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Ian Burrows
Brigadier Ian Hamilton Burrows (11 November 1930 – 22 July 2006) was a senior New Zealand Army officer. He served with the New Zealand Special Air Service in Malaya in 1955 as one of the "originals" before going on to senior command positions in the New Zealand Army, culminating in his promotion to brigadier and appointment as Commander of Land Forces New Zealand in 1981. Background Burrows was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School, Oamaru, New Zealand, where he captained the cricket first XI, was a member of the rugby first XV, boxed, played tennis and was noted as a talented artist. In 1950 he was selected to attend the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in 1953. In 1959, Burrows married Judith Anne Jenkinson, and the couple went on to have four children. Army career In 1955 he was selected to deploy to Malaya as a troop commander with the newly formed New Zealand Special Air Service Squadron. On 27 April 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
