Lieutenant Henry Norman Bawden
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
- Lieutenant, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-11-28 to 1919-04-09
- Lieutenant (Army). 1916-08-08 to 1916-08-02
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
'Harry' graduated from Osgood Hall with a law degree in 1923. During WWII he was the director of the War Finance Committee.
From Bawden Capital Web Site
Born in 1898, Harry Norman Bawden joined the 18th Canadian Battalion when he was eighteen. He fought and survived the battlefields of France, Germany and Vimy Ridge. After graduating with a Law Degree from Osgoode Hall in Toronto in 1923 he joined Dominion Securities Corporation, one of Canada’s largest investment banks. Schooled in the world of finance, largely during the Great Depression he eventually became the firm’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Throughout his career Harry Bawden held many prominent positions such as: Director of the War Finance Committee and was an active Board member of Molson’s Brewery Ltd, Dominion Foundries & Steel (2nd largest and most profitable steel company), Toronto Western Hospital, Maple Leaf Milling (large food conglomerate), and others. He maintained an active interest in the corporate and political affairs of the nation until he died in 1976.