MACARTHUR’S STAFF.
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED. DUTCHMAN* TWO AUSTRALIANS. (Roc. 9.35.) MELBOURNE, April 22. Two Australians and one Dutch officer have been appointed to General ■» MacArthur’s headquarters staff, it was announced yesterday. The iprincipal appointments are: Chief of Staff, MajorGeneral Richard Sutherland; deputyChief of Staff, Brigadier-General Richard Marshall; assistant Chiefs of Staff, Colonel Charles Stivers (personnel), Colonel Charles Willoughby (intelligence), Brigadier-General Chamberlain (operations and training). The Australians appointed are Colonel H. F. Durant and LieutenantColonel Rogers. No deputv-comman-der-in-chief has been appointed, but it was explained that General Sir Thomas Blarney is second in ranking. The key officers on General MacArthur’s new headquarters staff served with him in the Philippines. To-day’s communique on air operations was the first to be issued from headquarters, which will issue all communiques in future.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 162, 22 April 1942, Page 3
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