Lieutenant-Colonel Lucien Lalonde
Régiment de Maisonneuve

German officers are hypocrites and constitute a class that should be watched closely, especially when they appear submissive and eager to cooperate. Isms of any kind are no good for use. Those who preach them in Canada have never been to the countries they speak so glowingly about. In fact, they don’t know what they are talking about.

(Lalonde in Montreal Gazette, 15 Mar 1946, 2)

Born in Montreal on 14 December 1908, George Lucien Lalonde graduated from L’Assomption College in 1926 and the University of Montreal with a law degree in 1930. He mobilized as with the Régiment de Maisonneuve, and went overseas as a captain in August 1940. When Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Bourassa fell ill, Major-General Victor Odlum of the 2nd Division considered Lalonde for the appointment. It was, however, deemed inappropriate to promote a captain over the unit’s other senior officers. Instead, he went to the war staff college.

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