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continued from page 5 awarded the D.S.O., mentioned in despatches and passed Junior Staff College. In 1945, as Commanding Officer of the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry, he was given command of the 28th Maori Battalion contingent and took it to Japan. After the war he commanded the 1st Battalion, Hawke's Bay Regiment, the N.Z. Scottish Regiment, the 2nd Infantry Brigade and the 4th Armoured Brigade in the Territorial Army. He holds the Efficiency Decoration and in 1956 was awarded the O.B.E. He was appointed Territorial Member of the New Zealand Army Board in 1960. Mr MacIntyre became a farm owner in 1952, buying a property at Porangahau. From 1956 to 1965 he was a member of the Hawke's Bay Catchment Board. He has been an R.S.A. committee member and provincial Federated Farmers delegate. In 1966 as Minister of Lands, he also became the Administrator of the Waitangi Trust. He was a member of the Maori Affairs Select Committee of Parliament from 1961 to 1966. His sporting interests have included rugby, shooting and rowing. Mr and Mrs MacIntyre have two sons and three daughters.