Walter Babington Thomas, Commander of British Far East Land Forces (died 2017)

Major General Walter Babington "Sandy" Thomas, was a New Zealand-born British Army officer, who served as General Officer Commanding Far East Land Forces from 1970 to 1971. He previously served with the New Zealand Military Forces in the Second World War, where he was decorated, wounded and, at age 24, became the youngest New Zealand battalion commander of the war.