HIGHER RANK

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21226, 24 September 1940, Page 4

HIGHER RANK

TROOPS PROMOTED WAIKATO REGIMENT NAMES NARROW NECK COURSE ENDING When the special course for officers, non-commissioned officers, and prospective non-commissioned officers of the Ist Battalion, 16th Waikato Regiment, ends at Narrow Neck this week, a number of noncommissioned officers and privates will come out with promotions. Sixty men have been awarded higher rank in reward for the efficiency they have shown during the course, which has extended over three months. The full list of promotions has been announced as follows: Battalion Headquarters Sergeant L. S. Hall to be staff sergeant; Corporal 1). 11. Stewart to be sergeant. Headquarters Company Sergeant P. R. Green to be company quartermaster-sergeant; Corporal A. A. Ward to be sergeant; Private W. J. Cliadwlck to be sergeant; lance-corporal A. F. Howe to be corporal; lance-corporal R. j Gariunin to be corporal; Private T. A. Bullock to be corporal; Lance-corporal R. N'. Smith to be corporal; private D. P. Taylor to be corporal; Private W. J. .Maddock to be corporal; Private P. E. Pike to be corporal; Private R. u. Hopkins to l>e corporalPrivate M. O. C-arl 1 to be lance-corporal; Private N. J. .MoLa/clilaii to be lancecorporal; Private L. A. A. Kilgour to be lamce-coiporal. “A” Company Private D. Paul to be company quarter-master-sergeant; Corporal J. Brodie to be sergeant; lance-corporal C. P. Reidpath tc be sergeant; Lance-corporal u. Clark to be sergeant; Private F. S. Teddy to be sergeant; Private .N. J. Middlebrook to be corporal; Private Jl. H. Connolly to be lancecorporal; Private C. 1.. Purdie to be lancecorporal; Private L. It. White to be lancecorporal. “B" Company Corporal W. R. O'Brien to be company sergeant-major; Private N. R. W. M. Smith to toe company quartermaster-sergeant; Corporal C. \V. D. Clark to be sergeant; Corporal M. Searancke to be sergeant; Lance-corporal R. M. Southon to toe sergeant; Corporal n. A. Derecourt to toe sergeant; private B. G. Guthrie to he lancesergeant; Private J. C. Henderson to b' corporal; Private J. A. McDonnell to be corporal; Private W. O. J’eisst to be corporal; Private J. Meehan to be lancecorporal. “C” Company Sergeant D. K. Reid to be company quartermaster-sergeant; Corporal J. K Milne to be sergeant; private A. j. Taylor to be sergeant; Private J. G. Brown to be sergeant; Lance -corporal E. E. Gibbon tc be corporal; Private F. Rata to be corporal; Lance-corporal s. F. Slmcox to be corporal; Private 11. Burr to be corpora*-. Lance-corporal if. M. Conn to be corporal; Private F. Connell to be lance-corporal; Private e. Fullerton-Smith to be lancecorporal. Support Company Sergeant M. M. Ormxtoy to toe company sergeant-major; Corporal J. A. Grigg to be company quartermaster-sergeant; Lancecorporal B. A. Brown to toe sergeant; Private D. s. Wilson to be sergeant; Corpora. l A. -N. Meehan to be sergeant; Corporal N. r. Elliott to be sergeant; Lance-corporal W • J- McNeight to be sergeant; Lancecorporal R. W. Ruttimore to be corporal; Private M. G. Calvert to be corporal; Private F. N\ Hat-wood to be corporal; Private J. P. Hanna to be corporal; Private V. H. Skivington to be corporal; Private K. J. Graham to be corporal. ADVANCE PARTY MEN CAMP AT CAMBRIDGE DAY ALTERED TO FRIDAY Instead of encamping at the racecourse, Cambridge, to-morrow as previously arranged, the advance party of the Ist Battalion, 16th Waikato Regiment, will enter camp on Friday morning. It will go under canvas under the command of Major S. E. Senior M.C., of Hamilton. The unit will be fully mobilised on October 1 at Cambridge. Three months’ intensive camp training will be undertaken by the battalion, the first month, according to present plans, being spent at Cambridge. The advance party will consist of four officers and 72 other ranks. Men from Hamilton and the near surrounding district will parade at the Drill Hall, Knox Street, at 8 a.m. on Friday before proceeding to Cambridge. Officers being mobilised with the advance party are Major S. E. Senior, M.C., Lieutenant C. A. Voss, Lieutenant W. S. Dingle and Second-Lieutenant K. E. Louden. Non commissioned officers from various centres in the uflit’s territory, are as follows: — Regimental quartermaster-sergeant A. G Stubbing; company quarterma.ster-ser-gea lits N. R. W. M. Smith, J. A. Crigg, D. Paul; Sergeants A. R. Green, W. J. Chadwick, F. S. Teddy, H. J. Derecourt, d. H. lteid, D. s. Wilson, 11. I\. Me Cawley, J. F. Milne; Corporals T. A. Bullock. N. J Middilebrooli, J. A. McDonnell, V. 11. Skivington. Men of the Ranks Men Troon Hamilton: Privates L. Haines B. J. Tremtoarih, J. W. Silcock, A. R. G Jones, R. O. Ctoltty, E. Wilson, A. L. Felton, A. D. Wiig, A. H. D. Gardner, V. Shaw, A. D. Cooiubes, L. B. Robertson, R. Car 11, C. J. Mills, J. C. Smith, L. A. Lang, L. Lines, C. 11. Duncan. B. R. Alderwick, S A. Gurnell, 0. Stuart, A. D. Meyer, R Starr, A. Garland. H. h. Carter, I. C. Greenwood. J. M. (evsley, R. C. Hayson, L>. R Lines, T. 11. Morgan, M. J. Alker, T. R Langley, It. F. Edwards, R. \. Bullman. W. Lovell. 1.. Price, n. Casey, D. P. Hicks, W. K. liardie. D. J. Clark. 11. J. Seymour, V. O. Gallagher, G. Robertson, n. rvpraggs. T Dumper. L. ('.. Anderson, A. 1.. Bank ter. Men from Cambridge; Lancc-eorpoiat H McNeil. Privates A. Carter, A. Cubis, L Baltimore, It. Petersen, I. Fleming, L U-.iten, F. L. Buttimore. c. It. Iloskln. The names of men to be mobilised next Tuesday, together with parade details, are expected to be announced within a day or