APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE) TO THE 2ND N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 59, 7 February 1941, Page 5

APPOINTMENTS (SUBSTANTIVE) TO THE 2ND N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

J 7TH N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS AND < • FIELD AMBULANCE. ! Lieutenant-Colonel 'P. C. Davie, Officer Commanding; Captain (temp. Major) J. R. Wells, Second in Command; Captain J. M. Coutts; Captain ( A. G. Couston; Captain (temp. ( Major) R. F. Wilson; Captain M. Gre- j ville; Captain F. E. Webster; Captain R. Copeland, Quartermaster; j Lieutenant C. E. Swallow; Lieutenant H. E. M. Williams; Lieutenant D. P. j Kennedy; Lieutenant B. W. Grieve; Lieutenant G. C. T. Burns, Medical Officer, 30th Infantry (Mixed Battalion); Lieutenant A. M. T. Dickie, 1 Medical Officer, 29th Infantry (Mixed) Battalion. SIGNAL SECTION—BTH INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP. 2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) L. C. Stephens. 2nd Lieutenant J. L. J. Gettins. PROVOST SECTION.— INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP. . Lieutenant A. L. Downes. PAY SECTION.—BTH INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP. Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. P McGowan. RECORDS SECTION.—BTH INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP. • Lieutenant G. A. R. Johnstone. 18TH (N.Z.) ARMY TROOPS COMPANY, N.Z. ENGINEERS. Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. R. McKillop, and remain seconded for special duty; Captain (temp. Major) L. A. Lincoln; Captain A. J. Learmonth; Lieutenant J. A. Goodsir; 2nd Lieutenants W. P. Hitchcock; J. B. Wallace; J. R. Concher; F. E. N. Tuck. N.Z ORDNANCE CORPS. Captain ,G. C. Simmiss, Officer Commanding, M.T. Field Workshop, N.Z. Ordnance Corps. Lieutenant P. N. Erridge, Base Ordnance Depot, Attached Headquarters, Bth Infantry Brigade Group; 2nd . Lieutenant E. J. Signal, 20th Light Aid Detachment; 2nd Lieutenant A. E. Tilley, M.T. Workshop, N.Z. Ordnance Corps; 2nd Lieutenant H. B. New, M.T. Workshop, N.Z. Ordnance Corps. N.Z. .DENTAL CORPS. . Captain H. a’C. G. Fitzgerald, N.Z. Dental Corps, attached Headquarters, Bth Infantry Brigade Group. Captain R. N. Cox, 8.D.5., N.Z. Dental Corps, attached 7th Field Ambulance, N.Z. Medical Corps. N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT. z Rev. H. T. Peat, Chaplain to the Forces, 3rd Class, attached 7th Field Ambulance. Rev. H. A. McD. Mitchell, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, attached 29th Infantry (Mixed) Battalion. Rev. J. Rodgers, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, attached 30th Infantry (Mixed) Battalion. Rev. C. G. Palmer, Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class, attached Headquarters, Bth Infantry Brigade Group.

HEADQUARTERS, 2ND N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE BASE. Colonel Sir Stephen S. Allen, K. C.M.G., D. 5.0., V.D. (Reserve of Officers), is appointed Military Secretary with the pay of the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. STAFF, H.M. N.Z. TRANSPORTS. The undermentioned are seconded to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force for duty as Ship’s Quartermasters, H.M. N.Z. Transports:— Major A. S. Muir, 0.8. E., N.Z. Temporary Staff. Captain C. C. Marsack, N.Z. Temporary Staff. N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS. Hon. Lieutenant John Seater Broadbelt, Auditor. •' N.Z. STAFF CORPS. Lieutenant J. Burns is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst employed as Chief Insructor, Coast Artillery School, Fort Dorset. N.Z. PERMANENT STAFF. W.O. I. (Staff Sergeant-Major) Kenneth Bishop, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.), and is appointed Adjutant, The Waikato Mounted Rifles, Hamilton. , W.O. I. Staff (Sergeant-Major) John Sydney Thomson, to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.), and is appointed Weapon Training Instructor, . Mobilisation Camp, Papakura. N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF. Major C. E. Howden, M.R.C.S. Eng., L. Lon., is granted the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel whilst holding the appointment of Senior Medical Officer, Mobilisation Camp, Papakura. Captain R. B. x Schulze relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, Mobilisation Camp, Trentham, is appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Central Military District, Wellington, and is granted the rank of Major whilst so employed. Lieutenant N. C. Shepherd to be Captain. Lieutenant A. P. F. Neeshan to be Captain whilst holding the appointment of Camp Quartermaster, Mobilwelcome. isation Camp, Ngaruawahia. Lieutenant N. J. T. Webster to be Captain whilst holding the appointment of Acting Area Officer, No. 8 Area, New Plymouth.

Major F. L. G. McKenzie, E.D., The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), to be Captain, and is appointed Quartermaster, Dannevirke Camp. , » 2nd Lieutenant W. H. Parker to be Lieutenant (temp. Captain). Lieutenant C. S. Swan is appointed Assistant Camp Quartermaster, Mobilisation Camp, Trentham. \ Lieutenant Walter Cobb, M.C., Retired List, to be Lieutenant, . and is appointed second in command, National Military Reserve Guard Company, Area 5, Wellington. Charles Gordon Nicol to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is appointed Assistant Camp Adjutant, Mobilisation Camp, Burnham. James Patrick Monaghan to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is appointed an Officer in Charge of a Guard, Vital Points, Area 11.

W.O. I (Sergeant-Major) Jack Archibald Stapley Coppard to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is appointed Assistant Adjutant,' Waiouru Military Camp. Captain G. H. Gilbert, D.D.S., N.Z. Dental Corps, ceases to be attached to the Royal Air Force Station, Woodbourne, Blenheim, and is posted to Army Headquarters, Wellington, for special duty. Lieutenant W. R. Hamilton, 8.D.5., N.Z. Dental Corps, ceases to be attached to the Royal N.Z. Air Force Station, Rongotai, and is attached to the Royal N.Z. Air. Force Station, Woodbourne, Blenheim. No. 1 (NORTHLAND) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES. James McMillan to be 2nd Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.) N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS. . Lieutenant (Hon. Major) E. H. R. Green, Assistant Director of Signals, is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) T. Morris, Northern District Signal Company, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS. Alan Mackenzie Gunn, M. 8., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, Central Military District (unattached). Lewis Edmund Jordan, M. 8., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, Central Military District (unattached). Sidney Allen Struthers, M. 8., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, Central Military District (unattached). / CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND MILITARY POLICE. Frank- George Tickner to be 2nd. Lieutenant and is posted to the 2nd Provost Company. STAFF. Lieutenant-Colonel D. H. W. H. Donaldson, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed General Staff Officer, Ist Grade (Operations and Intelligence), Army Headquarters, Wellington. N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF. Lieutenant D. Stuart to be Captain. Captain C. C. Marsack to be Major whilst holding the appointment of Senior Ship’s Quartermaster. Captain Edward Joseph Kenny (Indian Army, Retired), to be Captain. Captain E. J. Kenny is appointed General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Training), (Expeditionary Force), Army Headquarters, Wellington, vice Captain D. V. Thomas, seconded to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force. CORPS OF NEW ZEALAND ' MILITARY POLICE. Lieutenant-Colonel D. Kettle, M.C., Retired List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, is appointed Assistant Provost Marshal, and is seconded to Army Headquarters for duty. Frederick William Packer to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the Ist Provost Company.

We are reminded that in the z barrack yard the sergeant-major’s word is law. At any rate it is tactful to give him the benefit of the shout.