NEW GOVERNOR APPOINTED

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 11

NEW GOVERNOR APPOINTED

—^ SOUTH AUSTRALIA MAJOR-GENERAL urfiATf cnosKX A I)LSTL\(ii"IsHED MILITARY CAREIiK (c.viiiia l m"e-i A*r.nsiA , I ■-■ ';• (Received March 20, 1.5 am.) LONDON, March 2-Z Major-General Winston Dugan, C.8., C.M.G., has been appointee Governor of South Australia in ruecession to Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Kore-Ruti.ven. Major-General Du?an pre.uded at the court-martial of Lieutenant Baillie-Stewart in March, 1933. It is a coincidence that, like Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthvem he was a serving officer when appointed to the governorship. lie is now assent from London on army business. The Premier of South Australia ('Mr L. L. Hill) told the Australian Press Association: —-"South Australia is to be congratulated on securing a worthy successor to Sir Alexander Horc-Ruthven. It :"> an excellent appointment.'' Major-General Dugan j. a personal friend of two former Governors, Sir William Weigali rnd Sir ifenrv Galway. His friends describe him as possessing some of the characteristics of Sir Alexander HorcRuthven. His manner is quiet and retiring, and it is evident that me Government lias been guided m its selection by its desire to fmd ani other Governor like the last one. Consequently the Government nas gone to the army for a man of similar pattern. - t ~ Major-General Dugan has no children. An intimate friend of his \ familv told the Australian Press I Association that he was intensely I devoted to the armv, which has ocI cupied his whole life. He has had little thought for anything else. He ! is a keen follower of football, but he i has few other interests outside the | service. ! Mrs Dugan is fend of antiques, but j the duties' of a soldier's wife, espe- ! ciallv a soldier whose varying com- ! mands have involved much travelling and many visits of inspection, I have kept Iter fully occupied. ! Those who served under Major- ! General Dugan speak appreciatively ! of his keenness and modesty, whue i the fact that he was chosen to prei "dde at such an important affair as j the Baillie-Stewart court-martial mi dica'es that he possesses the judicial mind A later messages states that it is understood that Major-General Dugan will shortly be knighted. I Major-General Winston Dugan. CB. C.M.G., D.5.0., entered the armv at the time of the South. African 'war as a second lieutenant in the Lmcolns Regiment. He was adjutant of the resiment from 1901 to . ISO-:, when ho was appointed captam in tee Worcester*. He was garrison adjutant, to the Irish Command from i9lO to 1914 and was D.A.A.. and Q-f of the East Anglian Division m 1914. He commanded the Second Rojal 1,-i'ch Regiment in France m. 1915 and 1016 lii 1918 he was appointed -;isOctant Inspector-General of Training io the British Expeditionary Force. He u-s promoted brisarie commander m VU 6 and from 1919 to 1923 .commanded the Tenth Infantry Brigade. From 1926 to 1930 he was Assistant-Adiutant-General of the fSfggZ Command, and was A.D.C. to the King from 1923 to 1930. Since .1931 he has commanded the Fifty-sixth« .'First London) Division of the Tentorial Army.]