ARMY APPOINTMENTS

Southland Times, Issue 24834, 28 August 1942, Page 3

ARMY APPOINTMENTS

Major Manson Commands Battalion (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. L. E. Davies, Royal Artillery, is appointed to command an anti-aircraft brigade with the local rank of colonel; Major H. E. Femyhough, Royal Artillery, is appointed commandant, 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, Divisional Signals Unit; Major S. J. Hedge is to be deputy assistant quartermastergeneral of a base camp; Major C. G. Pryor is to command a signal school; Major I. A. Hart is to be second in command of an infantrytrainingdepot; Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Peart is to command a battalion; LieutenantColonel 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 training 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 (Invercargill) is to command a battalion; Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Ardagh, D. 5.0., M.C., is to be Assistant Director of Medical Services; Major J. S. King, M.8.E., is appointed general staff officer (first grade) of a 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; Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Williamson is to command a base camp; Major B. Barrington is to be deputy assistant quar-termaster-general, New Zealand Division; Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Maxwell is to be colonel; 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 colonel; Major J. S. Martin, M.8.E., is to be lieutenant-colonel; Major H. W, D. Lake is to be temporary lieutenant-colonel.