Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 21 February 1936, page 10


DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER.

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General Sir Norman MacMullen

in Sydney.

General Sir Norman MacMullen, who arrived by the Mooltan yesterday on his way to spend a fishing holiday in New Zealand has been General Officer Commanding In Chief of» the Indian Eastern Command since

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He his had a brilliant military career, which cjmmcnced «1th duty on the north-west frontier in 1807 Later he was a member of the Tibet expedition of 1903 During the wai he wns mentioned in despatches nine times and ícceivtd scverpl successive promo-tions He received the C M G and D S O was appointed a commander of the French Legion of Honour, and decorated wlti the Oidei of the Crown of Belgium and both Fiench and Belgian Croix de Guerre Sub-sequent to the war, Sir Norman MacMullen took pait in the Afghan War of 1919