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5th Can. Batt., and served with this unit twenty seven months
continuously. Wounded at Hill 60, April, 1916; remained on duty; returned to England
Aug., 1917. Was Registrar of No.5 Can. Gen. Hosp., remaining until the hospital
was demobilized. Returned to Canada
and was discharged Jan., 1920; resumed practice. Colonel Brown was awarded the
Military Cross for extreme bravery and gallantry. Fifty-eight hours continuous
service (Somme). He is a member of the Masonic Lodge,
A.F. and A.M. Member of the Prairie Club, United Service Club. Presbyterian.
Address, Moose Jaw, Sask.
BURBIDGE: Captain (act. major) Geoffrey Cornwallis. Salesman, Canada
Life Assurance Company, son of the Honourable Mr. Justice and Mrs. Burbidge of Ottawa.
Educated Ottawa schools and Trinity
College, Toronto.
Entered service of the Bank of Montreal, 1907, at Ottawa.
With C. H. Enderton, Esq., Winnipeg,
in real estate, 1910, with Merchants' Bank in Winnipeg,
1912 (teller) on relief staff. Joined C.E.F. at the outbreak of the Great War
in August, 1914; Fort Garry Horse in the ranks. Overseas with unit. France
March, 1915; transferred Strathcona Horse; gazetted lieutenant July 15th, 1915; to 10th Battalion.
Continuous service until Sept., 1917 (exception staff college course). Attached
2nd Brigade until 9th Oct., 1917;,
attached 1st Div. Headquarters Staff Jan.
10th, 1918. Selected for the Dunsterforce Expedition, assembling Tower
of London, Jan. 15th, 1918, for Southern Russia,
proceeding via Southern France, Italy,
Egypt, Mesopotamia
and Persia.
Administrative Commandant (Hamadan, Persia),
June until September, 1918; returned to England
November, 1918. Mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's dispatches July, 1917; awarded
M.C., June, 1917, citation in Gazette Aug.
4th, 1917, reading:
"Lieut. (act. capt.) Geoffrey Burbidge. For conspicuous gallantry
and devotion to duty in leading his
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