NEW ZEALAND BORN

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 122, 27 May 1927, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND BORN

ADMIRAL HARPER'S CAREER

_, B«ar-Admir«l J. E. T. Harper,,M.V.O., P. 8., Misn? firsthand only.New Zealanderto reach flag rank in the British Navy.'Admiral Harper was born at Chri«tchurch in 4874, and was aaucated -at^ Christ* College. He entered the N»w in 1888, hisJrst ship being,H:M;s. Britannia, and he saw: active service darmjfVrthe. South African -War and -later in ' SoßalUand and Jubilant In '■IWOxho was: appointed Commander .'-hi tne Wojral yjwht,.and three years.later he receiyedipromotionv.'to' the- rank ot captain. On attaining that rank, Admiral Harper was appointed King's har. bourmaiter «t- Portsmouth, and at the Wg naval review at Spithead in 1914 he wa* in charge of the arrangements as master of the fleet., During; the war he was :4n charge of the merchant cruiser Carmania, and afterwards saw service in the North Bea as' captain of ¥■11.8. Gldneester. In <lfll? he was chosen to;,■ preside .qyer a special, com-, ttnttee of b'fflcers appointed to draw up a narra'ttve of -the Battle of Jutland. The : rejwrt ,of this committee was known, as .the; Harper.. report, and its suppression haa caused a great deal of uiscnaiion in naval circles during the past five or six years.' On the completion.: of thff: repprt, Admiral Harper was appointed Director of Navigation at th« Admiralty, and later he was in command of H.KS. Besolution, apostJutland battleship. He was. present at Constantinople as senior -captain during the settlement of the Greek trouWes, and was in command there during the ab»enc« of Admiral de Bobeck. He attained Hag rank in > 1925, and retired from the service in February of thjs;year.. Admiral Harper is the fifth son of the late Mr. Leonard Harper, •nd is « grandson; of the late Bishop Harper, ,:-. ■;■•■■■ ••' ■;.:;. . •■