High Commissioner For Samoa Appointed
WELLINGTON, Tue. (Sp.).—Mr Guy Richardson Powles has been appointed High Commissioned for Western Samoa. Mr Powles is a member of the staff of the New Zealand Legation in Washington. He will succeed Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Voelcker, D.S.C., M.C., who will complete his term next February. Born at Otaki in 1905, Mr Powles graduated bachelor of laws at Victoria University College. He practised as a barrister' in Wellington between 1928 and 1940. Enlisting early in the Second World War he was a brigade major of the Second Brigade Group from 1940 to 1942. He was instructor at the New Zealand Staff College with the rank of lieutenant-colonel from 1942 to 1943. Later Mr Powles joined the Third New Zealand Division in the Pacific as a battery commander. He was in action with that formation and was in command of a field regiment. From 1942 to 1945 he was Director of Personnel Services at Army Headquarters, Wellington. Mr Powles was secretary and later president of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, and was appointed to the External Affcairs Service in December, 1945.
In Washington he has been assisting in the work of the Far Eastern Commission, and has represented New Zealand at several international conferences.
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Northern Advocate, 28 September 1948, Page 4
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