Westmount, Quebec – 23 May 2017: The Canadian Jewish Experience, proudly celebrating Canada’s 150 years, invites the friends & members of the RMR regimental family to a unique opportunity: A panel composed of Jewish veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces who will discuss their military experience as Jews, spanning eight decades of service, and specific issues encountered and surmounted.
WHEN: Monday May 29, 2017 at 7 PM
WHERE: Officers’ Mess, 4625 Ste-Catherine Street West, Montreal QC H3Z 1S4
RSVP: 2017cje@gmail.com
Panel will be moderated by Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Garber, CD, who served 32 years in the Army Reserve, including command of the Brockville Rifles regiment.
Panel members:
Honorary Colonel David Hart, MM, CD
HCol Hart, aged 99 ¾, was awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the battlefield as a young Sergeant at Dieppe. He is the longest serving Honorary Colonel in the Canadian Army.
Major-General (retired) Edward Fitch, OMM, MSM, CD
MGen Fitch is only the second Jewish member of the Canadian Armed Forces to attain the rank of major-general. He served multiple tours with NATO and UN forces around the world.
Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Dr. Markus Martin, CD, MDCM
Dr. Markus Martin, a distinguished Montreal-based physician, commanded 51st Medical Company in Canada’s Army Reserve prior to his operational deployment to Afghanistan.