New Zealand Army Officers 1939-1945

New Zealand Army Officers
1939-1945

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A

Aitken,
David John
R.A. Tinker 11.10.1917
Leeston
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2nd Lt.
? [30089]

Lt.
?

Capt.
?

Maj.
?

Lt.Col.
(1960)

OBE
01.01.1960
New Year 60

MID
?
?

Slaughterman from New Plymouth.

patrol commander, Long Range Desert Group

1946

J Force

served post-war in Regular NZ Army

(1960)

New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force)

F

Freyberg,
Sir Bernard Cyril;
1st Baron Freyberg, created 16.10.1951, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Munstead in Co. of Surrey
B.C. Freyberg

Youngest son of James Freyberg, a surveyor, and Julia Hamilton.
Married (1922) Barbara Jekyll; one son.

° Wikipedia

° Digger History

° Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

° papers

21.03.1889
Richmond, London
-
04.07.1963
Windsor

Capt.
19.05.1916

T/Lt.Col.
19.05.1916-14.11.1916,
25.02.1917-20.04.1917

T/Brig.Gen.
21.04.1917-20.12.1917,
22.01.1918-15.03.1919

Capt.
05.03.1919, seniority 25.09.1917 [4006]

Brev. Maj.
03.06.1917

Maj.
03.06.1927

Brev. Lt.Col.
01.01.1918

Lt.Col.
04.02.1929

Col.
06.03.1931, seniority 01.01.1922

Maj.Gen.
16.07.1934 (half-pay 16.10.1934) (retd 16.10.1937)

Maj.Gen.
23.09.1943, seniority 02.11.1939

T/Lt.Gen.
(NZ Mil. Forces)
01.03.1942-27.11.1945

Lt.Gen.
28.11.1945, seniority 08.05.43

VC
15.12.1916
near Beaumont, Hamel 13.11.16

GCMG
29.01.1946
?

KCB
24.11.1942
GOC NZ Force Middle East

CB
01.01.1935
New Year 35

KBE
1942
?

CMG
1919
?

DSO
03.06.1915
?

DSO
01.02.1919
*

DSO
08.03.1919
?

DSO
05.07.1945
?

MID
02.07.1915
?

MID
22.05.1917
?

MID
11.12.1917
?

MID
20.12.1918
?

MID
05.07.1919
?

MID
15.12.1942
?

MID
24.06.1943
?

MID
29.11.1945
?

LM
02.08.1945
?

GkMC
10.04.1942
Greek Military Cross

Geo I
20.06.1944
Grand Commander, Order of George I with Swords

CdeG WW I ?

1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

* He showed himself a fearless and resourceful commander. The success of the operations of his brigade near Gheluvelt on the 28th September and the following days was largely owing to his inspiring example. Wherever the fighting was hardest he was always to be found encouraging and directing his troops.

Education: Wellington College, NZ (1897-1904); Staff College (psc); LL.D
Dentist since 1911.

served European War, including Dardanelles (despatches six times, wounded six times, DSO and two bars, CMG, VC, Bt Major, and Bt LtCol):

30.09.1914
-
15.10.1914
France & Belgium

01.03.1915
-
03.04.1915
Egypt

25.04.1915
-
19.07.1915
Gallipoli

08.01.1916
-
20.03.1916
Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of Aegean Sea

01.05.1916
-
23.11.1916
France & Belgium

23.02.1917
-
25.09.1917
France & Belgium

11.01.1918
-
11.11.1918
France & Belgium

30.08.1914
-
18.05.1916
from New Zealand Military Forces - employed RNVR and RND

19.05.1916

transferred to Royal West Surrey Regiment

19.09.1915
25.02.1917
-
-
14.11.1916
20.04.1917
Commanding Officer, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division

21.04.1917
22.01.1918
-
-
20.12.1917
15.03.1919
Brigade Commander, 88th Infantry Brigade (with 29th Division) (France)

05.03.1919

transferred to Grenadier Guards

20.12.1921
-
19.12.1925
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Eastern Command

31.10.1927
-
03.02.1929
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Eastern Command

04.02.1929

transferred to The Manchester Regiment

04.02.1929
-
06.03.1931
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Shorncliffe)

06.03.1931
-
08.09.1933
Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), Southern Command (Salisbury)

09.09.1933
-
15.10.1934
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (London)

16.10.1937

transferred to Reserve of Officers

09.1939
-
04.12.1939
General Officer Commanding, Salisbury Plain Area

04.12.1939
-
1945
General Officer Commanding, New Zealand Expeditionary Force [in fact one division], later redesignated General Officer Commanding New Zealand Forces (Middle East & Mediterranean)

Governor-General of New Zealand, 1946-1952. Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle, 01.03.1953-04.07.1963.
LLD (St Andrews) 1922; DCL (Oxford) 1945; LLD (NZ) 1952; psc.
KStJ, 12.1945.
Literature: Alan Hercus, Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg ... (1946); Laurie Barber, John Tonkin-Covell, Freyberg : Churchill's slamander (1989); Paul Freyberg, Bernard Freyberg, VC : soldier of two nations (1991); Matthew Wright, Freyberg’s war : the man, the legend, and reality (2005)

Freyberg,
the Lord Paul Richard;
2nd Baron Freyberg, created 16.10.1951, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Munstead in Co. of Surrey
P.R. Freyberg
Son of 1st Baron Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO (and 3 bars), and Barbara, GBE (died 1973), daughter
of Sir Herbert Jekyll, KCMG, and Lady Jekyll, DBE.
Succeeded father, 1963.
Married (1960) Ivry Perronelle Katharine Guild,
Aspall Hall, Debenham, Suffolk; one son, three daughters.
27.05.1923
-
26.05.1993
Surrey South-Western

2nd Lt.
27.03.1942 [231225]

WS/Lt.
01.10.1942

A/Capt.
11.02.1946-10.05.1946

Lt.
20.02.1946, seniority 27.11.1945

T/Capt.
11.05.1946-25.08.1948,
28.12.1948-09.06.1949

Capt.
27.05.1950

T/Maj.
10.06.1949-24.02.1950,
18.12.1952-26.10.1954,
08.11.1954-26.05.1957

Maj.
27.05.1957

T/Lt.Col.
31.01.1962-30.08.1965

Lt.Col.
01.09.1965

Col.
31.12.1970, seniority 30.06.1970 (retd 27.05.1978)

OBE
12.06.1965
HM's birthday 65

MC
19.04.1945
Italy

Education: Eton College; Staff College (psc, 1952); jssc, 1958; sowc, 1971

1940

joined NZ Army

served with 2nd NZEF: Greece, 1941; Western Desert, 1941-42 (attached Long Range Desert Group; wounded 12.12.1942)

27.03.1942

transferred to British Army [emergency commission to 19.02.1946]

1942
-

Grenadier Guards; North Africa, 1943; Italy, 1943-45 (MC)

20.02.1946

permanent commission

1947
-
1948
Palestine

26.08.1948
-
23.12.1948
specially employed

08.11.1954
-
10.09.1956
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, HQ London District

1956
-
1958
Cyprus

26.03.1959
-
29.01.1961
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office

1961

British Cameroons

31.01.1962
-
31.08.1965
Assistant Adjutant-General, HQ London District

1965
-
1968
Commanding Officer, HAC Infantry Battalion

1968
-
1971
Defence Policy Staff, Ministry of Defence

1971
-
1975
Director Volunteers, Territorials and Cadets

1975
-
1978
Colonel, General Staff

Published: Bernard Freyberg, VC : soldier of two nations (1991)

N

Newell,
P B
P.B. Newell ?
-

2nd Lt.
?

?

commissioned, 2 New Zealand Expedionary Force [emergency commission]

(05.1944)

Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre

T

Tinker,
Ronald Arthur
"Ron"
R.A. Tinker

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 13.04.1913
Christchurch, New Zealand
-
16.02.1982
Christchurch, New Zealand

Cpl.
? [7483]

2nd Lt.
10.1942

T/Lt.Col.
(1951) [30086]

OBE
30.10.1953
Malaya 01-06.53

MC
22.07.1943
gallant & distinguished services in the field

MM
09.09.1942
Middle East 11.41-04.42

MID
08.07.1941
Middle East 12.40-02.41

Education: Addington School and Christchurch West District High School
Office work with the North Canterbury Hospital Board. Become a high country musterer, spending his spare time climbing and deer hunting. Worked as a taxi driver.

1939?

27th (Machine Gun) Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

07.1940

Long Range Patrol Unit

10.1942

commissioned, NZ Military Forces [emergency commission]

(1943)
-
1945
patrol commander, Long Range Desert Group

1947
-
1962
served, New Zealand Regular Army (Royal NZ Armoured Corps)

(1951)

Commanding Officer, 1st Battlaion Fiji Infantry Regiment

Scientific administrator, sales agent.
Literature: R.L. Kay, Long Range Desert Group in the Mediterranean (1950)

U

Upham,
Charles Hazlitt
C.H. Upham

Son of John Hazlitt Upham, barrister, and Agatha Mary Upham, Christchurch, NZ.
Married (20.06.1945) Mary Eileen McTamney, daughter of James and Mary McTamney, Dunedin, New Zealand; three daughters (incl. twins).

21.09.1908
Christchurch, New Zealand
-
22.11.1994
Christchurch, New Zealand

Pte.
18.09.1939

T/L.Cpl.
1939

Sgt.
12.1939

2nd Lt.
02.11.1940 [8077]

Lt.
11.1941

Capt.
05.1942 (reld 11.1945)

VC
14.10.1941
Crete 05.41

VC
26.09.1945
Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt 07.42

1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-

Africa Star Afr St
-
-

Defence Medal Def M
-
-

British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
-
-

MID
14.11.1946
services in the field

New Zealand War Service Medal NZWSM
-
-

Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M
-
-

Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 Sil Jub
-
-

New Zealand Commemoration Medal 1990 NZ Com M
-
-

Education: Waihi Preparatory School, Winchester; Christ's College, Christchurch, NZ; Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, NZ (Diploma). Postgrad. course in valuation and farm management.

18.09.1939
-
15.07.1942
volunteered; 20th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion, 2nd NZEF (Sgt 1st echelon advance party; commissioned 02.11.1940); served Greece, Crete, Western Desert (VC, Crete; Bar, Ruweisat) (five times wounded; captured)

15.07.1942
-
15.04.1945
POW (# 28487) in Italian & German captivity (Mersa Matruh, North Africa; Modena, Italy; Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, Germany; Weinsberg, Oflag VA, Germany; Colditz Castle, Germany)

Sheep farmer. Farm manager and musterer, 1930-36; government valuer, 1937-39; farmer, 1945-.
Literature: Kenneth Sandford, Mark of the lion : the story of Captain Charles Upham, VC and Bar (1962).

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