COMMISSIONS IN SPECIAL FORCE
OFFICERS AT BURNHAM CAMP
Of the subalterns who qualified for commissions with the special force after an extensive course of training at Trentham, 24 have been posted to units at Burnham Military Camp. The postings are: 20th Rifle Battalion (first echelon): Second-Lieutenants J. R. Coote, V. C. Poole, W. E. Aitken, F. J. Bain, J. H. Beale, P. G. Markham. 23rd Rifle Battalion (second echelon): Second-Lieutenants R. M. S. Orbell, S. A. McPhail, H. H. Deans, G. H. Cunningham, J. H. Ensor, F. S. R. Thompson.
26th Rifle Battalion (third echelon): Second-Lieutenants G. B. N. Pearson, R. Bethell, P. H. Wood, W. D. Westenra.
27th Machine Gun Battalion (first echelon): Second-Lieutenants A. H. Dickinson, J. A. Sneddon, R. C. Bradshaw, G. L. Lee, D. G. Steele, O. Somerset-Smith.
Second Divisional Supply Column, A.S.C. (first echelon): Second-Lieuten-ants J. L. Mclndoe, L. B. Hastie.
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Southland Times, Issue 23990, 4 December 1939, Page 8
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