OBITUARY.
BRIGADIER-GENERAL LAMROCK. Received July 20, 8.5 a.in. SYDNEY, July 19. The death has occurred of BrigadierGeneral John Lamrock. Until recently he was secretary of the Aloor field Race Club. VICE-ADAIIRAL ASTLEY-RUSHTON Received July 20, 10 a.m. LONDON, July 19. Vive-Admiral E. Astley-Rushton, who was commander of the Melbourne from 1916 to 1919, crashed into a tree while motoring alone and was killed instantly. Since April, 1934, he had been in command of the Reserve Fleet, which was socially mobilised for the Jubilee review, and on Tuesday he was one of the King’s guests at dinner on the Royal yacht. lie commanded the cruiser Southampton, which was the first naval ship to sink a German submarine by gunfire. In 1931 he became commander of the Second Cruiser Squadron and paid the first ]>ost-war naval visit to German waters.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 198, 20 July 1935, Page 7
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138OBITUARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 198, 20 July 1935, Page 7
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