RETIRING SOON

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1938, Page 10

RETIRING SOON

LIEUT.-COL. STANDISH

COLLEAGUES' FAREWELL

As he is retiring shortly from the position of Officer Commanding the Central Military Command, Lieuten-ant-Colonel I. T. Standish, C.M.G., D.5.0., A.D.C. to the King (additional), was met last evening by brother officers of both the Permanent and Territorial Forces at a social in the United Services Club. The popularity of Colonel Standish was indicated by the large number of officers present

Colonel J. L. Saunders, LieutenantColonel R. W. Fenton, and LieutenantColonel E. M. Stace spoke for the Territorial officers and conveyed their good wishes to Colonel Standish in his retirement. They all stressed how helpful Colonel Standish had been to Territorial officers and spoke of the appreciation of those officers. The fact that there were about eighty officers present showed how they all wished to do honour to an officer who had been their friend. MILITARY CAREER. Colonel Standish was born at New Plymouth in 1883 and began his military career during the Boer War. He became a cadet in the Royal New Zealand Artillery after his return from South Africa and was commissioned in 1906. He received his captaincy in 1912 and went overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. He was promoted major in 1915 and was Officer Commanding the 3rd and Ist Brigades. He received the C.M.G. and D.S.O. for his services, being mentioned in dispatches on November 11. 1915. and June 1, 1917. He was promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel in 1919 and lieutenant-colonel in 1924 wh,en he became assistant Adjutant and Quarter-master-General to the Northern Command. During his service with the Northern Command he served for a time as artillery staff officer. In 1928, he became peneral Staff Officer (Ist grade) to the Central Military Command and in June, 1931, he was appointed Adjutant and Quartermaster-General at General Army Headquarters, Wellington. In August, 1934, he took up the appointment of Adjutant-General and assistant Director of Artillery, and in May, 1935. lie became Officer Commanding the Central Command. a

position he has occupied ever since. He was appointed A.D.C. to the King in 1937.