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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 25, 18 October 1940, Page 5

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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, etc. — STAFF. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. W. McMurray, N.Z. Permanent Staff, relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, Northern District School of Instruction, and is appointed Chief Instructor, Northern District School of Instruction. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. F. Gallagher, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, to be Quartermaster and Assistant Artillery Instructor, Train- 1 *’ ing Regiment, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF. Major C. F. Seaward, M.C., Reserve of Officers, the Auckland, Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Major, with pay and allowances of a .. Captain, and is posted to the 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Captain S. I. Seddon, M.C., relinquishes the appointment of Adjutant, . Mobilization Camp, Ngaruawahia, and • is appointed Camp Commandant, Mobilization Camp, Ngaruawhaia, and is .granted the temporary rank of Major while so ’ employed. Captain C. H. T. Skelley, Retired List, to be Captain and is appointed Second in Command, No. 3 Training Unit, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Captain S. C. Reid, M.C., relinquishes the temporary rank of Major and the appointment of Second in Command of the 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura, and is appointed Quartermaster, Mobilization Camp, -Ngaruawahia. r . Lieutenant S. S. Pennefather, M.C., D.C.M., Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant and is appointed to the 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Lieutenant J. H. Catchpole, M.C., Retired List, to be Lieutenant and is appointed Second in Command, B Company, Auckland Battalion, National Reserve. Lieutenant R. ,D, Boyes, Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant and is appointed Adjutant, I Auckland Battalion, National Military Reserve. Stanley Gordon James, late Australian Imperial Forces, to be Lieutenant and is appointed Second in Command, C Company, Auckland Battalion, National Military Reserve.. 2nd Lieutenant F. J. Sherwood, Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant and is appointed Second in Command, D Company, Auckland Battalion, National Military Reserve. George Alastair King to be Lieutenant and is appointed Second in Com- • mand, A Company, Auckland Battalion, National Military Reserve. Captain F. W. Voelcker, M.C., 1 Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain, and is appointed to the 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. The uridermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains:—. L. Rees, A. C. Harris, C. H. Noble-Campbell, E. R. Parkes, J. Dodds, C. T. Woodfield, H. M. Hopper, F. N. Grear, J. Muir. Lieutenant J. M. Hoffman is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Captain R. Copeland, Reserve of

Officers, N.Z. Medical Corps, relinquishes his appointment in .the N.Z. Temporary Staff on being seconded to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force. „■ Leslie Neil Mcllroy, to be lieutenant, N.Z. Dental. Corps, and is appointed Dental Officer, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Lieutenant W. B. Munday is granted the temporary rank of Captain. . Captain W. A. Breach is granted the temporary rank of Major, while I carying out the duties of Assistant Quartermaster-General, Central - Military District. Lieutenant A. G. Melies, M.C., N.Z. { Dental Corps, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Dental Officer, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. NEW ZEALAND ARMY SERVICE ! CORPS. ; The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 2nd Composite- Company:—William George Haswell, George Henry Leopard, -Peter Gollan Porteous, James Graham, John Barrington Smythe, Laurence Herbert Miller. N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS. Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. G. Robertson, C.8.E., V.D, M. 8., Ch.B., F.R.CS., Edin., Retired List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Central Military District (unattached). Captain A. A. Macdonald, M.B. Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Edin., 1 Ist Field Ambulance, to be Major. Stewart White Crawford, M.D., Ch.B., to' be Captain (temp.), Central Military District, and is seconded for duty with the Royal N.Z. Air Force. The undermentioned to be Lieutenants and are posted to the 2nd Field Ambulance —Charles Patrick Marshall Feltham, M. 8., Ch.B.; Desmond John Andrew Doyle, M. 8., Ch'.B. ' N.Z. DENTAL CORPS. Captain A. G. Melies, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, Central Military District (unattached). 18th ARMY TROOPS COMPANY, N.Z. ENGINEERS. . Major (temp.) E. R. McKillop to be Major and Officer Commanding. Major E. R. McKillop is seconded for special duty and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while so employed. INFANTRY (RIFLE), 4th REINFORCEMENTS. " 2nd Lieutenant Robert Whaley Edgley (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. B. Austin is granted the temporary rank of Captain. NO. 2 N.Z. GENERAL HOSPITAL, N.Z.M.C. Lieutenant and Quartermaster J. B .Austin is granted the temporary rank of Captain. . „ HEADQUARTEDS, Bth N.Z. INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP. Colonel W. H. Cunningham, C.8.E., D. 5.0., V.D. (Reserve of Officers, Class I (a). Sth N.-Z. INFANTRY BRIGADE GROUP, 4th COMPOSITE COMPANY N.Z.A.S.C. Lieutenant Edward Jeffrey.

“There are two things a soldier is not allowed to forget on a route j march,” states a writer. We’ve, guessed it—his feet.