N.Z. MILITARY FORCES

Timaru Herald, Volume CLII, Issue 22362, 28 August 1942, Page 4

N.Z. MILITARY FORCES

Local And Overseas Appointments And Promotions (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 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 antiaircraft brigade with the local rank of colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel V. A. Young. M.C., Royal Artillerv, is appointed to a command in the Southern Military District with the rank of colonel. Major E. L. Davies, Royal Artillery, is appointed to command an anti-air-craft 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 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 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 the 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 the 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. 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 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 Lieutenant-Colonel C. M. Williamson is to command a base camp. Major B. Barrington is to be Deputy Assistant, Q.M.G., New Zealand Division. Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Maxwell 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 to be colonel, Major J. S. Martin, M.8.E., to be lieutenantcolonel and Major H. W. D. Blake to be temporary lieutenant-colonel.