APPOINTMENTS IN SECOND N.Z.E.F.

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23918, 9 April 1943, Page 4

APPOINTMENTS IN SECOND N.Z.E.F.

PROMOTIONS GAZETTED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 8, Appointments and promotions of officers in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force gazetted to-night, include the following:— Pacific Section Infantry: Captain G. T. Upton to be major;' Captain I. H. Macarthur. brigade headquarters, to be major New Zealand Ordnance Corps: Captain S. A. Knight, to be major. Middle East Section Infantry: Major J. Conolly, to be temporary lieutenant-colonel while commanding a battalion; Captain C. D. F. Bowie, to be major; Captain (temporary Major) J. R. J. Connolly, to be major; Major (temporary Lieu-tenant-Colonel) C. M. Bennett, Maori Battalion, to be lieutenant-colonel: Captains E. R. Andrews and G. E. Hartnell to be majors; Major T. B. Morten, Southern Infantry, to be temporary lieutenant-colonel while commanding a battalion. New Zealand Medical Corps: Colonel P. A. Ardagh, to be temporary brigadier, and is seconded to General Headquarters, Middle East Force, for duty as Deputy-Director of Medical Services of a corps. New Zealand Ordnance Corps; Major J. O. Kelsey, to be lieutenant-colonel, Captain H. B. Ward to be major. Lieutenant-Colonel S. F, Hartnell. New Zealand Armoured Corps, is appointed second in command of a New Zealand armoured brigade. Lieutenant-Colonel R. T. Smith Is appointed to command a New Zealand railway construction and maintenance group. Lieutenant-Colonel F. P. Furkert is appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services of- a New Zealand division.