Lieutenant-Colonel Edward George Mason
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Lieutenant-Colonel, 50th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Lieutenant-Colonel (Army).
Order of the British Empire
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Next of Kin: Katharine E. Mason
Original commanding officer of the 50th Battalion. Obituary below:
Dr. Edward George Mason, O.B.E., died in hospital January 3 after a brief illness. He was 72 years old. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and attended Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec, and MeGill University where he graduated in 1902. He came to Calgary to practise that year. He was instrumental in the founding of the original Calgary Tigers football club in this city, having played the game while at school and also for the Hamilton Tigers. Dr. Mason was senior major of the 31st Battalion when the First Great War broke out and was given the job or recruiting the 50th Battalion. He served as commanding officer, with the rank of Lieut.-Col. and took the unit overseas. He was wounded in France and after his discharge from hospital he was transferred to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as there was a shortage of medical officers at that time. He was placed in command of the Shorncliffe medical hospital in England and remained in command there until June 1919 when lie returned to Canada. He worked with the Department of Pensions and Health, now the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and was neuro-psychiatrist for the local offices at the time of his death. He was a charter member of the Eugenics Board of the Province of Alberta. In 1946 he was made a life member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1928 he was made doctor of psychiatric medicine by the University of Alberta. He was also a member of the American and Canadian Philatelic societies, past president of the Calgary Stamp Club, and a member of the Calgary Gun Club, Victoria Curling Club, the Calgary Golf and Country Club, the Glencoe Club and the Calgary Medical Association. He was awarded the jubilee medal at the time of the Coronation. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and a son.