ARMED FORCES

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 61, 21 February 1941, Page 5

ARMED FORCES

Appointments And Promotions The following naval, army and air force appointments and promotions are announced :— W.0.1. C. E. Rogers. N.Z.P.S., to be lieutenant and quartermaster (temp.) and assistant area officer, Masterton. Major A. H. Wright. V.D., to be adjutant,'lst Battalion, Hawke's Bay Regiment'. ’ Captain K. B. McKenzie-Muirson, M.C., to be officer commanding No. 3 Training Battalion, Trentham, and appointed major (temp.). Captain R. B. Schulze to be major and G.S.O. 11, Central District Headquarters. Major G. E. Pollock, E.D., Wellington Regiment, to be captain and attached to Adjutant-General’s branch, Army Headquarters. E. de la Mare to be .lieutenant, and posted to Guards, vital points, area 1. S. P. Stewart to be lieutenant, and assistant to the staff officer. Ordnance Service, Army Headquarters. Second Lieutenant F. W. Mothes to be •lieutenant and attached to AdjutantGeneral’s branch, Army Headquarters. J. H. Cowdrey to be captain and appointed deputy director of hygiene, Army Headquarters. Lieutenant D. T. Allan, 8.D.5., to be attached to R.N.Z.A.F. station, Rongotai. Lieutenant F. G. Lintott, N.Z.A., to be attached to general staff branch, Army Headquarters. G. E. Merrick and A. K. Chirnside, 8.D.5., to be lieutenants and appointed as dental officers at' Trentham. Second Lieutenant, K. G. Chamberlain to be assistant area officer, Palmerston North. Commands: Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Foley, M.C., V.D., to command the 2nd N.Z.M.R. Brigade, and Lieuten-ant-Colonel J. B. Davis, V.D., to com-

inand the ’ Q.A.M.R. ' Second Lieutenant I. V. Aidworth,

Q.A.M.R., transferred to M.M.R. Captain A. H. Russell, W.E.C.M.R., to be major (temp.). Wellington Regiment (First Battal- • ion) : D. H. Hume, H.-F. Foster, A. H. Sutton, W. J. Allpress, C. C. Campbell, H. R. Evans, R. Dossor, E. J. Barry, E. F. Hollands, to be second lieutenants (temp.). '. . . , • Hawke's Bay Regiment: J. L. ClarK- ■: son, promoted to lieutenant; J. E. Tier to be second lieutenant (temp.) in cadet battalion. N.Z. Scottish : Lieutenant I. H. Macarthur to be capain (temp.) ; > Second ■ Lieutenant T. B. Hewitt to be lieutenant

(temp.) ; M. McD. Davidson, J. W. D. Gendall, W. Mack, Spedding, W. D. Leuchars, J. G. Lorimer, J. E. Boult, G. L. F. P. Webber, A. H. Campbell, D. J. Pocknail to be second lieutenants (temp.). . „ T NZ. Medical Corps: Captain A. \V. Hogg, 0.8. E., M. 8., Ch.B., to be major (temp.) ; D. G. Simpson, M 8., Ch.B., to be lieutenant. . N.Z..' temporary staff Lieutenant K. S. Beveridge to be captain. Command: Major A. E. Gorton, M.M., to be lieutenant-colonel and to command the Taranaki Regiment. Q. J. M. J. Hartwell, R. J. Rutherford, L. D. Hickford and 11. P. Stewart, to be majors (temp.) ; J. Bosomworth to •' be captain; (temp.) ; W. H. Fowler to be lieutenant (temp.). NZ Corps of Signals: LieutenantColonel R. B. Ashe, M.C., V.D., to be major and to command the Central District Signal Company; Lieutenant J. K. 11. Clark to be captain. Lieutenant W. A. Bryden, M.W.C. Regiment, transferred to N.Z.A. ?• Chaplains: Father V. D. Callaghan and the Rev. E. M. McLevie to be chaplains (fourth class). _ „ , „ Major A. S. Muir, 0.8. E., 2nd /N .Z - E.F., made lieutenant-colonel while’-N.Z.’ military liaison officer. Bombay ; Captain A. M. Jordan, N.Z.S.C., to be staff captain, Bombay liaison staff; L. G. Turner, paymaster. Bombay liaison staff, to be -captain (temp.). N.Z. Naval Forces: R. W. R. Aylward to be probationary temp, lieutenant, R.N.R. (N.Z.) ; H. C. Barnes to be temp, sub-lieutenant. R. equipment branch : C. W. Franks, M. J. H. Bruorton, D. J. Cunningham, D. J. Gavin, F. O. Spackman, E. F. C. Kennedy, J. D. Aitken, W. F. Falvey, G. Harris,' K. E. Fennessy, G. E. Button, J. W. Veale, D. L. Eadie, A. B. W. George, A. R. Grinwood, C. B. Rule,

D. B. Herrick, G. T. M. Renner, E. W. J. Collins, C. C. Newton, R. B. Watson, J. Tattersail, E. E. Pittock, E. R. Butler, C. H. Hyde, M. Foster, T. W. ,R. Sherratt, A. C. P. Tucker, D. C. de Rungs, granted temporary commissions as pilot officers on probation. Administrative branch : P. W. Herbert and W. F. Downs, granted temporary commissions as pilot officers on probation.