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26 Infantry Battalion
26 (Canterbury-Otago) Infantry Battalion
Criteria [1] Branch [2] Directorate [3] Role [4]

Command Appointments - Main - Commanding Officer

From To Rank Name Acting
15-May-1940 27-Nov-1941 Lieutenant-Colonel JR Page
27-Nov-1941 27-Nov-1941 Captain EF Walden *
27-Nov-1941 30-Nov-1941 Major ACW Mantell-Harding *
30-Nov-1941 04-Dec-1941 Captain EF Walden *
04-Dec-1941 08-Dec-1941 Major HG McQuade *
08-Dec-1941 26-Apr-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel SM Satterthwaite
01-May-1942 20-Jun-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel JN Peart
20-Jun-1942 29-Jun-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel CN Watson
29-Jun-1942 04-Sep-1942 Lieutenant-Colonel JN Peart
04-Sep-1942 04-Sep-1942 Lieutenant AW Barnett Twice acted as CO on this day
04-Sep-1942 04-Sep-1942 Major EF Walden *
04-Sep-1942 04-Sep-1942 Major EE Richards *
04-Sep-1942 11-Sep-1942 Major HG McQuade *
11-Sep-1942 30-Dec-1943 Lieutenant-Colonel DJ Fountaine
30-Dec-1943 08-May-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel EE Richards
08-Jun-1944 08-Jun-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel RL Hutchens
08-Jun-1944 14-Jun-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel DJ Fountaine
14-Jun-1944 03-Jul-1944 Major GP Sanders *
03-Jul-1944 16-Oct-1944 Lieutenant-Colonel DJ Fountaine
16-Oct-1944 31-Aug-1945 Lieutenant-Colonel MC Fairbrother
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