ARTILLERY DIRECTOR
Major Moor Appointed Miajor R. J. Moor has been appointed director of the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He succeeds Lieutenant-colonel J. A. Pounitney, who is now director of training. Colonel Moor was educated at Hutt Valley High School and Palmerston North Boys’
High School before joining the Territorial Force in 1937 as a gunner in Bth Battery at Palmerston North. In 1939 he joined the 2nd N.ZjEF. and was commissioned into the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, going overseas in 1949 to serve with the New Zealand Artillery in Greece, North Africa and Italy.
He joined the Regular Army in 1947 and served in artillery and staff appointments in Wellington before being posted to serve with 16th Field Regiment in Korea. He returned to Auckland in 1952 and in 1957 was posted to Army Headquarters, Wellington, as a staff officer in the planning directorate. In 1959 Colonel Moor attended a two-year joint services staff college course in Britain. He was awarded the MB.E. in the 1961 Birthday Honours.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620309.2.153
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CI, Issue 29767, 9 March 1962, Page 15
Word Count
175ARTILLERY DIRECTOR Press, Volume CI, Issue 29767, 9 March 1962, Page 15
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in