Victor Odlum Military person

Victor Wentworth Odlum, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. (21 October 1880 – 4 April 1971) was a Canadian journalist, soldier, and diplomat. He was a prominent member of the business and political elite of Vancouver, British Columbia from the 1920s until his death in 1971. He was a newspaper publisher, a Liberal MLA from 1924–1928, co-founder of the Non-Partisan Association in 1937, temperance advocate, one of the first directors on the board of governors that oversaw the new Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and a Canadian ambassador. He fought in the Boer War, the First World War and Second World War

Personal facts

Victor Odlum
Birth dateOctober 21, 1880
Birth place
Cobourg
Date of deathApril 04, 1971

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Military person

allegianceCanada
award
Order of the Bath
military operations
Second Boer War
World War II
World War I
military branch
Canadian Forces
military command2nd Infantry Division

Victor Odlum on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005884