Английская Википедия:Francis William Voelcker
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Voelcker Шаблон:Post-nominals (9 October 1896 – 22 May 1954) was a British army officer and colonial administrator.
Biography
Born in London in 1896,[1] Voelcker attended Shrewsbury School before joining the Sandhurst Military Academy in 1914.[2] After the outbreak of World War I he was assigned to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry[3] and went to fight in Belgium in 1915, where he was taken prisoner by the German army. During his three-and-a-half years as a POW, he escaped from three camps.[1]
After the war he was awarded the Military Cross.[4][5] He continued his military service, initially serving in Ireland in 1919, before going to Aden.[2] He was subsequently transferred to India in 1921.[2] Whilst there he married Norah Hodgson in 1924, with whom he had two daughters.[1]
In 1928 he left the army and moved to New Zealand, settling in Kerikeri,[1] where he grew citrus fruits.[2] However, during World War II he re-entered military service with the New Zealand Military Forces, commanding the 34th Battalion for a time.[6] He subsequently commanded the Third Battalion, Fiji Regiment during the Solomon Islands campaign.[7] He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the United States in 1944 for his actions during the campaign,[8] and was later given the Distinguished Service Order.[4]
In 1946 he was appointed Administrator of Western Samoa. Following constitutional amendments, he became High Commissioner two years later. He was made a CBE in the 1949 Birthday Honours, before stepping down in 1949.[7] After returning to New Zealand, he served in Korea as part of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency until being invalided in 1953.[7]
He died at his home in Auckland on 22 May 1954 at the age of 58.[7]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 The New Administrator of Western Samoa Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1945, p28
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Further Decotrations for the FMF Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1945, p33
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Voelcker, DSO, OBE, MC New Zealand Electronic Text Collection
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 Colonel F.W. Voelcker Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1954, p141
- ↑ Fiji Commanders Decorated Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1944, p16
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