Personal
> Colonel F. T. Bowerbank has been appointed Director General of Medical Services, and Lieut.-Colonel:W. H. B. Bull, Assistant Director of Medical Services. Lieut.-Colonel H. K. Kippenberger, who is in command of the Third Rifle Battalion at Burnham, is a lawyer in private life. He is 42 years of age and lives at Rangiora, North Canterbury. Colonel Kippenberger is an. authority on military history. Lieut.-Colonel F. S. Varnham, M.C., O.C. Second Rifle Battalion at Trentham, is a Gallipoli man and has taken a great interest in the territorial movement ever since the last war. He is manager of the "Taranaki Daily Herald," and lives at New Plymouth. Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Gray, O.C. First Rifle Battalion at Ngaruawahia, is a lawyer who formerly practised in Auckland, He has been a keen soldier in the territorial units. Lieut.-Colonel B. S. Finn is Director ot Dental Services. Lieut.-Colonel A. E. Conway has been appointed Director of Mobilisation. Major George Clifton, M.C., New Zealand Staff Corps, who has been appointed to the Engineers, at Ngaruawahia, has seen service on the NorthWest Frontier, India. Major Earl Hunt, New Zealand Staft Corps, has been appointed Camp Commandant at Trentham. He has a distinguished record for his organising ability. Major R. W. Fenton, New Zealand Artillery, was manager of the Government film studios at Miramar. Major A. B, Ross was officer. commanding the N.Z. Scottish Regiment until he went into camp. He was UnderSecretary in the External Affairs De partment. Major J. N. Peart, now in camp at Négaruawahia, is headmaster of King’s College, Manurewa. Major Sinclair Reid, M.C., manager of John Reid and Co., is act Quartermaster at Néarcmvebie. Staff-Captain A. R. Cockrell was the only Second Lieutenant of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force of 1914-18 who was awarded a D.S.O. Captain R. W. Haddow, Acting Camp Adjutant and Quartermaster at Trentham, is an old Rifle Brigade officer, with a fine record in the 1914-18 campaign. He has been responsible for much of the organisation at Trentham. Captain Keith Glasgow, N.Z. Artillery, is headmaster of Scots College, Wellington. Captain T. G. Bedding is also from Scots College. Captain H. M. Lewis, Secretary of Potter and Burke, N.Z., Ltd., is with the Field Artillery at Ngaruawahia. Two well-known All Blacks are in camp, Captain J. T. Burrows and Lieut. R. H. Wynyard. Lieut. J. E. F. Vogel, Quartermaster for the Rifle Battalion at Trentham, is a well-known Wellingtonian and Commissioner of the Boy Scouts.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19391020.2.5.2
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 3
Word Count
406Personal New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 3
Using This Item
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in