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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.

NO

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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