Richard Rohmer

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Lieutenant General Richard Rohmer OC CMM OOnt DFC CD KC
Rohmer at a Remembrance Day ceremony in 2012
Born	(1924-01-24) January 24, 1924 (age 100) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Allegiance	Canada
Service / branch	Air Command[a]
Years of service	1942–1981
Rank	Major General Lieutenant General (honorary)
Commands	Chief of Reserves of the Canadian Armed Forces Commander of the Air Reserve Group
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Order of Canada Order of Military Merit Order of Saint John Order of Ontario Distinguished Flying Cross Canadian Forces' Decoration Order of Leopold (Belgium) Legion of Honour (France)
Spouse(s)	Mary Whiteside ​ ​ (m. 1949; died 2020)​
Children	2, including Ann
Other work	Author, lawyer, columnist

Richard Heath Rohmer OC CMM OOnt DFC CD KC (born January 24, 1924) is a Canadian aviator, lawyer, adviser, author and historian.

Rohmer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and spent some of his early youth in Pasadena, California, as well as in western Ontario at Windsor and Fort Erie. The Peterborough Examiner's lead editorial of January 14, 2009 describes Rohmer as "one of Canada's most colourful figures of the past half-century". General Rohmer served as honorary advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces from 2014 to 2017. He was the advisor to the Minister of Veterans Affairs for the organization and conduct of Canada's celebration of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day celebrations in Normandy in June 2014 and the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland in May 2015. He is a veteran of D-Day, the Battle of Normandy and the Liberation of Holland.
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