MILITARY APPOINTMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 203, 29 August 1942, Page 3

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS

SENIOR OFFICERS AFFECTED (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 anti-aircraft brigade with the local rank of colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel V. A. Young, M. 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 antiaircraft brigade with the local rank of colonel. Major H. E. Fernyhough, Royal Artillery, is appointed commandant of ihe New Zealand Staff College, with the local rank of colonel. Second N.Z.E.F. appointments: Brigadier K. McCormick, 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 DeputyAssistant 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 an infantry training depot. Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Peart is to command a battalion. Temporary-Lieutenant - Colonel C. N. Watson, M.C., 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 L 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 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. Temporary-Lieutenanst-Colonel C. M. > Williamson is to command u base camp. > Major B. Barrington is to be Deputy-Assistant Q.M.G., New Zealand Division. Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Maxwell is to b| Colonel. Mr. W. G. Tweedy, M.8.E., is to be ■ New Zealand Red Cross Commissioner i in the Middle East, with the honorary . rank of major. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Prideaux is i to Colonel. Major J. S. Martin, M.8.E., is to be lieutenant-colonel. Major H. W. D. Lake is to be tem- : porary lieutenant-colonel.