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THE AUSTRALASIAN SQUADRON.

NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. ADMIRAL FAWKES APPOINTED. By .Telegraph—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received July !i, 11.15 p.m.) London, July 3. Rear-Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes has been appointed to succeed Vice-Admiral Fanshawe in command of the Australasian squadr \ The new commander of the Australasian fleet was born in 1846, and entered the navy in. 1860; attained the rank of commander 1880; ca'ptain, 1886; and was appointed Rear-Admiral commanding the cruiser squadron in 1902. He commanded the Royal yacht Osborne from 1834 to 1886 ; was naval adviser to the Inspector-General' of Fortifications 1891-2, and has been twice private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty. Ho is at present in command of a cruiser squadron.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5

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THE AUSTRALASIAN SQUADRON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5

THE AUSTRALASIAN SQUADRON. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12909, 4 July 1905, Page 5