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John Boileau

Retired colonel John Boileau served in the Canadian Army for thirty-seven years, including command of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), and went on to be appointed Honorary Colonel of the Halifax Rifles (RCAC) for ten years. He is an author and media commentator who specializes in military history and has written fifteen books and more that 650 magazine and newspaper articles. Two of his books, Fastest in the World and Halifax and the Royal Canadian Navy were shortlisted for the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction. John was founding chair of the Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society and chair of the National Council of Honorary Colonels. He is a recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia, the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal (NS), a Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia Vice-Regal Commendation and a Commander Canadian Army Commendation. He and his wife, Miriam, live in Bedford, Nova Scotia.

Books by John Boileau

The Lucky and the Lost

The Lives of Titanic’s Children

by (author) John Boileau & Patricia Boileau Theriault

The Lucky and the Lost

The Lives of Titanic's Children

by (author) John Boileau
with Patricia Theriault

Canada's Soliders in South Africa

Tales from the Boer War, 1899-1902

by (author) John Boileau

Amazing Atlantic Canadian Kids

Awesome Stories of Bravery and Adventure

by (author) John Boileau
illustrated by James Bentley
foreword by Myra Freeman

6/12/17

by (author) John Boileau

Too Young to Die

Canada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World War

by (author) John Boileau & Dan Black
foreword by John de Chastelain

Old Enough to Fight

Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War

by (author) Dan Black & John Boileau
foreword by Romeo Dallaire

Halifax and Titanic

by (author) John Boileau

Canada's Soldiers in South Africa

Tales from the Boer War, 1899-1902

by (author) John Boileau

Halifax and the Royal Canadian Navy

by (author) John Boileau

Peaceful Revolution

250 Years of Democracy in Nova Scotia

by (author) John Boileau
introduction by John Hamm & Russell MacLellan

Historic Eastern Passage

by (author) John Boileau

Where the Water Meets the Land

by (author) John Boileau

Samuel Cunard

Nova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic

by (author) John Boileau

Valiant Hearts

by (author) John Boileau

Half-Hearted Enemies

Nova Scotia, New England and the War of 1812

by (author) John Boileau

Fastest in the World

The Saga of Canada's Revolutionary Hydrofoils

by (author) John Boileau