George Adrian Cuthbertson
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George Adrian Cuthbertson (1898–1969) was a Canadian marine and industrial artist, researcher, and author. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.[1]
Cuthbertson grew up both in Toronto and Montreal.[2] He studied at the Toronto Model School, the University of Toronto, and the Westmount Academy in Montreal, Quebec.[3] He studied with John D. Kelly in Toronto and with William Brymner at the Art Association of Montreal, Quebec.[3] At 13, he worked in the summer on a steamer as an able bodied seaman in Montreal.[3]
Military service
He entered the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1914, but left after one year.[1] At age 17, he joined the Dover Patrol of the British Navy.[1] At the time, he was the Navy's youngest commissioned officer. He served from 1915 to 1918, on trawlers, mine sweepers, and mine layers. Upon leaving the service, he operated a woollen mill at Thurso, Quebec, where he lived for the remainder of his life. He died there in 1969.
