New Army Commander In Northern District

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31306, 28 February 1967, Page 7

New Army Commander In Northern District

Brigadier B. R. Bullot, of Wellington, will replace Brigadier R. B. Dawson as commander of the Northern Military District. Brigadier Dawson will move to Army Headquarters at the end of next month to become the new Chief of the General Staff. Brigadier Bullot was born in New Plymouth and educated at New Plymouth Boys’ High School, St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, and Victoria University College, where he graduated bachelor of commerce. He was commissioned in the Territorial Force in 1938 and in 1939 attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and was commissioned in the New Zealand Staff Corps. He embarked for the Middle East in 1941, served in Egypt,. Syria, and Italy, and ended the war as a lieutenantcolonel. After a period as assistant quartermaster general at Army Headquarters, he attended the Joint Services Staff College in London in

1947. In 1948 he served on the Chiefs of Staff Secretariat of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. On his return to New Zealand Brigadier Bullot was appointed secretary to the New Zealand Chiefs of Staff Committee. In 1952 he became director of staff duties and later deputy quartermaster general at Amy Headquarters.

After a tour of duty as camp commandant at Waiouru, Brigadier Bullot returned to Wellington to the appointment of colonel, general staff. He attended the Imperial Defence College in 1962 and remained in London on attachment to the War Office for a period. When he returned to New Zealand he was deputy adjutant general until 1964 when he took up his present appointment as commander of the Central Military District.