NEW ZEALAND ARMY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20874, 28 August 1942, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND ARMY

OFFICERS PROMOTED APPOINTMENTS POSTED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. included among the appointments and promotions of officers of the New Zealand military forces, gazetted last night, 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 com-

mand in the southern military district, with the rank of colonel; Major E. L’E. Davies, Royal Artillery, is appointed to command an anti-aircraft 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.

Second New Zealand Expeditionary: Force 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 deputy assistant Q.M.G. of the base camp; Major C. G. Pryor is to command a signal school; Temporary Major I. A. Hart is to be second in command of the 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 the composite, training depot; Major H. E. Crosse, M.C., is to command the reception depot; Major E. F. Walden is to command the infantry training depot; Major E. T. Kensington is to command a field regiment; Major L. N. McKay is to command the artillery training depot; Major I. O. Manson is to command a battalion; Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Arclagh, D. 5.0., M.C., is to be assistant director of medical services; Major J. S. King, M.8.E., is appointed a general staff officer, first grade of the base camp; Major D. E. Harper is to command the engineer and ordnance depot; Lieutenant-Colonel L. J. Hunter is to command a casualty clearing station; Temporary Lieuten-ant-Colonel C. M. Williamson is to command a base camp ; Major B. Barrington is to be deputy assistant Q. , .New Zealand Division; Lieu-tenant-Colonel D. T. Maxwell is to be colonel; Mr. W. G. Tweedy, M.8.E., to be New Zealand Red Cross Commissioner in the Middle East with the honorary rank of Major; LieutenantColonel F. Prideaux is to be colonel; Major J. S. Martin, M,8.E., is to be lieutenant-colonel; Major H. W. D. Lake is to be temporary lieutenantcolonel.