SPECIAL UNITS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21177, 29 July 1940, Page 6

SPECIAL UNITS

RAILWAY AND FORESTRY OFFICERS APPOINTED Officers for the eight special railway, forestry and army troops companies recently established are Gazetted. The companies are in camp at Hopu Hopu and Trentham. Following are the officers: 12th Railway Survey Company: Captain (temporary) S. T. Dibble, promoted from lieutenant and transferred from the Bth Field Company, New Zealand Engineers; Captain F. L. Park, Captain G. W. Nelson, Sec-ond-Lieutenants K. J. Mawson, R. G. Drummond and J. A. Andrew. 13th Railway Construction Company: Major R. T. Smith, Captain A. G. Park, Second-Lieutenants A. A. Treloar, L. C. E. Malt, G. K. Armstrong (commissioned from the Advanced Training Company) and F. K. Roberts. 14th Forestry Company: Captain O. Jones, Lieutenant H. E. Crosse, M.C., Second-Lieutenants J. B. Balentine, B. J. Climo (commissioned from the Advanced Training Company) and W. Austin. 15th Forestry Company: Captain Courtney Biggs, Lieutenant C. McManus, M.M., Second-Lieutenants J. O. Gough, E. S. Tuck, A. L. Poole and K. O. Tunnicliff. 16th Railway Operating Company: Major F. W. Aickin, Captain G. T. Poole, Second-Lieutenants D. A. Clarke, C. H. B. Bishop and J. M. B. Lockett. 17th Railway Operating Company: Mapor A. H. Sage, M.M., Captain J. A. Jull, Second-Lieutenants J. N. Nicholson, A. T. McMurtrie and H. J. H. Waterhouse. 18th Army Troops Company: Captain W. E. Lucy, Second-Lieutenants J. R. Concher (commissioned from the Advance Training Company) and F. E. N. Tuck. 19th Army Troops Company: Major C. Langbein, Captain J. N. Anderson, Second-Lieutenants L. C. Smart, C. H. Page (commissioned from the Ad vanced Training Company) and R. J. Collins (commissioned from the Advanced Training Company). WAIKATO REGIMENT TWO OFFICERS POSTED Two postings of officers to the Waikato Regiment are Gazetted: Lieutenant R. R. V. Challiner has been drawn from the Reserve and i posted to the Ist Battalion of the i Waikato Regiment, and Lieutenant L. |J. Smith has been transferred from j the 2nd Cadet Battalion to the Ist Battalion of the regiment.