Please answer the following question: What key details about brodie haig can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: general sir arthur brodie haig , kcb , mc and bar -lrb- 1886 -- 1957 -rrb- was a british officer in the indian army . a pre-war regular officer he served in india prior to the outbreak of the first world war when he was posted to the middle east . he was wounded at the battle of shaiba , twice mentioned in dispatches and awarded the military cross -lrb- mc -rrb- before he was taken prisoner by the ottoman empire at the siege of kut . escaping captivity in august 1918 he received a bar to his mc . he returned to india after the war , holding a succession of staff appointments and command of a brigade . after the start of the second world war he was appointed quartermaster general of army headquarters india and promoted to lieutenant-general . he later became general officer commanding in chief of the southern command in india before his retirement in 1942 .
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- name is sir brodie haig- birth date is 31 january 1886