N.Z. MILITARY FORCES

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23728, 28 August 1942, Page 4

N.Z. MILITARY FORCES

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS

(P.A.) • WELLINGTON, August 27. Included among the appointments and promotions of officers of the New Zealand military forces gazetted tonight are the following:— Staff Appointments Major G. R. Rowbotham, Royal Artillery, is appointed to command an anti-aircraft brigade, with the local rank of colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel V. A. Young, M.C., Royal Artillery, is appointed to a command in the Southern Military District, with the rank of colonel. Major E. I’E. Davies, Royal Artillery, is appointed to command an anti-air-craft brigade, with the local rank of colonel.

Major H. E. Fernyhough, Royal Artillery, is appointed Commandant of the New Zealand Staff College, with the local rank of colonel. 2nd N.Z.E.F. Appointments

Brigadier K. MacCormick, C.8.E., D.5.0., is appointed Director of Medical Services.

■ Major R. L. C. Grant is to be second in command of a divisional signals unit.

Major S J. Hedge is to be deputyassistant quartermaster-general of a base' camp. Major C. G. Pryor is to command a signal school Temporary Major I. A. Hart is to be second in command of an infantry training depot. Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Peart is to command a battalion.

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel C. N. Watson, M.C., is to command an advance base.

Major J. F. R. Sprosen .is to command a field regiment.

Major L. B. Ballantyne is to command a composite -raining depot. Major H. E. Crosse, M.C., is to command a reception depot. Major E. F. Walden is to command an infantry training depot. Major E. T. Kensington is to command a field regiment. Major L. N. McKay is to command an artillery training depot. Major I. O. Manson is to command a battalion.

Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Ardagh, D.5.0., M.C., is to be Assistant-Direc-tor of Medical Services.

Major J. S. King, M.8.E., is appointed a general staff officer, first grade, of Base Camp. Major D. E. Harper is to command an engineer and ordnance depot.

Lieutenant-Colonel L. J. Hunter is to command a casualty clearing station.

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Williamson is to command Base Camp. Major B. Barrington is to be DeputyAssistant Quartermaster-General of a New Zealand division. Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Maxwell is to be a colonel.

Mr W. G. Tweedy, M.8.E., is to be New Zealand Red Cross Commissioner in the Middle East, with the honorary rank of major. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Prideaux is to be a colonel.

Major J. S. Martin, M.8.E., is to be a lieutenant-colonel.

Major H W. D. Lake is to be a temporary lieutenant-colonel.