COLONEL GEOFFREY DALZIEL

Geoffrey is the son of the late Envoy and Mrs. Alex Dalziel of Harrow, a suburb of London. And comes form a long line of prominent Salvation Army officers. Prior to becoming an Officer in 1933, the Colonel played in the International Staff Band.

Prior to his appointment to Canada, the Colonel has served two terms at the International Training College, leaving it as Field Training Officer for men and returning as Chief Side Officer. A member of training college staff from 1946 to 1951, he poured into fledgling officers every ounce of his own enthusiasm and spiritual dynamism. From 1951 to 1959 he inspired thousands of lives as divisional young people's secretary in the Norfolk, Liverpool and South-West Scotland Divisions, followed by five years as training principal in Australia Southern.

Colonel Dalziel comes to Canada after being Chief Secretary for the Australia Eastern Territory.

He was a cadet in the 1933 Witnesses Session, and it was during a second year, as assistant sergeant-major, that he met and fell in love with Cadet Ruth Fairbank. They married four years later.