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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Captain Francis Powell Braithwaite

Captain Francis Powell Braithwaite, Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency the Governor, was born on the 2nd of November, 1875. He was educated at Clifton College, and entered the Royal Military College, at Sandhurst, in 1894. On the 28th of September, in the following year, he was gazetted to the Northumberland Fusiliers. Captain Braithwaite served in South Africa during the Boer war in 1899–1900, obtained the Queen's medal with four clasps, and was promoted to his captaincy on the 1st of July, 1900. In the year 1902 he became Assistant Staff Officer to the Home Counties Volunteer Brigade, and in the following year Garrison Adjutant in Dublin. Captain Braithwaite was appointed to His Excellency's staff in May, 1904. He is a member of White's, and of the Junior United Service Club, London.