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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82
Commanding Officers of H.M. ships in which such men or boys are borne
are to advise the Naval Secretary (for the information of the Staff Officer
in charge No. 1 Regimental District), at time of discharge, of particulars
of each case as follows : Full name (surname first); date of birth; date
of discharge ; reason for discharge; and intended shore address.
3. On receipt of such information the Staff Officer in charge No. 1
Regimental District will arrange for the transfer of the trainee to the
Regimental District in which he is to reside.
4. Military trainees will, on enrolment into the New Zealand Naval
Reserve or New Zealand Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, be transferred
by the Defence authorities to the “Serving in Naval Reserve List,” and
whilst so serving will be exempt from military training. The military
personal files of these men will be held by the Staff Officer in charge
Regimental District in which they are resident, who will be notified by the
Naval authorities as each candidate under the age of twenty-five years is
enrolled in the Naval Reserve Forces. In the cases of candidates enrolled
in Classes A, B, and C of the Reserve such notification will be sent from the
Navy Office, Wellington, and in the case of Class D (Volunteer Reserve)
by the Commanding Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division.
Similar notification will be made of all discharges from the Naval
Reserve of men or boys under the age of twenty-five years in June of the
year in which they are discharged, giving details as in paragraph 2 above.
5. The discharge in New Zealand of ratings transferred to the New
Zealand Division from the Royal Navy or other Dominion Navy who on
discharge are under the age of twenty-five years, and who are not for any
cause enrolled in the Naval Reserve Forces is also to be reported to the
Naval Secretary, details as in paragraph 2 being given. Such information
will be passed to the Staff Officer in charge Regimental District in
which the person concerned intends to reside.
60. Advancement of Ratings.—Except for certain modifications
(specified in clauses 7 and 8 below), the provisions of King’s Regulations
and Admiralty Instructions, Appendix XVII, Parts 1 and 3, as revised
from time to time by K.R. amendments, are to apply to all ratings serving
in the New Zealand Division whether entered for permanent service or on
loan.
2. Men entered with previous service in the Royal Navy or a Dominion
Navy may be granted on entry the rating last held by them in such service,
provided the break in service has not exceeded five years, and they are
found to be fully qualified to perform the duties of that rating. Such men
may be regarded as re-engaging under Regulations for the New Zealand
Division, No. 50, and required only to sign on for five years, unless willing
to enter for the full period of twelve years.
3. Petty Officers and men who transfer directly from the Royal Navy or
a Dominion Navy will be entered in the New Zealand Division in the rating
and with the seniority held by them in the former.
4. Ratings on loan to New Zealand Division will be retained on the
Advancement Roster of their Home port divisions, and will be advanced
from their depots in the ordinary course on reaching their turn, if qualified
and recommended. They will receive the pay and status of the higher
rating as from the date of roster advancement, provided that the promotion
does not involve immediate return to the Royal Navy.
5. In the event of a vacancy occurring in a ship or establishment caused
by the death, desertion, &c., of one of the ratings specified and under the
conditions referred to in Article 411, King’s Regulations and Admiralty
Instructions, the Naval Board will authorize the advancement of the equivalent New Zealand rating on the top of the Advancement Roster, or the
senior qualified and recommended Royal Navy rating in the absence of a
suitable New Zealand rating. In the case of a Royal Navy rating no
reversion will take place on return to the Royal Navy.
6. Any local rating conferred on a man lent to the New Zealand
Division, other than to fill a vacancy in complement due to one of the
causes referred to in clause 5, will be noted in the “Special Recommendations, &c.,” column in his Service Certificate, but such person will revert
to his former rating on return to the Royal Navy.
7. As regards (A)—Authority to give rating—as shown in King’s
Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, Appendix XVII, the Naval Board
will be the authority for advancements to Leading rate and above. The
Captain will, however, continue to be the authority for advancements to
higher rating in the case of ratings mentioned in King’s Regulations and
Admiralty Instructions, Article 410, except that the date, 5th October,
1925, mentioned therein is to be read as 1st May, 1928.