NEW ZEALANDER RETURNS AFTER MANY YEARS
MAJOR GENERAL DOUGLAS DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CAREER Although Major-General J. A. Douglas, C.M.G., C.1.E., Is almosl. a stranger to New Zealand, he waa horn at Dunedin in 1862. He left the Dominion when fee was a boy and is now making his first return visit. General Douglas has had a distinguished military career and has itrved in many dangerous expeditions on the Indian frontier. During the Great War he served in Mesopotamia, Persia and Afghanistan. A long list of distinctions, including being mentioned in dispatches four times, tells of brave military service. General Douglas was educated at Haileybury and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was given his commission with the Dorset Regiment in 1883 and soon gained promotion after being transferred to India, where he has spent many years. From 1903 to 1907 he was military attache at Teheran. He was at the relief of Pekin in 1900. From 1911 to ISI3 he commanded the 39th K.G.O. Central Horse in Persia. Thes© are but a few of the expeditions and positions with which General Douglas has been associated. In adjition to his British distinctions he told*! Persian and Serbian orders.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 11
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197NEW ZEALANDER RETURNS AFTER MANY YEARS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 11
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