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MeMahon, Sea Transport Dept With Mrs. Chilton and their young ton, the new Senior Naval O-ficer twas' also accompanied by Capt. IE. A. A. Larcom, M. (Plag Gap-tain and Chief Stait Officer), Paymaster Licutenant~Commander K.W. James (Admiral and Ueutennt A. D. ta" the Ola Dock, and Tater inthe morning he and his star "went Ione the' ce where they decessed tnattors of merest to the command Smee Hear AGnzal Milfs fag tas stack Wik, Mok Bee, and fecteto'a: fur wan teaneterred 1 the Bee at 8 tin. the next day. dmiral_ Francis Chilton has 4 George Gillilian seniority as from June 1, 1981, before which he held the rani of Captain from June 1919.
Extremely popular civeles here, Rear-Adm who arrived in Shanghai Bee to await his successor, will be great missed by the British commun!
y. He had held the Yangtze post since 1931. Born on April 2, 1880, the second son of Capt. A.B. 'G. Sandys Hill, the Rifle Brigade, "and grandson of Lord George Hill, he received training in M.S. Britannia, and served with distinction in. Somaliland (1902-4), Jand throughout the Great War, be: ing, created a Chevalier of ' the Logion of Honour. He became Captain in 1918, Commodore ten Jyears later, and' Rear-Admiral in 1930, towards the close of his period in charge at Hongkong. He Wwas appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King m 1929, and made a CB-E. in the following' year.
Admiral Hill, who is unmarried, will be leaving for Home by the O. s, Rawalpindi on her next ip, and another naval change expected here carly in December, when Commander Whitting will be relieved as Resident Naval Officer by Paymaster-Commander H. 1. Shaw.
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