Pleasants, Of Apia
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Promotion For Col. E. T.
Apia, Oct. 6.
THE promotion of Lieut.-Col. E. T.
Pleasants, DSO, MC„ to the rank of Colonel, has been announced. He is now serving with the NZ Armoured Corps on the Italian front.
Colonel Pleasants was a popular lawyer in Apia for many years before World War II and, before his departure from Samoa in 1940, he was an officer in the Samoan Volunteer Defence Force.. He took part in the North African campaign, and his services earned him rapid promotion and the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross.