New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 56

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✨ Military Pay Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 56

Pay of W.O.s, N.C.O.s, and Men.

  1. The following shall be the daily rates of pay for warrant officers and non-commissioned officers of the N.Z.P.S.
Rank. Pay per Diem.
Single.
s. d.
Warrant officer, Class 1 {Minimum .. .. 18 4
After 2 years .. .. 18 10
After 4 years .. .. 19 4
Warrant officer, Class 2 .. .. 17 10
Staff sergeant-instructor .. .. 16 4
Staff sergeant .. .. .. 15 0

Temporary personnel to be paid 1s. a day less than above rates.

  1. The following shall be the daily rates of pay for warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of all units of the N.Z. Permanent Forces, except as provided in para. 46 :—
Rank. Daily Rates.
Permanent Personnel.
Single.
s. d.
Warrant officer, Class 1, conductor, regimental sergeant-major, 2nd class master gunner, artificer sergeant-major, armourer sergeant-major, and armament sergeant-major } Minimum .. 18 4
After 2 years 18 10
After 4 years 19 4
Regimental quartermaster sergeant, staff quartermaster-sergeant, armourer staff quartermaster-sergeant, armament staff quartermaster-sergeant, and artificer quartermaster-sergeant 17 10
Company sergeant-major, 3rd class master gunner, battery sergeant-major, and divisional sergeant-major 17 1
Staff sergeant, company quartermaster-sergeant, battery quartermaster-sergeant, artificer staff sergeant, armourer staff sergeant, and armament staff sergeant 16 10
Sergeant, armourer sergeant, and armament sergeant .. 16 4
Bombardier, corporal, armourer corporal, armament corporal, and lance-sergeant 15 7
Lance-bombardier, artificer, and lance-corporal .. .. 14 10
Gunner, driver, or private { Recruits .. .. 12 0
When appointment confirmed .. 12 10
After 5 years .. .. 13 4
After 10 years .. .. 13 10
After 15 years .. .. 14 4
Cadet { 1st year .. .. .. 5 4
2nd year .. .. .. 6 5
3rd year .. .. .. 7 6
4th year .. .. .. 8 6

NOTES.—(1.) Temporary personnel to be paid 1s. a day less than above rates.

(2.) Gunners and drivers (by examination) of the R.N.Z.A. will receive 6d. per diem proficiency pay.

(3.) Bombardiers of the R.N.Z.A. appointed prior to the 1st October, 1922, will not be entitled to bombardiers’ pay as now laid down (1st April, 1923) unless and until they have qualified by examination for the new rank of bombardier (or the old rank of corporal) and are recommended for it.

(4.)

  1. All increments in pay as applicable to the schedule specified above are entirely dependent upon the recommendations of the responsible officers controlling the various units, and all promotion is contingent upon such recommendation.

  2. Married rates of pay under Regulations 46 and 47 shall be drawn only by those who are married with permission, or in those special cases of men enlisted as married men. A widower with a dependent child or children under the age of eighteen years shall also draw married rates of pay.

In any case married rates of pay shall be drawn only in cases where the Commanding Officer is satisfied that the soldier is supporting his wife and/or child or children.

  1. Forty badges, each carrying a personal payment of £1, shall be issued annually to the R.N.Z.A., and shall be distributed regimentally by the O.C. Depot, R.N.Z.A., to those men who best qualify as specialists at the annual examination.


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Pay Rates, Allowances, Permanent Forces, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers