Brudenell White Military person

General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO (23 September 1876 – 13 August 1940) was a senior officer in the Australian Army, who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1920 to 1923 and again from March to August 1940, when he was killed in the Canberra air disaster.

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Birth date	September 23, 1876
Birth place	Australia , St Arnaud Victoria
Date of death	August 13, 1940
Place of death	Canberra , Australia

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award	Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in dispatches Distinguished Service Order Order of St Michael and St George
military operations	Battle of the Somme Second Boer War Western Front (World War I) World War II World War I Gallipoli Campaign Battle of Pozières
military branch	Australian Army
military command	Chief of the General Staff
service start	1896
service end	1923