King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Commissioned Sherwood Foresters 1923; Capt, West Yorks Regt 1935; Staff College, Camberley 1936-1937; Royal Irish Fusiliers 1937; served in Palestine 1938-1939; World War II 1939-1945; Chief Administration Officer, 8 Army, North Africa and Italy 1943; in charge of Administration Allied Land Forces, South East Asia 1944-1945; Imperial Defence College 1946; in charge of British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), Germany 1946 #to 1948; Committee on Army's Administration services, War Office 1949; Chief of Staff, Eastern Command 1949-1950; Director of Staff Duties, War Office 1950-1952; Commander 53 (Welsh) Infantry Div (Territorial Army) and Mid West District 1952-1955; Vice Adjutant General, War Office 1955-1957; Commander, British Forces, Hong Kong 1957-1960; retired 1960; Governor of South Australia 1961-1968; Governor of Tasmania 1968-1974

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Leese (ref: Strong Rm), include a single copy letter to Bastyan, Jul 1945, concerning the award of the Burma Star to Tac Headquarters staff

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES South East Asia 1945
NAMES Maj Gen Kenneth Cecil Orville Bastyan (brother)

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