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Major-General Charles Sumner Lund Hertzberg

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1886-06-12
Place of birth: Toronto Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Jessie Alexander Hertzberg, wife. 151 Evelyn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Consulting Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers
Address: 151 Evelyn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1944-01-01

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Rank detail
  1. Captain (Army).
  2. Major (Army).
  3. Major-General, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  4. Brigadier-General (Army).
  5. Lieutenant (Army). 1915-12-29 ?
  6. Captain (Army).
  7. Captain (Army).
  8. Lieutenant-Colonel (Army). ? to 1918-09-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded January 21, 1917
Awards

Croix de Guerre (Czechoslovakia)
Description: L.G. 4515
Date of award: 1923-06-29
Date of award: 1923-06-29
Comment: 2nd in Command 16th Field Company C.E. which was part of Siberian Expeditionary Force. Promoted from Captain to Major and appointed CO. Awarded for services in Siberia

Military Cross

Companion of the Order of the Bath

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 457181
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B4298-S062
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Anton Lund Hertzberg and Helen Eliza Hertzberg (nee McMaster); younger brother of Lieutenant Halfdan Fenton Harboe Herzberg and older brother of Olaf Phil Herzberg (Service No. 9205); husband of Jessie Todd Hertzberg (nee Alexander) married October 10, 1910

St. Andrew's College (1899-1901). School of Practical Science, University of Toronto 1905

Died of Small Pox while on advising on rapid construction of airstrips

Uploader's Research notes: http://kilby.sac.on.ca/activitiesclubs/cadets/history/militaryoldboys/wwi/HertzbergCharles.html [Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 2nd Divisional Area Employment Company 2nd Field Company Captain Army Canadian Engineers 3rd Divisional Engineers 7th Field Company Captain Army Canadian Engineers Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital Adjutant Captain Army Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force Canadian Engineers 16th Field Company Major Army Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force Canadian Engineers 16th Field Company Lieutenant-Colonel Army Canadian Engineers 1st Divisional Engineers Headquarters Brigadier General Army Canadian Engineers Canadian Corps Headquarters Headquarters Major-General Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion Croix de Guerre (Czechoslovakia) L.G. 4515 2nd in Command 16th Field Company C.E. which was part of Siberian Expeditionary Force. Promoted from Captain to Major and appointed CO. Awarded for services in Siberia Companion of the Order of the Bath Military Cross ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2011-03-05
Last modified: 2019-04-26