Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns

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Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns was a senior Canadian Army officer and military commander who served with distinction during the Second World War and later held key leadership roles in international peacekeeping.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Army officer
United Nations official
human
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
Distinguished Service Order
Efficiency Decoration NERFINISHED
Military Cross
conflict World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship Canada
educatedAt Royal Military College of Canada NERFINISHED
familyName Burns NERFINISHED
fullName Eedson Louis Millard Burns NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Eedson NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch Canadian Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank Lieutenant-General
notableFor early leadership in UN peacekeeping missions
senior Canadian Army leadership during the Second World War
notableWork Between Arab and Israeli NERFINISHED
General Mud: Memoirs of Two World Wars NERFINISHED
development of United Nations peacekeeping operations
leadership in the Italian Campaign
writings on strategy and peacekeeping
occupation author
soldier
positionHeld Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army
Commander of I Canadian Corps
Commander of United Nations Emergency Force
Commander of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division
United Nations mediator in Palestine NERFINISHED
serviceNumber Canadian Army officer service number (specific number not provided)

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Canadian I Corps notableCommander Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns
5th Canadian Armoured Division notableCommander Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns
this entity surface form: Major-General E. L. M. Burns
II Canadian Corps notableCommander Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard Burns
Canadian II Corps notableCommander Lieutenant-General E. L. M. Burns
this entity surface form: Lieutenant-General Eedson Louis Millard Burns