THIRD ECHELON

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1940, Page 8

THIRD ECHELON

By Telegraph—Press Association.

OFFICERS GAZETTED

Wellington, Last Night. An extensive list of appointments to the third echelon of the second New Zealand Expeditionary Force with seniority in units as indicated taking effect in most cases from August 27, is Gazetted to-night. The list includes the following:— Sixth field regiment, New Zealand 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. Seventh Anti-tank Regiment: Thirtythird Battery, Major R. E. Sleigh. Second New Zealand Divisional Signals: Major G. H. Heal, N.Z.S.C. Twenty-fourth (Auckland) Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel C. Shuttleworth, N.Z.S.C., commanding officer; Major A. C. W. Mantell-Harding, second in command; Major F. G. Dill. company commander; Major R. V. Closey, company commander. Twenty-fifth (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. Sattertheaite, N.Z.S.C., second in command; Major C. D. A. George, company commander; Major C. J. Williams, company commander. • Twenty-sixth (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion: Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Page, R.N.Z.A., commanding officer; Major J. M. Samson, second in command; Major F. J. Brook, company commander; Major N. A. Rattray, company commander. Headquarters N.Z.E.F., second base: Captain (temporary major) H. E. Crosse, administrative and conducting officer 14th and 15th forestry companies, N.Z.E. Railway operating group, New Zealand Engineers: Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Sage, commanding officer. Headquarters, New Zealand railway operating group, • N.Z.E. : Major F. W. Aicken, officer commanding. Sixteenth New Zealand Rdilway Operating Company, N.Z.E.: Major J. A. Jull. Seventeenth New Zealand Railway Operating Company, N.Z.E.: Major G. T. Poole. Thirteenth Railway Construction Company, N.Z.E.: Major R. L. Smith, officer commanding. Nineteenth Army Troops Company, N.Z.E.: Major C. Langbein, officer commanding.