Ghislain Sauvé
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Joseph Robert Ghislain Sauvé, MBE is a Canadian major and Base Construction Engineering Officer in the Canadian Forces.
He was posted to England in 2000 as a a design engineer on exchange with the British Army's Royal Engineers. He served in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005, he was made a Member of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire. His citation read: "No one person across the military specialist engineer effort contributed as much, as often or across so many operations". He is only one of eight Canadians who have been awarded the MBE since 1986. He was also awarded an Operational Service Medal (with Afghanistan Bar) and an Operation Service Medal (with Iraq Bar).
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- People at Work - Britain Honours Canadian Officer. Air Force Public Affairs / Department of National Defence.
- Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005. Royal Air Force.
