RICHARDSON, Sam Scruton

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Rank: 
Acting Temporary Captain (later Major)
Unit / Base: 
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards: 
Mentioned in Despatches
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Born: 
Wednesday, December 31, 1919
Died : 
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Age: 
84
Captain Sam Richardson RM, 3 Commando Brigade HQ Signal Officer, received a Mention in Despatches for distinguished service while operating with the Army in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India [1][1a][4].
  • 1947 employed overseas with the Sudan Political Service, El Obeid, Sudan [1b].
  • 31 December 1960 Commissioner for Native Courts, Northern Region, Federation of Nigeria, appointed O.B.E. (Civil Division) [2].
  • 12 June 1965 Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Northern Nigeria, appointed C.B.E. (Civil Division) [3][4].
  • 1968 Professor of Public Administration at the University of Mauritius [3].
  • 1979 Principal of the Canberra College of Advanced Education [5].
  • 26 January 1980 appointed Officer of the Order of Australia for Service to Education [6].
  • 1 January 2001 awarded the Centenary Medal for Service to Australian Society in University Administration [7].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 36925, page 757.
[1a] Navy Lists National Library of Scotland - website - digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/93479934.
[1b] Commando Association newsletter 5 (1947).
[2] London Gazette 42234, page 8932.
[3] London Gazette 43667, page 5491.
[4] Commando Association newsletter 46.
[5] Commando Association newsletter 68 (1979).
[6][7] Australian Government: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Australia; Australian Honours; URL: https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/search
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued September 2004.
 
Publication
'No Weariness: The Memoir of a Generalist in Public Service in Four Continents 1919-2000', author Sam Scruton Richardson.
 
Additional content: 
3 Cdo Bde Third Jungle Book issue 8
3rd Special Service Bde. Officers, Oct'44
Archive pages : 
3 Special Service / Commando Brigade
Brigade Signals

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