VISITOR FROM INDIA
Former Commander Of Waziristan I Formerly commander of the Waziristan district of the North-west Frontier of India, Major-General S. B. Pope, C. 8., D. 5.0., arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Awatea, on leave. From 1931 to 1934 Major-General Pope was in charge of what is perhaps the most turbulent and unsettled portion of the British Empire, where guerilla warfare continues more or less constantly, and only a year ago a major outbreak took place, in the rebellion led by the Fakir of Ipi. Since 1934 Major-General Pope has been administrative officer and Quar-termaster-General of the Southern Command in India. He is colonel of the 4/19th Hyderabad Regiment and of the 5/13th Frontier Rifles, and has commanded the Bannu Brigade and the Razmak Brigade, important units of the Indian Army.
Accompanied by Mrs, Pope, the major-general is making a world tour. He has already visited Ceylon, Singapore, Java and. Australia, .and after a fortnight in New Zealand will proceed ' to England by way of Honolulu and North America.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 162, 5 April 1938, Page 13
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