World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 28.04.2016

British, Colonial, and Dominion Armies
With thanks to Robert Michel

Southern Rhodesia Defence Force, Colonial Forces
3 September 1939

SOUTHERN RHODESIA DEFENCE FORCE (Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia) [1]
Officer Commanding Forces	COL   J.S. Morris
Chief Staff Officer	MAJ   J.W. Watson
Staff Officer 'A' Branch	CPT   A.C. Walker
Staff Officer 'Q' Branch	CPT   A.V. Adams
Staff Officers Air Services	MAJ   D. Cloete 1LT   M.C.H. Barber
Director of Medical Services	LTC     A.P. Martin
Officer Commanding Air Sections and Director of Civil Aviation	LTC     C.W. Meredith
Staff in Military Districts
Eastern Division	CPT   E.R. Day 1LT   R.E.B. Long
Western Division	1LT   S.E.A. Curram
1st Battalion, the Rhodesian Regiment (Salisbury) [1]	LTC     N.S. Ferris
Adjutant	CPT   C.D. Gibbs
Quarter-Master	1LT   H.A. Watterson
2nd Battalion, the Rhodesian Regiment (Bulawayo)	LTC     T. Baker
Adjutant	CPT   J. de L. Thompson
Quarter-Master	1LT   W.E.C. Owen

[1] Salisbury is modern-day Harare. Southern Rhodesia was known as Rhodesia for a while, but is now known as Zimbabwe.