Brudenell White

Sir Brudenell White
General Sir Brudenell White in March 1940
Born(1876-09-23)23 September 1876
St Arnaud, Victoria
Died13 August 1940(1940-08-13) (aged 63)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Army
Years of service1896–1923
1940
RankGeneral
CommandsChief of the General Staff
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (8)
Medal for Merit (Montenegro)
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Aviz (Portugal)
Croix de Guerre (France)
Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class (Japan)
Other workChairman of the Public Service Board

General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO (23 September 1876 – 13 August 1940), more commonly known as Sir Brudenell White or C. B. B. White, 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.[1]

  1. ^ Grey, Jeffrey (1990). "White, Sir Cyril Brudenell (1876–1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 12. Melbourne University Press. pp. 460–463. Retrieved 16 March 2010.