Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Friday 30 August 1935, page 4


i NEW REAR-ADMIRAL FOR 3 AUSTRALIAN NAVY

The British Admiralty proposes to nominate Rear-Admiral R. H. C. Lane Poole to command the Australian squadron as successor to Rear-Admiral

W. T. Randle Ford.

Mr. Parkhill said yesterday that a communication had been despatched to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs accepting the nomination of Rear-Admiral Lane Poole, who was Captain of the Royal Australian Naval College from April, 1923, until April, 1927, but of late has been in command of the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, England,