New Zealand Gazette – 1941 – No. 83

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✨ Home Guard Appointments



Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3285

Appointment of Officers to the Home Guard.

Army Department,
Wellington, 21st October, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Home Guard :—

HOME GUARD.

The undermentioned to be Majors (temp.), and are appointed to command the Battalions as stated against their names. Dated 1st August, 1941 :—

GROUP No. 9.
Alexander Craig Barr (Motueka Battalion).
Reginald Lessel Pearless (Golden Bay Battalion).
Newton McConochie (Murchison Battalion).

GROUP No. 9B.
Royden Robert Dawber (Westport Battalion).

GROUP No. 10.
Henry Ronald Mottram (Christchurch East Battalion).
James Alexander Guild (Christchurch Battalion).
Francis Arnold Roche (Christchurch South Battalion).
George Frederick Hutton, D.S.O. (Selwyn Battalion).
Thomas Murray Charters (Christchurch North Battalion).
Edward Holdsworth Buckeridge (Christchurch West Battalion).

GROUP No. 10B.
William Angus Douglas (Amuri Battalion).
Kenneth Dudley Henderson (Eyre Battalion).
Douglas Appleby (Rangiora Battalion).

GROUP No. 12A.
William Robert James Pollock (Gore Battalion).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments to the Home Guard.

Army Department,
Wellington, 17th October, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to the Home Guard in the ranks stated. (All ranks are temporary.) Dated 14th October, 1941 :—

HOME GUARD.

LINES OF COMMUNICATION (MECHANICAL TRANSPORT) UNITS.

Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Auckland.

Officer Commanding : Lieutenant-Colonel Edward John Phelan.
Second in Command : Major John Henry Moon.
Assistant Adjutant : Captain Thomas Henry Pearce.

Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Wellington.

Officer Commanding : Lieutenant-Colonel John Philip Oscar Skoglund.
Second in Command : Major Duncan Forrest Bauchop.
Assistant Adjutant : Captain William James Simms.

Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Christchurch.

Officer Commanding : Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Herbert Langford.
Second in Command : Major Alexander Hazelton.
Assistant Adjutant : Captain John Joseph Blaney Connor.

Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Dunedin.

Assistant Adjutant : Captain Kenneth William Davies.

No. 1 Company, Whangarei.
Company Commander : Captain Ernest Stephen Ralls.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Walter Baden Beard.
Section Commander : Lieutenant William Leslie Fraser Sirl.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Alun Tyler-Davies.

No. 2 Company, Auckland.
Company Commander : Captain Horace Arthur Craig.
Second in Command : Captain Clarence Bamberry.
Section Commander : Lieutenant John Shaw Paton.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Barry Percy Frederic Rothery.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Ronald Easdown Craig.

No. 3 Company, Auckland.
Company Commander : Captain Frank Colledge.
Second in Command : Captain Ian Stanley Kerr.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Henry Uriel Keesing.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Harry Peter Casse.
Section Commander : Lieutenant John Kirkwood Burgess.

No. 4 Company, Auckland.
Company Commander : Captain Edward John Price.
Second in Command : Captain Henry Arthur Latch.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Robert Henry Walker.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Frederick William Matthev.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Lawrence Powell.

No. 5 Company, Auckland.
Company Commander : Captain William Beade Dulihamty.
Second in Command : Captain Alan Scarborough Phillips.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Richard James Carbines.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Alfred Wilbert Coyle.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Archibald Cyril Slater.

No. 6 Company, Franklin.
Company Commander : Captain Mervin Jack Cooper.
Second in Command : Captain Jack Hunter Bradstreet.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Archibald John McDowall.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Gus Walsh.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Percy Royal Mills.

No. 7 Company, Hamilton.
Company Commander : Captain Richard Claude Evans Kendall.

No. 8 Company, Hamilton.
Company Commander : Captain Nicholas Owen Gibson.

No. 9 Company, Rotorua.
Company Commander : Captain John Agnew Allan.
Second in Command : Captain Ronald Alva Potter.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Sidney Smith.

No. 10 Company, Gisborne.

No. 11 Company, Hastings.
Company Commander : Captain Roy Sherwood.
Second in Command : Captain John Muldoon Blake.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Allen Graham.
Section Commander : Lieutenant David Walker.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Kenneth Stirling.

No. 12 Company, Southern Hawke’s Bay.
Company Commander : Captain Clive Cassidy.
Section Commander : Lieutenant William Oliver.
Section Commander : Lieutenant John Graham Blair.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Harry Guilliard.

No. 13 Company, Wairarapa.
Company Commander : Captain David Bartholomew Curry.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Desmond Denis Ryan.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Benjamin Sewell.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Joseph Raymond Donovan.

No. 14 Company, Taranaki.
Company Commander : Captain Owen Edward Paynter.
Second in Command : Captain Philip Leonard Phillips.
Section Commander : Lieutenant John William Gibbs.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Alfred Donald Guy.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Eric Royce Hooker.

No. 15 Company, Wanganui.
Company Commander : Captain Edwin Harry Mitchell.
Second in Command : Captain William Roger Hall.
Section Commander : Lieutenant William Scott Cameron.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Richard Samuel How.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Richard Oswald Smith.

No. 16 Company, Manawatu.
Company Commander : Captain Samuel McDowell.
Second in Command : Captain Alfred Steven Trevethick.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Arthur Edward Clausen.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Sydney Arthur Edwards.
Section Commander : Lieutenant John Shortall.

No. 17 Company, Wellington.
Company Commander : Captain Frank Wilson.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Herbert Haddon Rush.
Section Commander : Lieutenant Henry Davis Raphael.
Section Commander : Lieutenant William Gee Taylor.

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🛡️ Appointment of Officers to the Home Guard

🛡️ Defence & Military
21 October 1941
Home Guard, Appointments, Majors, Commanders, Battalions
14 names identified
  • Alexander Craig Barr, Appointed Major and Commander of Motueka Battalion
  • Reginald Lessel Pearless, Appointed Major and Commander of Golden Bay Battalion
  • Newton McConochie, Appointed Major and Commander of Murchison Battalion
  • Royden Robert Dawber, Appointed Major and Commander of Westport Battalion
  • Henry Ronald Mottram, Appointed Major and Commander of Christchurch East Battalion
  • James Alexander Guild, Appointed Major and Commander of Christchurch Battalion
  • Francis Arnold Roche, Appointed Major and Commander of Christchurch South Battalion
  • George Frederick Hutton (D.S.O.), Appointed Major and Commander of Selwyn Battalion
  • Thomas Murray Charters, Appointed Major and Commander of Christchurch North Battalion
  • Edward Holdsworth Buckeridge, Appointed Major and Commander of Christchurch West Battalion
  • William Angus Douglas, Appointed Major and Commander of Amuri Battalion
  • Kenneth Dudley Henderson, Appointed Major and Commander of Eyre Battalion
  • Douglas Appleby, Appointed Major and Commander of Rangiora Battalion
  • William Robert James Pollock, Appointed Major and Commander of Gore Battalion

  • F. Jones, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Appointments to the Home Guard

🛡️ Defence & Military
17 October 1941
Home Guard, Appointments, Officers, Commanders, Sections
76 names identified
  • Edward John Phelan (Lieutenant-Colonel), Officer Commanding Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Auckland
  • John Henry Moon (Major), Second in Command Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Auckland
  • Thomas Henry Pearce (Captain), Assistant Adjutant Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Auckland
  • John Philip Oscar Skoglund (Lieutenant-Colonel), Officer Commanding Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Wellington
  • Duncan Forrest Bauchop (Major), Second in Command Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Wellington
  • William James Simms (Captain), Assistant Adjutant Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Wellington
  • Thomas Herbert Langford (Lieutenant-Colonel), Officer Commanding Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Christchurch
  • Alexander Hazelton (Major), Second in Command Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Christchurch
  • John Joseph Blaney Connor (Captain), Assistant Adjutant Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Christchurch
  • Kenneth William Davies (Captain), Assistant Adjutant Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Dunedin
  • Ernest Stephen Ralls (Captain), Company Commander No. 1 Company, Whangarei
  • Walter Baden Beard (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 1 Company, Whangarei
  • William Leslie Fraser Sirl (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 1 Company, Whangarei
  • Alun Tyler-Davies (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 1 Company, Whangarei
  • Horace Arthur Craig (Captain), Company Commander No. 2 Company, Auckland
  • Clarence Bamberry (Captain), Second in Command No. 2 Company, Auckland
  • John Shaw Paton (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 2 Company, Auckland
  • Barry Percy Frederic Rothery (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 2 Company, Auckland
  • Ronald Easdown Craig (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 2 Company, Auckland
  • Frank Colledge (Captain), Company Commander No. 3 Company, Auckland
  • Ian Stanley Kerr (Captain), Second in Command No. 3 Company, Auckland
  • Henry Uriel Keesing (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 3 Company, Auckland
  • Harry Peter Casse (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 3 Company, Auckland
  • John Kirkwood Burgess (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 3 Company, Auckland
  • Edward John Price (Captain), Company Commander No. 4 Company, Auckland
  • Henry Arthur Latch (Captain), Second in Command No. 4 Company, Auckland
  • Robert Henry Walker (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 4 Company, Auckland
  • Frederick William Matthev (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 4 Company, Auckland
  • Lawrence Powell (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 4 Company, Auckland
  • William Beade Dulihamty (Captain), Company Commander No. 5 Company, Auckland
  • Alan Scarborough Phillips (Captain), Second in Command No. 5 Company, Auckland
  • Richard James Carbines (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 5 Company, Auckland
  • Alfred Wilbert Coyle (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 5 Company, Auckland
  • Archibald Cyril Slater (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 5 Company, Auckland
  • Mervin Jack Cooper (Captain), Company Commander No. 6 Company, Franklin
  • Jack Hunter Bradstreet (Captain), Second in Command No. 6 Company, Franklin
  • Archibald John McDowall (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 6 Company, Franklin
  • Gus Walsh (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 6 Company, Franklin
  • Percy Royal Mills (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 6 Company, Franklin
  • Richard Claude Evans Kendall (Captain), Company Commander No. 7 Company, Hamilton
  • Nicholas Owen Gibson (Captain), Company Commander No. 8 Company, Hamilton
  • John Agnew Allan (Captain), Company Commander No. 9 Company, Rotorua
  • Ronald Alva Potter (Captain), Second in Command No. 9 Company, Rotorua
  • Sidney Smith (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 9 Company, Rotorua
  • Roy Sherwood (Captain), Company Commander No. 11 Company, Hastings
  • John Muldoon Blake (Captain), Second in Command No. 11 Company, Hastings
  • Allen Graham (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 11 Company, Hastings
  • David Walker (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 11 Company, Hastings
  • Kenneth Stirling (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 11 Company, Hastings
  • Clive Cassidy (Captain), Company Commander No. 12 Company, Southern Hawke’s Bay
  • William Oliver (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 12 Company, Southern Hawke’s Bay
  • John Graham Blair (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 12 Company, Southern Hawke’s Bay
  • Harry Guilliard (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 12 Company, Southern Hawke’s Bay
  • David Bartholomew Curry (Captain), Company Commander No. 13 Company, Wairarapa
  • Desmond Denis Ryan (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 13 Company, Wairarapa
  • Benjamin Sewell (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 13 Company, Wairarapa
  • Joseph Raymond Donovan (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 13 Company, Wairarapa
  • Owen Edward Paynter (Captain), Company Commander No. 14 Company, Taranaki
  • Philip Leonard Phillips (Captain), Second in Command No. 14 Company, Taranaki
  • John William Gibbs (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 14 Company, Taranaki
  • Alfred Donald Guy (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 14 Company, Taranaki
  • Eric Royce Hooker (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 14 Company, Taranaki
  • Edwin Harry Mitchell (Captain), Company Commander No. 15 Company, Wanganui
  • William Roger Hall (Captain), Second in Command No. 15 Company, Wanganui
  • William Scott Cameron (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 15 Company, Wanganui
  • Richard Samuel How (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 15 Company, Wanganui
  • Richard Oswald Smith (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 15 Company, Wanganui
  • Samuel McDowell (Captain), Company Commander No. 16 Company, Manawatu
  • Alfred Steven Trevethick (Captain), Second in Command No. 16 Company, Manawatu
  • Arthur Edward Clausen (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 16 Company, Manawatu
  • Sydney Arthur Edwards (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 16 Company, Manawatu
  • John Shortall (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 16 Company, Manawatu
  • Frank Wilson (Captain), Company Commander No. 17 Company, Wellington
  • Herbert Haddon Rush (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 17 Company, Wellington
  • Henry Davis Raphael (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 17 Company, Wellington
  • William Gee Taylor (Lieutenant), Section Commander No. 17 Company, Wellington