Divisional Signals
2 NZ DIVISIONAL SIGNALS IN 1940
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2 NZ DIVISIONAL SIGNALS IN 1940
| HQ 2 Divisional Signals | Located at HQ NZ Division | |
| Commanding Officer | Lt-Col S. F. Allen | |
| Second-in-Command | Maj G. L. Agar | |
| Adjutant | Capt J. Vincent, DCM, MM, Croix de Guerre (Belg.) | |
| Quartermaster | Capt E. L. J. Marshall | |
| Regimental Sergeant-Major | WO I W. F. Stevenson | |
| HQ No. 1 Company | Located at HQ NZ Division | |
| Company Commander | Capt R. L. C. Grant | |
| A Section | Located at HQ NZ Division | |
| Provided wireless communications between HQ NZ Division and infantry brigades. | ||
| Officer Commanding | Capt A. E. Smith | |
| Second-in-Command | Lt C. A. Borman |
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| B Section | Located at HQ NZ Division | |
| Laid and maintained field cable between HQ NZ Division and infantry brigades, and between HQ NZA and field regiments. | ||
| Officer Commanding | Lt R. Dasler | |
| C Section | Attached to Divisional Cavalry Regiment. | |
| Provided and maintained wireless communications to HQ NZ Division and maintained regimental signal equipment. | ||
| Officer Commanding | Lt D. M. McFarlane | |
| D Section | Located at HQ NZ Division. | |
| Provided and operated Signal Office at HQ NZ Division. Also provided Despatch Rider Letter Service (DRLS) and Special Despatch Rider (SDR) service between HQ NZ Division and infantry brigades, and between HQ NZ Division and field regiments. | ||
| Officer Commanding | Capt J. Feeney | |
| Second-in-Command | Lt C. R. Ambury | |
| M Section | Located at HQ NZ Division. | |
| Technical Maintenance Section responsible for first-line maintenance of Division's signal equipment and first-line maintenance of Signals' vehicles at HQ NZ Division. | ||
| Appointment of Officer Commanding M Section vacant at time of embarkation as Technical Maintenance Officer, Lt H. W. Wilkinson, had embarked with Advance Party in December 1939; he resumed appointment of TMO on rejoining unit at Maadi in February 1940. | ||
| E, F and G Sections | Attached to 4, 5, and 6 Field Regiments, respectively. | |
| Provided line, wireless, and despatch-rider communications down to command posts of field batteries. | ||
| Officer Commanding E Section | Lt N. G. Fletcher | |
| Officer Commanding F Section | Lt H. W. Robins | |
| Officer Commanding G Section | Lt A. S. D. Rose | |
| H Section | Attached to 7 Anti-Tank Regiment. | |
| Provided wireless communications down to anti-tank batteries. | ||
| Officer Commanding | Lt T. M. Paterson |
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| J, K and L Sections | Attached to HQ 4, 5, and 6 Infantry Brigades, respectively. | |
| Provided line, wireless, and despatch-rider communications down to headquarters of infantry battalions. | ||
| Officer Commanding J Section | Lt C. G. Pryor† | |
| Second-in-Command J Section | 2 Lt A. G. Holms | |
| Officer Commanding K Section | Lt E. V. Fry | |
| Second-in-Command K Section | Lt A. S. Frame | |
| Officer Commanding L Section | Lt T. H. Jory | |
| Second-in-Command L Section | Lt N. W. Laugesen |
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