Robert Logan | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Col._Logan,_Samoa,_1914.jpg) Colonel Robert Logan reading a proclamation in Apia, Samoa, on 29 August 1914, the day he assumed responsibility as military administrator | |
| Born | 2 April 1863 Langton, Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Died | 4 February 1935 (aged 71) Seaton, Devon, England |
| Allegiance | New Zealand |
| Service | New Zealand Military Forces |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Chavalier of the Legion of Honour (France) |
Robert Logan CB (2 April 1863 – 4 February 1935) was an officer in the New Zealand Military Forces who served in the First World War as the Military Administrator of Samoa.
Born in 1863 in Scotland, Logan migrated to New Zealand in 1881 and took up farming. Also involved in the militia, he became a professional soldier in 1912 when he joined the New Zealand Military Forces. He was commanding the Auckland Military District at the time of the outbreak of the First World War and was appointed the commander of the Samoa Expeditionary Force, dispatched from New Zealand to occupy the island of Samoa, a territory of the German Empire at the time. Samoa was easily occupied on 29 August 1914 and Logan became its Military Administrator; he remained in this capacity for the duration of the war. Although he was decorated for his services, his administration of Samoa was later criticised, particularly in relation to the handling of the influenza outbreak of November 1918, which led to 7,500 deaths. Logan retired from military service in 1919 and settled in Devon, England, where he died in 1935.