MILITARY FORCES

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 103, 26 January 1943, Page 3

MILITARY FORCES

Senior Appointments And Promotions The following appointments and promotions of officers on active service with the 2ud New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas have been gazetted : N. Z. Armoured Corps. The following captains (temp, majors) have been promoted majors:—A. 8. Playle, A. M. Everist, and H. A. Robinson, M.C. N.Z. Engineers. Captain (temp, major) D. 8. G. Marchbanks to be major. . N. Z. Divisional Signals. Captain (temp, major) E. L. .1. Marshall to be major. N.Z. Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Qucrec to be Colonel (temp.). Captain W. S. Bent to be major (temp.) Captain (temp, major) O. G. Wiles to be major. N.Z. Infantry. Captain (temp, major) C. M. Bennett to be major. Captain G. M. Robertson to be major (temp.) N.Z. Dental Corps. Captain (temp, major) G. 11. Gilbert to be major. Appointments and promotions of.officers of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. include the following : — N.Z. Armoured Corps. Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) T. C. Wallace to be lieutenant-colonel. The following are seconded for duty on a transport: Colonel J. 11. Whyte, D. 5.0., D. (N.Z. Stuff Corps) with the pay and rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieuten-ant-Colonel .J. B. Davis, V.D. (Reserve of Officers), and Lieutenant-Colonel M. A. Stedman, M.C. (N.Z. Staff Corps). Brigadier (temp. Major-General) N. W. McD. Weir, C.8.E., relinquishes the temporary rank of major-general on being seconded to the 2nd N.Z.E.F. Appointments in the Territorial Force include the following:— The Otago Mounted Hilles: Major (temp.) W. It. I’igod, 2nd N.Z.E.F.. is granted the temporary rank of Lieuten-ant-Colonel while commanding a regi--merit. Wellington-West Coast Regiment: Captain (temp.l N. M. Izard to be major (temp. I while holding the appointment of Brigade Major. Canterbury Regiment: Captain (temp.) .1. I’. Gressoli is granted the temporary rank of Major while holding the appointment of Brigade Major. Captain I Lieutenant-Colonel, 2nd N.Z.E.F.) G. 11. Tomline, M.C.. the Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's < >wnl ceases to be seconded to the 2nd N.Z.E.F. and is posted Io I lie N.Z. Temporary Staff with the rank of Major.