This listing has been transcribed from the wartime DLI Newsletter. The original item is dated 31/7/41. Many of these officers had been posted to other units by the time the Battalion sailed for North Africa in December 1942. For a November 1942 listing click here.
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Battalion HQ
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Commanding Officer - T/Lt Col A S P Murray
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Second-in-Command - Maj R M Gidlow-Jackson DSO
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Adjutant - T/Capt I D L Cochrane
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Assistant Adjutant - 2/Lt T N Douthwaite
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Intelligence Officer - 2/Lt L Kauffman
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Signals Officer - 2/Lt G F D Girling
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Quartermaster - Lt A E Newman
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HQ Company
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Coy Commander - T/Maj W S Olleson
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Carrier Platoon - Cdr T/Capt F B Kirkup
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Motorcycle Section Cdr - 2/Lt H B Lax
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Mortar Platoon Cdr - 2/Lt A E S Gibson
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Anti-Aircraft Platoon Cdr - Platoon Sgt Maj F Glover
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Pioneer Platoon Cdr - Lt A McKerrow
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Messing Officer - 2/Lt R M Ponder
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Motor Transport Officer - A/Capt D MacFeat
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Battle Platoon Cdr - 2/Lt J H Waylen
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A Company
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Company Commander - T/Capt K N Hillas
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Second-in-Command - 2/Lt J R Bavington-Jones
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No 7 Platoon - 2/Lt R Galloway
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No 8 Platoon - 2/Lt R Notman
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No 9 Platoon - 2/Lt D E Hutchinson
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B Company
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Company Commander - T/Capt V E Brooks
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Second-in-Command - 2/Lt N Dees
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No 10 Platoon - 2/Lt D M Vulliamy
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No 11 Platoon - 2/Lt R A Wharrier
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No 12 Platoon - 2/Lt D T M Hopcroft
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C Company
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Company Commander - T/Capt T G L Ballance
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Second-in-Command - A/Capt M H Brown
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13 Platoon - 2/Lt G Jobey
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14 Platoon - 2/Lt D R M Young
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15 Platoon - 2/Lt C W Duck
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D Company
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Company Commander - T/Major C Aspinall
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Second-in-Command - 2/Lt P J Harding
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No 16 Platoon - 2/Lt R Walton
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No 17 Platoon - 2/Lt C W T Young
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No 18 Platoon - 2/Lt H J Harris
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NEXT PAGE: 16 DLI Officers Listing May 1942
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A photograph and short bio of Lt (QM) A E ‘Bert’ Newman
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