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Edric Bastyan

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the following month and confirmed as a war substantive lieutenant colonel in November 1942. Bastyan served as a temporary brigadier (quartermaster) from then until January 1944, when he was appointed a
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On two occasions during his period as governor in South Australia, the elections did not result in a clear majority. In both 1962 and 1968, rather than make a precipitate decision to select the
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in July 1945, and confirmed as temporary major general in October 1946. He was promoted to substantive major-general on 26 January 1948, with seniority from 13 April 1946.
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from July 1941 to May 1942, subsequently as deputy director of the Higher Commander's Course from May to October of that year. Bastyan was appointed an
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from 2 December 1968 until 30 November 1973. He was the last British person to be governor of either state.
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from the party with the largest minority (and more than 50% of the votes), he bided time and waited for
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in October 1952. After that he became Deputy Adjutant-General at the War Office in March 1955 and then
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Bastyan's term in office in Tasmania was relatively uneventful, though he did have to deal, after the
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where both the ALP and Liberals had the same number of seats. The matter was resolved by
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to meet. In both cases, the quick decision would have turned out to be wrong, and the
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in June 1957. He retired from the British Army in June 1960 and was appointed
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selected the premier from the other party. In 1962, this allowed the
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in March 1941. He served as assistant quarter-master general in the
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After the war, Bastyan, after serving as an instructor at the
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between 1946 and 1948). He went on to be Chief of Staff at
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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in September 1942, by which time he was a temporary
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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Bastyan was promoted to 91:2 December 1968 – 30 November 1973 1477: 1463: 1455: 1220: 1206: 1198: 1075: 954:"Sir Edric Montague Bastyan (1903–1980)". 827:(Supplement). 2 January 1945. p. 213. 791:(Supplement). 4 January 1944. p. 149. 755:(Supplement). 28 March 1941. p. 1871. 489:Officer of the Order of the British Empire 61: 17: 1781:Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley 404:from 4 April 1961 until 1 June 1968 then 1121:Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong 704:Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen (2015). 552:Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong 957:Bastyan, Sir Edric Montague (1903–1980) 916:"Table A: Governors and Administrators" 633: 585:government to continue rather than the 452:from 1936 to 1937, transferring to the 949: 947: 620:, the lone representative of the tiny 440:on 30 August 1925. He was promoted to 1746:British Army generals of World War II 873: 650:. 31 August 1923. pp. 5910–5911. 312:Commander British Forces in Hong Kong 7: 960:. 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Index

Lieutenant General
KCMG
KCVO
KBE
CB

Governor of Tasmania
Elizabeth II
Sir Charles Gairdner
Sir Stanley Burbury
Governor of South Australia
Elizabeth II
Sir Robert George
Sir James Harrison
Seaforth
Lancashire
North Adelaide
South Australia
British Army
Lieutenant General
Sherwood Foresters
West Yorkshire Regiment
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Commander British Forces in Hong Kong
Arab revolt in Palestine
Second World War
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

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