Appointments
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Solomon Islands Military Appointments
THE following particulars of appoint ments, etc., to the Defence Force and other Military Units of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, have been published in Suva:— Captain W. F. M. Clemens, MC, to be a Temporary Major, and to command the Service Battalion, Defence Force, from December 3, 1942.
The following to be lieutenants or second lieutenants in the various Defence Force or Labour Corps:— H. C. Corry. H. Cameron.
E. de Klerk. H. M. Davies.
C. E. Hart. g- Harkins.
A E Morris R H - Mulve y- A. E. Morns. F T stackpool.
J. Y. Svensen. r. c. Symes.
H. F. Waters. C. T. Try.
The following to be captains in the Labour Corps:—J. A. Johnstone, R.
McGregor.
Squadron-Leader C. V. Widdy, on secondment from the RAAF, to command the Labour Corps.
Accidents from dynamite, usually affecting people who choose this illegal method of killing fish, are frequent in New Caledonia, and one-armed men are to be seen along both coasts. A boy of 18 recently lost his right hand, and another civilian suffered injuries much more severe.