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John Evelyn Duigan
Major General Sir John Evelyn Duigan (30 March 1883 – 9 January 1950) was an officer who served with the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. He was Chief of the General Staff of the New Zealand Military Forces from 1937 to 1941.
Born in Wanganui, New Zealand in 1883, Duigan joined a unit of colonial volunteers during the Boer War. He was wounded and later repatriated to New Zealand. He returned to South Africa with the 10th New Zealand Contingent to serve in the Boer War. After the war, he joined the New Zealand Military Forces as a professional soldier. During the First World War, he commanded the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and was awarded a Distinguished Service Order for his service. From 1917 to 1918 he served in various staff and training positions. He also served in staff positions in the postwar military, eventually rising to the rank of colonel and commanding Northern Command by 1930. In 1937, he was promoted to major general and appointed the Chief of General Staff. He oversaw a reduction in the size of the New Zealand Territorial Force and did little to prevent the New Zealand government from directing its attention on the Royal New Zealand Air Force to the detriment of the army. Overlooked for command of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, which was raised for service abroad during the Second World War, he retired from the military in 1941. He died nine years later at the age of 66.
==Early life==
John Evelyn Duigan was born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 30 March 1883. His father worked as a miller, but later became the editor of the local newspaper. Duigan was educated at Wanganui Collegiate. After leaving school, he went to South Africa where he joined ''Brabant's Horse'', a local unit of colonial volunteers which was raised to fight in the Boer War.
Within weeks of Duigan's arrival in South Africa, he was seriously wounded during the siege of Wepener. Although he recovered, he was later injured when his horse fell on him. He was repatriated to New Zealand in December 1900 but rejoined his volunteer unit in South Africa once he had recovered. After returning to New Zealand for a second time at the end of 1901, he enlisted in the 10th Contingent, a New Zealand unit destined for service in the Boer War, as an officer. The fighting was largely over by the time the contingent arrived in mid-1902 and it saw no fighting.
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