OVERSEAS FORCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24402, 13 September 1940, Page 3

OVERSEAS FORCE

THE THIRD ECHELON LIST OF OFFICERS APPOINTMENTS GAZETTED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON. Sept. 12. An extensive list of appointments to the third echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary force, with seniority in the units as indicated, taking effect in most cases from August 27 last, is gazetted to-night. The list includes the following:— 6th Field Regiment N.Z. Artillery Lieutenant-colonel C. E. Weir, Royal New Zealand Artillery, commanding officer. Major C. L. Walter, second in command (temporary). Major J. M. Mitchell, battery commander. Captain (temporary Major) A. T. Rawle, battery commander (temporary) . 7th Anti-tank Regiment, 33rd Battery Major E. E, Sleigh. Second N.Z. Divisional Signals Major G. H. Heal. Nevj Zealand Staff Corps. 24tli (Auckland) Battalion Lieutenant-colonel C. Shuttleworth, New Zealand Staff Corps, commanding officer. Major A. C. W. Mantell-Harding, second in command. Major F. G. Dill, company commander. Major R. B. Closey, company commander. 25th (Wellington) Battalion Lieutenant-colonel A. S. Wilder, commanding officer (temporary colonel as from August 28 while holding the appointment of officer commanding the third echelon). Major S. M. Satterthwaite, New Zealand Staff Cofps, second in command. Major C. D. A. George, company commander. Major C. J. Williams, company commander. 26th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion Lie.utenant-colonel J. R. Page, Royal New Zealand Artillery, commanding officer. Major J. M. Samson, second in command. Major F. J. Brook, company commander. Major N. A. Rattray, company commander. Headquarters Second N.Z. Expeditionary Force Base Captain (temporary Major) H. E. Crosse, administrative and conducting officer, 14th and 15th Forestry Companies N.Z.E. Railway Operating Group, N.Z. Engineers Lieutenant-colonel A. H. Sage, commanding officer, headquarters , N.Z. Railway Operating Group, N.Z.E. Major F. W. Aicken, officer commanding 16th N.Z. Railway Operating Company, N.Z.E. Major J. A. Jull, headquarters. N.Z, Railway Operating Group, N.Z.E. Major G. T. Poole, officer commanding 17th N.Z. Railway Operating Company, N.Z.E. 13th Railway Construction Company . N.Z.E. Major R. L. Smith, officer commanding. 19th Army Troops Company, N.Z.E. Major C. Langbein, officer commanding. N.Z. Medical Corps Lieutenant-colonel F. M. Spencer (temporary colonel while holding the appointment of officer commanding the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital). Lieutenant-colonel W, H. B. Bull, officer commanding 6th Field Ambulance, N.Z. Medical Corps. Major J. L. R. Plimmer, second in command of the 6th Field Ambulance. N.Z.M.C., Major A. L. de B. Noakes, registrar No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital. Major D. Pottinger (temporary lieutenant-colonel while holding the appointment of officer commanding the Medical Division of the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital). Major P. A. Ardagh (temporary lieutenant-colonel while holding the appointment of officer commanding the Surgical Division of the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital). Captain (temporary major) G. F. V. Anson, No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital (anaesthetist). N.Z. Army Nursing Service Sister in temporary charge. Sister D. F. Gatenby. N.Z. Dental Corps Major J. A. S. Mackenzie, officer commanding the 2nd New Zealand Divisional Mobile Dental Section. N.Z.D.C. PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS New provisional appointments to units of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in various camps in the Dominion have been announced at Military Headquarters. They include the appointment, as Battalion Commander, of Lieutenant-colonel J. B. Mawson, M.C., headmaster of St. Andrew’s College, Christchurch, who will go to Ngaruawahia. The full list is as follows: — Infantry, to Ngaruawahia Camp— Lieutenant-colonel J. B. Mawson, M.C., as C.O. Battalion; Lieutenant A. A. Cooper, as Quartermaster; Captain S. S. H. Berkeley, as Company Commander. % Artillery, to Papakura Camp—Captain J. F. Stark 35th Battery, N.Z.F.A.