HOME GUARD OFFICERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1942, Page 4

HOME GUARD OFFICERS

WEST COAST APPOINTMENTS,

The following appointments and promotions in the Home 'Guard for the No. 9a (West Coast) Area officers’ personnel have been gazetted:— Major J. H. Williamson: To command No. 2 Battalion (Greymouth Headquarters) from August 1, 1941. Captain F. J. Perham: Posted to No. 3 Battalion (Hokitika Headquarters) from August 1, 1941. The gazetting of Captain Perham’s promotion to the rank of major to command No. 3 Battalion (Hokitika Headquarters) is being arranged. Captain F. C. Elliott: To be assistant Group Quartermaster, with headquarters at Greymouth. To be Captains (temp.) dated August 1, 1941:—H. H. Herring, 2 i/c No. 2 Battalion; W. A. O’Neill, O/c B. Coy., No. 2 Btn; K. J. McKinnon, O.C.C. Coy. No. 2 Btn; R. H. Topliss, O.C. D Coy, No. 2 Btn; A. H. Birss, O.C. B. Coy. No. 3 Btn; T. A. Ecclesfield, O.C. B. Coy. No. 3 Btn; A. C. Armstrong O.C. A. Coy., No. 3 Btn; A. C. Graham, O.C. D. Coy., No. 3 Btn. To be Lieutenants (temp.), dated August 1, 1941:—H. Hutchinson, Adjt., No. 2 Btn; A. H. Nightingale, Q/M„ No. 2 Btn; G. Smith, 2 i/c C. Coy., No. 2 Btn; T. Learmont, O.C. A. Coy., No. 2 Btn; J. B. Bluett, No. 4 Ptn., A. Coy.; H. J. F. Wicks, No. 3 Ptn., A. Coy.; H. A. Innes, No. 2 Ptn.; J. H. Martin, No. 6 Ptn; J. K. Henderson, No. 7 Ptn; J. Wood. No. 8 Ptn.; A. Dalziel, No. 9 Ptn.; R. W. Connolly, No. 10 Ptn., all B Coy. J. Hines, No. 14 Ptn.; R. Cowie, No. 13 Ptn.; A. E. McGuinness, No. 15 Ptn., all D. Coy.; B. King, Adjt. No. 3 Btn.; H. Wells, Q/M., No. 3 Btn.; O. D. Wildbore, No. 12 Ptn., C. Coy., No. 3 Btn.; F. W. Wyatt, 2 i/c No. 3 Btn.; A. G. C. Buckland, No. 1 Ptn.; F. D. Gillespie, No. 2 Ptn.; K. W. Reece, No. 3 Ptn., all A. Coy.; J. E. Jellie, No. 7 Ptn.; J. McLaughlin, No. 5 Ptn.; F. W. Rudkin, No. 6 Ptn.; A. Thompson, No. 8 Ptn., all B. Coy.; H. L. Dimick, No. 11 Ptn.; S. J. Godfrey, No. 10 Ptn.; L. H. Kemp, No. 11 Ptn., all C. Coy.; N. H. Brown, No. 14 Ptn.; M. C. Lysons, No. 15 Ptn.; G. H. H. Robertson, No. 13 Ptn., all D. Coy; C. T. Brooking, No. 4 Ptn., A. Coy.; W. K. Bannister, No. 16 Ptn., D. Coy.