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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 26, 22 December 1939, Page 4

Personal

Commodore H. E. Horan, D.S.C., R.N., will take command of the Royal New Zealand Naval Squadron on January 1, succeeding Commodore J. W. Rivett-Carnac, D.S.C., R.N., who is returning to England. Commodore Horan is First Naval Member of the Defence Council, and will still carry out the duties of that office. Colonel L. M. Inglis, M.C., who served with the 2nd Battalion, N.Z.R.B., during the last war, has been appointed to command the 27th Machine Gun Battalion of the 2nd New Zealand Division. He is a solicitor and teage at Timaru. . Colonel A. B. Williams, D.S.O., R.N.Z.A., who has been on exchange with the Australian Military Forces for the past two years, has returned and is attached to Army Headquarters. Commander Eric Rhodes, R.N., of Christchurch, now has an important post with the Admiralty and is stationed at Bombay. Major H. D. McHugh, M.C., camp commandant at Papakura, has been appointed camp commandant at Trentham, succeeding Major F. L. Hunt. Lieut.Colonel C. S. White, who served with the Auckland Regiment during the last war, will become camp commandant at Papakura. Major W. Innes, N.Z.S.C., administrative commandant at Trentham, has been transferred to Army Headquarters. Captain W. Erridge, Ordnance Officer at Trentham, is now attached to Army Headquarters in Wellington. Lieut. M. P. Studholme, of Paihai, Bay of Islands, has gone into camp for training with the officers of the 2nd Echelon. Staff Sgt.-Major Joe King, the wellknown international Rugby reteree, has received his commission, and is now with the Special Force at Burnham. Until recently he was attached to the Army School at Trentham. Staff-Sgt.-Major J. Cummings is in charge of the Army Pavilion at the Centennial Exhibition. R. Kavanagh is on his way to New Zealand to test airplanes tor the Gov; ernment. He is one of England’s best known test pilots.