World War Two
Recalled to active duty in the Second World War, he served on staff with the Canadian Army in England. He was promoted Colonel in 1940 and Brigadier-General in 1942, commanding a Canadian Army Reinforcement Holding Unit until ill health forced him to retire later that year. He returned to Canada and his Canadian home at Mont Saint-Hilaire in Quebec in 1944.
In 1947, Gault founded the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Association and served as the first National President. He always maintained his connection with the Regiment and gave advice on Regimental matters which were always referred to him. He was appointed honourary Lieutenant-Colonel in 1948 and visited the Regiment in Calgary in 1953 and in Germany in 1954. He was appointed the first Colonel of the Regiment shortly before his death 28 November 1958.
In 1945, at the end of the war he separated from his wife and returned to Quebec. Appointed Honorary Colonel (1948) and Colonel (1958) of his regiment, he showed a keen interest in it until his death in 1958.
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