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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Lieutenant-Colonel Headland

Lieutenant-Colonel Headland , V.D., the officer commanding the Third Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers, is the eldest son of Mr. A. J. S. Headland, J.P. Lieutenant-Colonel Headland was born in London in 1855, and came to Port Chalmers, with his parents, by the ship “Agra,” in 1858. He was educated as a teacher, but after serving for seven years under the Otago Education Board, he entered business life. On the 31st
Lieut.-Col. Headland.

Lieut.-Col. Headland.

page 508 of March, 1873, he became lieutenant of the Oamaru Grammar School Cadets, and shortly afterwards joined the Oamaru Rifle Volunteers On being promoted to the lieutenancy of the latter company on the 8th of March, 1878, he resigned his commission in the Cadets. He became captain of his corps on the 17th of October, 1880, and major of the First Battalion North Otago Rifles on the 8th of October, 1888. Seven years later he received his commission as major of the Otago Battalion; on the 10th of May, 1897, he was appointed to the command of the North Otago district, and on the 17th of July, 1899, was gazetted lieutenantcolonel. The district was, with others, abolished in January, 1902, and Colonel Headland is now in command of the Third Battalion Otago Rifle Volunteers. He holds the New Zealand long service medal, and was one of the first five officers in the South Island to receive the Imperial Volunteer Officers' Decoration.