BRIGADIER-GENERAL RUSSELL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16538, 11 November 1915, Page 7

BRIGADIER-GENERAL RUSSELL.

The neves that Brigadier-general A. H. Russell had been mentioned in despatches < m; for his services at the Dardanelles was recejved at Napier with tho utmost satisfac- £■.{ tion ori Saturday morning, although no on® was surprised that he had distinguished ' v self, as he was, by instinct and training, a / soldier in the befit sense of the term 'says .. ,A" the Telegraph). When he left in command , J;',' of,the New Zealand Mounted Contingent, a* ' sergeant-major who had served under hinv~ ' saia, "Russell is a soldier and a gentleman O: who will; not ask his men to go where h® -pi wouldn't go himself, but he'll get shot, bd- ." cause nothing will stop him." He left with the grade of colonel, but his capability and ,■''"K energy were promptly recognised, and lie was (juickly promoted to the rank of -W brigadier-general. He is a son of tho late • "Ig Captain Hamilton Russell, and a nephew ■;& of the late Sir William Russell, and is & 'C New Zealander, having been born in Napier. ' })i Ho always took a keen interest in soldier j{ icg, and at the age of 24- he held a lieutenant's commission in a border regiment in India, seeing service in India and Burmak Resigning from the army he returned to § New Zealand about 20 years ago, and then married, taking up sheep-fanning. ...< The, ' J military blood, however, was insurgent in'" ■ '-M him, and during tho Boer war ho formed tho Hawko's Bay Mounted Ttiflea, which ■ , body continues in existence I-Ie is loved . /?• and respected by his men, who would follow him anywhere, as is evidenced by tho affectionate enthusiasm with which he has been - spoken of in the letters of men in tho fir- a ing line.' and ho has long been marked by ' * the military authorities ae a brilliant an 3 " -'jf responsible cavalry officer. * Ha *41 •fvjg