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A.I.F. and Militia Promotions
The appointment of Major A. G. Fox to command the 13th Field Brigade
(Militia) is contained in the latest Commonwealth Gazette. Simultaneous with
the appointment is a promotion to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Another important promotion is that
of Capt. C. W. Williams to be major.
He has now become commanding offi
cer of Corps of Signals. 4th Military
District.
Promotions and appointments ror
A.I.F. and Militia affecting South Aus
tralia are: —
A.I.F.
Engineers.— Seventh Division— R F. CocK
burn. reserve of officers to be lieutenant.
Signals. — 8th Division — Capt. c. C. John
stone. Australian Corps of Signals, to be cap
tain.
2nd/3rd Machine-Gun Battalion.— To oe
Captains — Capt. (Tern. Major) H. G. Greln
ger and Capt R. C. Piper To be Lieute
nants — Lieut. 'Tern. Capt.» A. R A'Beckett
and Lieut. J. D. C Hammon.
2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion.— To be Major —
Capi. (Tern. Majori J. A. Anderson To oe
Captains — Capt P E. Siekmann. Lieut. iTera
Capts. I J. H Mackay. J R W Roberts'in
To bp lieutenants — Lieuts. P K Roberts J.
W C Stevens H. W Fisher, and R A.
Davis Canr J G McKinna transferred from
the Second 27th Infantry Battalion
2nd, 27th Battalion (Infantry).— H J Kate
kar to be lieutenant.
MILITIA
Royal Australian Engineers (MllUla/.— Fort-
ress Units.— To be Major (temporarily). Capt.
C. P. Wrieht.
4tn Garrison Battalion.— To be Captains
(temporarily) — Lieuts. I. W. Miles and R- D.
Radford, Lieut. L J. West. M.C.. is appointed
from the Reserve of Officers.
3rd Light Horse Regiment.— To be Major
(temporarily)— Capt. (temporarily) R. K. Kid
man. M.C. To be Captains (temporarily) —
Lieuts. R. L Badenoch and W. A. Mathieson.
To be Lieutenants (on probation) — Patrick
Byrne. Conway CroSton Seymour, Colin Wil
liam Jenkinson. Alwln Leslie Mertln. Arthur
Stephen Trowbridge. Alfred Edward Heffer
nan. Roy Alfred Holmes, and Robert William
Burford.
18th Light Horse (M.G.I Reglmenti.— To
to Major (temporarily) — Capt. C. B. Farrow.
To be Lieutenants ion probation! —Harold
Walter John Axlord Kingsley James Ingram
and Sybery David Lethbridge.
10th Battalion.— To be Lieutenants on pro
bation! —George Textor. Keith Brinkworth
Siekmann. Herbert Laurence Harrison. Jack
Hamilton Mack Frederic Holland Adderiey,
Graham Peace Illingworth. Colin Melville.
David Frederick Saunders=. and Kenneth
Frederick Allen. Major H E. Moore ati
pointed from reserve.
27th Battalion.— To be Major (temporarily!
— Capt. D. H. Pickering. To be Lieutenants
(on probation) — Alan George Pickering and
Claude Harold Shuttleworth.
43r-J Battalion. — To be Captain (tempora
rily I— Lieut. J. L. Morton. Lieuts. C. Hearn
and A. R. Emslie appointed from the re
serve of officers.
48th Battalion. — To be Captains (tempora
rily)— L'.eut. C. A. S. Perry and Lieuts. M. A.
Stenson and «E. A. Ahrendt. To be Lieute
nants (on probationi— Harry Cavendish Moore
Alan Murray Richards. Peter Robbins Don
ald Glen Kimber. Stewart Burrell Hall Game,
Stanford Hamilton Smith, and Robert Allyn
Sydney Wales, and Lieut. F. F. Johnston ap
pointed from reserve of officers.
Royal Australian Artillery (Militia). ? Field
Artillery — To be Lieutenants (on probation) ?
Hugh Bramley Butterworth. James Corry Mel
lor. and John Lewthwaite Campbell
Royal Australian Engineers (Militia). — To be
Captain (temporarily)— Lieut. W. G. Chapman '
Australian Corps of Signals. — To be Major 1
itemporarilyl— Capt. C. W. Williams. To be'
Captain (temporarily) — Lieut, w. G Harmer :
Australian Army Chaplains' Department.— j
To be Chaplain 14th class)— The Rrv Charles i
Martin Swan and the Rev. Vincent P. Barry. '
Army Service Corps. — To be Lieutenants ion
probationi — Selwyn Wedd and Hubert Otto
Dittmar. ;
Artny Medical Corps.— To be Major (tem
porarily) —Capt. E. F. Gartrell To be Cap
tain— R. S. Wilkinson.
Majors J. S. Verco. F L. Wall. H. J. Blo
leld-Moody. H. W. S. J. Welch, C. H. Shafer.
K. V. Smith. G. V. Smith. M. R. Gold, and
R. H. Hamilton.
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