Many Appointments Made In N.Z. Military Forces

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1942, Page 4

Many Appointments Made In N.Z. Military Forces

Press Assn.

Wellington, Last Night.

Among appointments and promotions of officers of the New Zealand military forces gazetted to-night are the following:— Staff appointments: Major G. R. RowI botham, Royal Artillery, is appointed to I command an anti-aircraft brigade with the local rank of colonel; LieutenantColonel V. A. Young, M.tL, 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. 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.B.E., D.S.O., 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 quartermaster general of a base camp; Major C. G. Pryor is to command a signal school; Temporary Major I. A. Hart is to be second in command of an 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 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 is to command a battalion; Lieutenant-Colonel P. A. Ardagh, D.S.O., M.C., is to be assistant director of medical services; Major J. S. King, M.B.E.. is appointed a general staff officer, first grade. of a base camp; Major D. E. Harper is to command an engineer and ordnance depot; LieutenantColonel L. J. Hunter is to command a casualty clearing station; Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Williamson is to command a base camp; Major B. Barrington is to be deputy assistant quartermaster general New Zealand Division; Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Maxwell is to be a colonel. W. G. Tweedy, M.B.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, is to be a lieutenant-colonel; Major H. W. D. Lake is to be a temporary lieutenant-colonel.