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General Crerar Public School

School History

Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (1888 - 1965) was a Canadian Army officer and diplomat. Harry Crerar was educated at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, and joined the Militia in the years preceding WWI. During the war, he served with distinction as a Canadian Field Artillery officer on French and Flanders battlefields, being awarded the Distinguished Service Order.