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Transfer.
Acting Pilot Officer Robert Millar Stewart is posted to the Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A. Dated Ist July, 1939.

TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE.
Appointments.
The undermentioned are granted commissions as Pilot Officers (on probation) and are posted to the Wellington Territorial Squadron. Dated 24th August, 1939 :-
Edgar Brooke-Taylor.
Clifford Grainger Andrews.
Geoffrey Peter Keller.
Kenneth Godfrey King.

Promotions.
Pilot Officer John George Hogan to be Flying Officer, with seniority from 1st January, 1939. Dated 25th August, 1939.
Flight Lieutenant Ronald James Sinclair (Honorary Squadron Leader, Unattached List) to be Squadron Leader. Dated 1st August, 1939.
Flying Officer Maurice Knox Archibald, Wellington Territorial Squadron, to be Flight Lieutenant. Dated 25th August, 1939.
Flying Officer George Henry Fisher, Auckland Territorial Squadron, to be Flight Lieutenant. Dated 25th August, 1939.

Transfers.
The undermentioned officers are posted to the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A. Dated 1st August, 1939 :-
Squadron Leader Trevor Watts White, E.D.
Squadron Leader James Duff Hewett.
Flight Lieutenant George Bruce Bolt.
Flight Lieutenant James Cuthbert Mercer.
Flight Lieutenant Lewis Francis Paul Taylor.
Flying Officer Stuart Lindsay Gilkison.
Flying Officer Donald Campbell.
Flying Officer John Joseph Busch.
Flying Officer Kenneth Alfred Brownjohn.
Flying Officer Ronald Affleck Kirkup.
Flying Officer Allan Crichton.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
Appointments.
William Robert Browning Watson is granted a commission as Pilot Officer (on probation) in the Reserve of Officers, Section II, Class A. Dated 1st August, 1939.
Henry Clifford Leese is granted a commission in the rank of Flying Officer (on probation) and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class B. Dated 9th August, 1939.

Promotions.
The undermentioned officers are promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1939 :-
Flying Officer John Coates.
Flying Officer George Alfred Nicholls.
Flying Officer Frederick Lionel Truman.
Flying Officer Harry Lumsden Tancred.

Transfers.
Pilot Officer Harry Wilfrid Macfarlane is transferred to the Retired List, with permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated 20th July, 1939.

The undermentioned officers are posted to the Retired List with permission to retain their rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Dated Ist August, 1939 :-
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth James Gould.
Flying Officer Peter Mitford-Burgess.
Flying Officer James Russell Richardson.
Flying Officer Robert Blair Reynolds.
Flying Officer Noel Lancelot Vale.
Flying Officer Henry Valentine Snushall.
Flying Officer Morgan Douglas Laurensen.
Flying Officer William Collard Grant Mackie.

RETIREDF LIST.
Transfers and Promotions.
Flying Officer Alexander Cleveland McArthur to be Flight Lieutenant and posted to the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A. Dated Ist August, 1939.
Pilot Officer Allan Edward Upchurch is granted a com- mission in the Regular Air Force, Equipment Branch, as Flying Officer (on probation). Dated 9th August, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.
Army Department,
Wellington, September, 1939.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, and retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces :-

STAFF AND COMMANDS.
Captain R. C. Queree, Regiment of Royal N.Z. Artillery, on proceeding to England to attend the Gunnery Staff Course (Field), relinquishes the appointments of Adjutant, 1st Artillery Brigade Group and Officer Commanding Field Cadre, R.N.Z.A., Auckland, and is seconded. Dated 24th August, 1939.
Major K. W. Fraser, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, relinquishes command of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Battery and is appointed to command the 13th Heavy Battery. Dated 1st June, 1939.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Lieutenant H. A. W. Gray, Retired List is granted a short service commission in the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 24th August, 1939.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.
Lieutenant J. M. Andrew, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 14th April, 1936, and is attached to the Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own). Dated 24th July, 1939.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
2nd Lieutenant V. F. Connolly, 2nd Field Company, to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd June, 1939.
Kenneth Christie, B.E. (Civil Elect.) to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is posted to the 3rd Field Company. Dated 22nd August, 1939.
Clifford William Thomas to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) and is seconded for duty with the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 25th August, 1939.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY'S OWN).
Lieutenant N. E. W. Barclay, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Waikato Regiment. Dated 18th August, 1939.
Lieutenant E. S. Clarke, from the Hawke's Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant and is posted to the lst Battalion, with seniority from 1st November, 1936, next below Lieutenant E. K. Tomlinson. Dated 21st August, 1939.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.
Herbert Wedgwood Brabant to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) and is posted to the lst Battalion. Dated 3rd August, 1939.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.
Lieutenant N. E. W. Barclay, from the Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own), to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st November, 1930, and is posted to the lst Cadet Battalion. Dated 18th August, 1939.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT (CITY OF WELLINGTON'S OWN).
Lieutenant J. M. Andrew, the Manawatu Mounted Rifles, is attached under the provisions of paragraph 141, Regulations for the N.Z. Military Forces, 1927, and is posted to the lst Battalion. Dated 24th July, 1939.
2nd Lieutenant A. R. Fitchett, 1st Battalion, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1939.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.
Lieutenant G. S. Roydhouse, from the Reserve of Officers, The Hawke's Bay Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 29th August, 1938, and is posted to the lst Battalion. Dated 25th August, 1939.
Lieutenant G. G. Beaven, from the Taranaki Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 31st August, 1937, and is posted to the lst Battalion. Dated 28th August, 1939.
Charles August Rudolf Loch (late Lieutenant, 5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own), (T.A.)), to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 20th February, 1937, and is posted to the lst Battalion. Dated 12th July, 1939.