Victor Odlum
Victor Odlum | |
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Brigadier General Victor Odlum (third from the left) beside a Renault FT light tank, 1918. | |
| Born | 21 October 1880 Cobourg, Ontario |
| Died | 4 April 1971 (aged 90) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Branch | Canadian Army |
| Years of service | 1900–1924 1940–1941 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | The Royal Canadian Regiment |
| Commands | 2nd Canadian Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | Boer War World War I World War II |
| Awards | |
| Other work | journalist, soldier, diplomat |
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Major General Victor Wentworth Odlum, CB, CMG, DSO (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 Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.