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Military Staff College Courses.
Exellent results were achieved by officers of the Commonweath military forces who attend the examination in February and March for entrance to the staff colleges at Quetta (India) and Camberly (Great Britain). The Minister for Defence (Mr Massy Greene has been notifed that the following officers passed the examination: Captain (Brevet-Major) A.R. Selby (2nd District Base) ; Captain (Brevet-Major) H.C.H. Robertson, D.S.O (2nd Cavalry Division) ; Captain (Brevet-Major) J.H.F. Pain, D.S.O., M.C. (11th Mixed Brigade) ; Captain (Brevet-Major) W.M. Anderson D.S.O (1st Cavalry Division) ; Captain (Brevet-Major) R.E. Fanning D.S.O (Royal Military College), and Captain (Brevet-Major) J. Northcott (13th Mix Brigade).
CAPTAIN J. NORTHCOTT TO MISS W. PATON
On 14th Septembera a pretty and quiet wedding was celebrated at the Oxted Parish Church, Surrey, England, by the Rev. H.W. Bathurst, the bridegroom being Mr. John Northcott, Captain Australian Imperial Force and A. and I. Staff Australian Military Force, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Northcott, Ballarat and the bride Miss Mary Winifred, eldest daughter of the late Archibald and Mrs. Paton. of "Braeside." Kew. She was given away by Miss Rout (cousin of the bride's mother), and looked charming in a biscuit cloth coat and skirt and a small black velvet hat with gold aeroplane wings: and carried a sheaf bouquet of pale pink carnations and asparagus fern. A wedding luncheon was given by Mrs. Barry (friend of the bridegroom), several of his officer friends being present. The newly-married couple then motored to London en route for Scotland where the honeymoon was spent.
Marriages
Northcott-Paton - On the 14th September, at Oxted Church, Surrey, England, by the Rev. H.W. Bathurst, John Northcott, captain Australian Imperial Force, and A. and I. Staff, Australian Military Forces, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Northcott, Ballarat, to Mary Winifred, eldest daughter of the late Archibald and Mrs. Paton, Braeside, Kew.
Northcott - On the 8th February, at Brynhyfryd, Osborne, West Australia, to Major and Mrs. J. Northcott - a daughter.
Northcott - On Sunday, Jauary 7, at Braeside, Swanbourne, to Major and Mrs. J. Northcott - a daughter.
Captain Paton, V.C.
The late Captain Paton, whose name appears in the list of V.C.'s issued tonight, was the only son of Mr. G.W. Paton, formerly managing director of the Diamond Match Works at Liverpool, and now chairman of the Match Control Board. He was killed at Cambrai on December 1st. I believe that this is the first Victoria Cross won by an officer of the Grenadier Guards since the Crimean War, and that it is the fifth conferred upon a member of the regiment since the Order was insituted. Captain Paton was born at Muellan, Argyleshire, and was educated at Rottingdean and at Clifton College. An enthusiastic Scot, he took an active part in the formation of the Caledonian Society at Clifton, and like his father he was keenly interested in the work of the Royal Scottish Corporation in London
Captain John Northcott, for some time on the Headquarters staff at Perth, has been promoted to rank of major. He was formerly a light horseman at Ballarat, but in 1912 joined the Administrative staff, and went from Tasmania to Egypt and Gallipoli, where he landed with the pioneers of that inhospitable peninsula, and on the day following Anzac Day, of blessed memory, got a quartette of wounds that led to his early return home. His brother, Sergeant R.R. Northcott, lately returned from France.
Lt. (A./Capt.) George Henry Tatham Paton, M.C., late G. Gds.
For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice. When a unit on his left was driven back, thus leaving his flank in the air and his company practically surrounded, he fearlessly exposed himself to readjust the line, walking up and down within fifty yards of the enemy under a withering fire. He personally removed several wounded men, and was the last to leave the village. Later he again readjusted the line, exposing himself, regardless of all danger, the whole time; and when the enemy four times counter-attacked, he sprang each time upon the parapet, deliberately risking his life, and being eventually mortally wounded, in order to stimulate his command. After the enemy had broken through on his left he again mounted the parapet and with a few men, who were inspired by his great example, forced them once more to withdraw, thereby undoubtedly saving the left flank.
The Late Captgain G.H.T. Paton, V.C.
Captain George Henry Tatham Paton, M.C., now awarded the V.C., was killed in action at Cambrai on December 1 of last year. He was the only son of Mr. George William Paton, deputy chairman and managing director of Messrs. Bryant and May, and Mrs. Paton, of 3, Whitehall-court, S.W., and Little Hallingbury, Bishops Stortford. Born in 1895, he was educated at Rottingdean School and Clifton College. When the war broke out he was in Austria on holiday from Germany, where he was finishing his education. On arriving home he was given a commission in the 17th London Regiment, and rose to the rank of captain. In January, 1916, he was transferred to the Grenadier Guards, reverting to the rank of second-lieutenant. He was gazetted captain on June 4 last, and was awarded the Military Cross in April.