THIRD ECHELON

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21217, 13 September 1940, Page 10

THIRD ECHELON

OFFICERS LISTED -POST OF COLONEL A. S. WILDER COLONEL WEIR'S COMMAND (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday An extensive list of appointments to the Third Echelon, with seniority in units as indicated, taking effect in most cases from August 27, is gazetted tonight. The list includes the following:— 6th Field .Regiment, New Zealand Artillery.—Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Weir, R.N.Z.A., commanding officer; Major C. L. Walter, second in command (temporary); Major J. M. Mitchell, battery commander; Captain (temporary Major) A. T. Rawle, battery commander (temporary). 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, 33rd Battery.—Major R. E. Sleigh. Divisional Signals.—Major G. H. Heal, N.Z.S.C. 2-ith (Auckland) Battalion.—Lieu-tenant-Colonel C. Shuttleworth, N.Z.S.C., commanding officei; Major A. C. W. Mantell-Harding, second in command; Major F. G. Dill, company commander; Major R. V. CJosey, company commander. Units In South 25th (Wellington) Battalion.— Lieutenant-Colonel A. S. Wilder, commanding officer, temporary colonel as from August 28 while holding the appointment of officer commanding tne Third Echelon; Major S. M. Satterthwaite, N.Z.S.C., second in command; Major C. D. A. George, company commander; Major C. J. \\ imams, company commander. 20tn (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion —Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Page, R.N.Z.A., commanding officer; Major J. M. Samson, second in command; Major F. J. Brook, company commander; Major N. A. Rattray, company commander. Headquarters Expeditionary Force Base.—Captain (temporary Major) H. E. Crosse, administrative and conducting officer 14th and 15th Forestry Companies. Railway Companies Railway Operating Group, New Zealand Engineers. LieutenantColonel A. H. Sage, commanding officer; Major F. W. Aicken, officer commanding 16th Railway Operating Company; Major J. A. Jull, headquarters Railway Operating Group; Major G. T. Poole, officer commanding 17th Railway Operating Company. 13th Railway Construction Company.—Major R. L. Smith, officer commanding. 19th Army Troops Company, New Zealand Engineers.—Major C. Langbem, officer commanding. Medical and Dental Corps Medical Corps.—Lieutenant-Colonel F. M. Spencer, temporary colonel while holding the appointment of officer commanding the No. 2 General Hospital; Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. B. Bull, officer commanding 6th Field Ambulance; Major J. L. R. Plimmer, second in command 6th Field Ambulance; Major A. L. de B. Noakes, registrar No. 2 General Hospital; Major D. Pottinger, temporary lieutenant-colonel while holding the appointment of officer commanding the medical division No. 2 General Hospital; Major P. A. Ardagh, temporary lieutenant-colonel while holding the appointment of officer commanding the surgical division of No. 2 General Hospital; Captain (temporary G. F. V. Anson, No. 2 General Hospital (anaesthetist). Army Nursing Service. —Sister (temporary Charge Sister) D. F. Gatenby. Dental Corps.—Major J. A. S. Mackenzie, officer commanding Second Divisional Mobile Dental Section. OFFICERS FOR HOPU HOPU A number of officers to go into camp at Ngaruawahia with the 4th Reinforcements include two who have been transferred from other units, Captain C. H. Loughnan, M.C., and Captain F. C. Rawle. New appointments are: —Major H. J. Thompson, M.C., Major G. T. Kellaway, Lieutenant M. Steele, with the rank of captain. Captain G. S. Tomlin and Captain M. Fell.