<Li> Sir Guy Royle (Admiral) was the 9th First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board from 1941--1945 . </Li> <Li> Sir Louis Hamilton (Admiral) was the 10th First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board from 1941--1945 . </Li> <Ul> <Li> William Lyon Mackenzie King was the Prime Minister of Canada during the war . After helping to secure nearly full legislative autonomy for the Dominions, Canada was free to enter the war on its own accord . Despite initially favouring appeasement of Adolf Hitler, King asked the opinion of the Canadian parliament before advising George VI, as King of Canada, to declare war on Germany after the Invasion of Poland . </Li> <Li> Harry Crerar was a general and the de facto commander of the Canadian military during the war . Crerar led the Canadian military during the Invasion of Normandy . He was described as an able administrator and politically astute . </Li> <Li> Guy Simonds was an army officer who commanded the II Canadian Corps . He served as acting commander of the First Canadian Army, leading the Allied forces to victory in the Battle of the Scheldt . After the war he was appointed Chief of the General Staff . He was the youngest officer in the Canadian army to be promoted to the rank of General . </Li> <Li> E.L.M. Burns and Charles Foulkes successively commanded the I Canadian Corps during the war on the Western Front . </Li> <Li> Andrew McNaughton was the original commanding officer of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces at the beginning of the war, but was recalled to Canada to serve as Minister of National Defence . He was often attributed responsibility for the Dieppe Raid and he was one of the inventors of radar . </Li> </Ul> <Li> William Lyon Mackenzie King was the Prime Minister of Canada during the war . After helping to secure nearly full legislative autonomy for the Dominions, Canada was free to enter the war on its own accord . Despite initially favouring appeasement of Adolf Hitler, King asked the opinion of the Canadian parliament before advising George VI, as King of Canada, to declare war on Germany after the Invasion of Poland . </Li>

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