Auckland Volunteers.
MAJOR BANKS APPOINTED TO THE CHARGE of the DISTRICT.
A Press Association telegram received yesterday from Wellington states :—" Pending the arrival of a permanent officer, Major Banks has been appointed to the temporary charge of the Auckland volunteers. Sergeant Barberry is appointed as drill instructor." -"■■■•■ Major Banks is a resident near St. John's College, having arrived in Auckland a few years ago from India, where he was an officer in the British Army. His principal experience was gained in the cavalry branch of the service, but he has also served as an infantry officer. He was formerly in the Twelfth (Prince of Wales' Royal) Lancers, and he served in .various lancers and cavalry regiments in India. He also had charge for a time-of one of the largest military cantonments in the North of India. Major Banks is well acquainted with the Auckland volunteers, and it is expected that he will make an able and popular commanding officer.
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Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8617, 23 March 1897, Page 4
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159Auckland Volunteers. Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8617, 23 March 1897, Page 4
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