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Lawrence Westbrook
Full Name: Lawrence Westbrook
Date of birth: August 23, 1889
Date of death: January 24, 1964
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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97-1
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Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
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42nd
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Democrat
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Waco / McLennan
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McLennan
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97-1
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Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931
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41st
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Democrat
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Waco / McLennan
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McLennan
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
59th Legislature, R.S., HSR 21.
Resolutions - Memorial.
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Biographical Sketches |
Obituary, "Col. Westbrook, Ex-Official, Dies in West Texas," 1/25/1964, p. 6.
Dallas Morning News.
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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.
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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.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Lawrence Westbrook, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Lawrence Westbrook, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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.
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