Charles Treadwell

Charles Archibald Lawrance Treadwell (15 May 1889 – 30 August 1966) was a New Zealand lawyer, soldier, author and politician.

Biography Early life Treadwell was born in Lower Hutt in 1889. He was educated at Wellington College and later studied law at Victoria College. During his legal studies he worked as a clerk in a Wellington legal firm before becoming an associate to Justice William Sim in Dunedin.

Military career During World War I he served in Egypt then in France, with the New Zealand Division. Later in 1917 he went on a three-months tour of training in England but was later admitted to hospital. He organised a wills department and general law office which he ran until his return to New Zealand in June 1919. In the 1919 Birthday Honours he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for valuable services rendered in connection with the war. In 1927 he became legal staff officer to the central command, lectured and examined military law. In the Second World War he left New Zealand with the First Echelon as Deputy-Judge Advocate General. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in Egypt. On his return to New Zealand he was appointed Deputy-Judge Advocate and on the death of Colonel Claude Weston, was appointed Judge Advocate General with the rank of Colonel. He wrote several military books, and was part-author of the official history of the Wellington Regiment.

Diplomatic career He was vice-consul for Brazil in 1932 and Consul in 1938.

Political career He stood for Parliament unsuccessfully at the general election in the electorate for the Reform Party.

For five years he was a member of the Wellington Hospital Board from 1933 to 1938 and was also an inspector of mental hospitals.

Treadwell died in Wellington in 1966, aged 77.

Works by Treadwell