Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Colonel J. J. L. Latraverse, Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps

Korea 1950-53, Canadian issue, silver (ZD3416 J. J. L. Latraverse); U.N. Korea (ZD3416 J. J. D. Latraverse); Canadian Decoration, E.II.R. (Maj. J. L. Latraverse), mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £250-300

Joseph Jean Louis Latraverse, a Roman Catholic, was commissioned a Captain in the Royal Canadian Army Chaplain’s Corps on 11 July 1949, having previously served in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. He was promoted Major in March 1952. Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1963 and Colonel in May 1970. He was awarded the Canadian Parachute Badge in November 1950 and the C.D. in September 1961.