OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 262, 1 August 1933, Page 9

OBITUARY

Sir William Pakenham (Received July 31, 7.20 p.m.)'' London, July 31. Obituary.—Admiral Sir William Pakenham. Admiral Sir William Pakenham was the second son of the late Rear-Admiral Hon. Thomas Alexander Pakenham, and was born in 1861. He entered the Navy in 1874, became lieutenant in 1883, commander in 1806, captain in 1003, viceadmiral in 1918, and admiral in 1922. He was British naval attache with the Japanese fleet in the Russo-Japanese war, and it Is said that throughout the campaign he did not once set foot ashore; he was present at most of the important naval engagements of the war, including the famous engagement in the Sea of Japan when Admiral Togo annihilated the Russian Baltic Squadron. Sir William Pakenham commanded the Third Cruiser Squadron from 1913 to 1917, and was rear-admiral commanding the Battle Cruiser Fleet, 1917-19. He was com-mander-in-chief of the North American and West Indies station from 1920 to 1922, and was placed on the retired list tn 1926. Mr. R. J. Adams Sydney, July 31. Obituary.—Mr. R. J. Adams, sporting editor of the “Labour Daily,” aged 50, suddenly. He married Miss Hilda Bright, of Cantertrary.