He was at the centre of what became known as the Western Wall controversy in 1928 , when following an order from the Chief Commissioner , Mr Keith Roach , his men removed a screen that worshippers had put up against the Wailing Wall . During the inquiry into his actions he was transferred , as commander , to Megiddo Prison . His staff consisted of one Jewish deputy officer and 45 Arab policemen in charge of 500 convicts . He was in Meggido when the 1929 pogroms broke out and assisted the kibbutz of Mishmar Ha'Emek which came under attack from local Bedouin . It was at this time he first contracted malaria
1929 pogroms
1929 Palestine riots
Douglas Valder Duff