GENERAL HECTOR MACDONALD.
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Pew officers in the British Army are so well known or so popular as MajorGeneral Macdonald (“Fighting Mae.”) His exploits in the Egyptian campagne and afterwards in South Africa have made his name a household word throughout the Empire, and the story of his romantic rise from a draper’s assistant through the ranks of General is familiar to every school child. Major-General Macdonald was born at Roolfield, Scotland, in 1852, and enlisted in the 92nd (now Gordon) Highlanders in 1870. He served ten years in the ranks, and was mentioned twice in despatches in the Afghan war in 1879 80. He took part in LordJ Roberts’ famous Eandabar campaign, and in the Boer war of 1881, being one of the survivors of the Majuba Hill disaster. His later exploits in the Upper Nile, and his South African career, are too fresh in the public mind to require recapitulation. He now holds a a district command in India, a position which offers "good prospects of promotion. It goes without saying that so distinguished a soldier will receive an enthusiastic welcome in New Zealand, if he will accept it.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 October 1901, Page 4
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194GENERAL HECTOR MACDONALD. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 October 1901, Page 4
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