THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1987
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MAJOR GENERAL GARRY JOHNSON APPOINTED NEW CBF
FROM
MAJOR GENERAL GARRY JOHNSON WILL SUCCEED MAJOR GENERAL BOAN AS COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, HONG KONG, WITH EFFECT 13, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED.
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ΤΟ STRANGER
HONG MAJOR GENERAL JOHNSON IS SERVED HERE IN 1960 AND IN 1978/79, AND HAVING VISITED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
ANTHONY AUGUST
KONG, HAVING THE TERRITORY
HIS EARLY YEARS IN
TROOPS IN MALAYA, THESE DUTIES MBE (1971), AND
MAJOR GENERAL JOHNSON, 49, SPENT MOST OF THE ARMY ON ACTIVE SERVICE WITH GURKHA AND BRITISH BORNEO,
AND NORTHERN IRELAND. IN THE COURSE OF AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS (1965), MADE AN (1977).
HE WAS AN OBE
SERVED ON ALL LEVELS OF AS A STAFF OFFICER HE HAS
COMMAND
WITH THE SERVICE
ARMY HAS BEEN IN HEADQUARTERS. HIS MOST RECENT
BRIGADE ARMOURED
AND WAS THEN THE GERMANY, WHERE HE COMMANDED AN CHIEF OPERATIONS STAFF OFFICER AT THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
HE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT FOR THE LAST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS
OF DEFENCE IN LONDON, WITH CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF AT THE MINISTRY
MATTERS FOR ALL OPERATIONAL POLICY AND
THREE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE NATO ALLIANCE.
TWO
TO
SONS,
FLY FOR
JOHNSON AND HIS WIFE SARAH HAVE MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES,
AN 23,
ARMY
LEARNING IS CURRENTLY OFFICER, HELICOPTERS, AND NICHOLAS, 18, WHO WILL BE WITH THEM IN HONG KONG SOME MONTHS BEFORE GOING UP TO OXFORD TO READ HISTORY IN 1988.
ACQUAINTANCE WITH
THE JOHNSONS LOOK FORWARD TO RENEWING THEIR HONG KONG, AND TO MAKING NEW FRIENDS IN ALL WALKS OF THE COMMUNITY.
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