John Robert Dewar, CBE

THE MALAYAN CIVIL LIST 1938
(Corrected up to 31st December, 1937)
Published by Authority
Singapore: Printed at the Government Printing Office, Singapore.
By W.T. Cherry, Government Printer. 1937
pp 706-707

DEWAR, John C.B.E (1938). Born December 10, 1883.
Surveyor-General, F.M.S. and S.S., $1,200 p.m.

New Zealand

January 1900 Education Department         March 1901 Lands and Survey Department to June 1906

Malaya

11 July 1906 1st Grade Surveyor, Revenue Survey Dept., Pahang   28 August 1906  Assumed Duty         26 January 1908 On half-pay leave to 15 February 1908           1 January 1909 Placed in the Federal Establishment         19 June 1909 On half-pay leave to 30 July 1909           1 January 1910 Acting Assistant Superintendent         15 May 1911 On half-pay leave to 27 August 1911           24 November 1911 Assistant Superintendent of Surveys, Kedah         26 June 1912 Acting Superintendent of Surveys, Kedah to 28 February 1913           21 October 1914 On full-pay leave   26 June 1915 Resumed duty         25 March 1916 Acting Superintendent of Surveys, Kedah to 26 January 1917           28 January 1917 Assistant Superintendent of Surveys, Kedah   10 May 1919 Assistant Superintendent; Acting Superintendent, Kedah, in addition   12 December 1919 Acting Superintendent of Surveys, Kedah   1 July 1920 Superintendent of Surveys (Supernumerary)   14 August 1920 On full-pay leave   24 May 1921 Resumed duty   10 February 1923 On full-pay leave   20 June 1923 On half-pay leave   30 November 1923 Resumed duty         19 January 1924 Acting Assistant Surveyor-General, Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements. to 24 October 1924     8 June 1925   to 25 March 1926           1 December 1926 On full-pay leave   1 June 1927 On half-pay leave   28 July 1927 Acting Assistant Surveyor-General, Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements (F. M. S. and S. S.)   Assistant Surveyor-General, Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements         9 December 1927 Acting Surveyor-General to 6 September 1928           29 June 1929 On full-pay leave   24 November 1929 On half-pay leave   24 January 1930 Resumed duty         13 August 1930 Acting Surveyor-General to 20 February 1931           6 December 1931 Deputy Surveyor-General, Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements   25 June 1932 On full-pay leave   20 February 1933 On half-pay leave   17 March 1933 Acting Surveyor-General   5 June 1933 Surveyor-General, Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements   2 February 1935 On full-pay leave   14 August 1935 On half-pay leave   26 September 1935 Resumed duty   30 September 1937 On full-pay leave prior to retirement   27 March 1938 Retired from service (entry data from 1939 Civil List)