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Lawrence Westbrook Full Name: Lawrence Westbrook Date of birth: August 23, 1889 Date of death: January 24, 1964 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 97-1 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan H 97-1 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Waco / McLennan   McLennan   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 21. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Obituary, "Col. Westbrook, Ex-Official, Dies in West Texas," 1/25/1964, p. 6. Dallas Morning News. Military Service Notes United States Army, Colonel, World War I & II, ARCOM. Military grave marker, Lawrence Westbrook, birth date 8/23/1889, death date 1/24/1964, burial in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County. Find a Grave. United States Army, Major, World War I; Texas National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel; United States Army, Colonel, World War II. "Whereas, He entered military service in 1917 as a lieutenant, served 18 months in France, and was discharged as a major in 1919, becoming a lieutenant colonel and division signal officer in the Texas National Guard in 1923; and Whereas, Again in 1942, he returned to active military duty when he was commissioned a colonel and sent to the South Pacific, where he organized and administered a U.S. Joint Purchasing Board; he was transferred to Brazil to organize an Armed Forces Purchasing Board; after that tour he returned to Washington to become executive secretary of the Army Service Forces Committee on Materiel Demobilization; and on March 1, 1944, he was detailed as a special consultant on organization to the Director of Distribution, War Food Administration, following which he was assigned to the General Staff Corps as special assistant to the director of the special planning division; he was released from active duty on June 30, 1945." 59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 21. Resolutions - Memorial. Other Resources Lawrence Westbrook, birth date 8/23/1889 in Belton, death date 1/24/1964 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, retired military. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Photographs Photograph. Lawrence Westbrook, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Lawrence Westbrook, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. 42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 42nd R.S. - 1931 Agriculture (Chair)  Banks and Banking   Military Affairs   State Affairs   41st R.S. - 1929 Agriculture (Vice Chair)  Appropriations   Dickson Orphan's Home in Gilmer   Highways and Motor Traffic   Military Affairs   Municipal and Private Corporations

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