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Haines, William Arthur Campion, 1899-1991, Chief Police Officer
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Dates of existence
1899-1991
History
Born in 1899; served with Royal Flying Corps, 1917-1919; served with Federated Malayan States Police, 1920-1945, and Malayan Union Police, 1945-1950; seconded to Kedah Police, 1921-1923; Officer-in-Charge, Jelebu district, Negri Sembilan, 1923; Officer-in-Charge, Port Dickson district, Negri Sembilan 1923; Officer-in-Charge, Ipoh district, Perak, 1924-1925; Officer-in-Charge of Kuala Lumpur district, Selangor, 1926-1927; Officer Superintending Police Circle, Selangor Coast, 1927; Adjutant to Commissioner of Federated Malayan States Police, 1928; Officer Commanding Federated Malayan States Railway Police, 1929; seconded to Johore Police as Chief Police Officer, Johore Baharu, 1930-1933; Chief Police Officer, Pahang, 1934-1935; seconded to Johore Police asCommissioner of Police, Johore, 1935; seconded to Straits Settlement Police as Chief Police Officer, Malacca, 1939-1940; Chief Police Officer, Seremban, Negri Sembilan, 1940-1942; joined Australian Imperial Forces, 1942, but captured by Japanese and held as POW in Changi camp, 1942-1945; Acting Commissioner, Malayan Union Police, 1945-1946; Chief Police Officer, Perak, 1946-1947; Chief Police Officer, Penang and Province Wellesley, 1948-1949; Chief Police Officer, Selangor, 1949-1950; died in 1991.
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0099 KCLMA
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F37484)