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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 125

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of
Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 10th October, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointments, promotions,
transfers, and retirements of officers of the New Zealand
Military Forces:—

STAFF AND COMMANDS.

Lieutenant-Colonel F. W. Kemp, M.C., E.D., M.D.,
M.R.C.S., Eng., I.R.C.P., Lond., Reserve of Officers,
N.Z. Medical Corps, is transferred to the Active List
and is appointed Principal Medical Officer, Trentham
Camp. Dated 25th September, 1939.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Will, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps,
relinquishes the appointments of Assistant Director of
Medical Services and O.C., N.Z.M.C., Northern Military
District, dated 20th September, 1939, and is seconded
for duty with the Special Force. Dated 21st September,
1939.

Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Kenrick, M.B., F.R.C.S., N.Z.
Medical Corps, relinquishes command of the 1st Field
Ambulance, dated 20th September, 1939, and is appointed
Assistant Director of Medical Services and O.C., N.Z M.C.,
Northern Military District. Dated 21st September, 1939.

Major J. H. H. Wood, M.B., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed
to command the 1st Field Ambulance. Dated 21st
September, 1939.

Captain V. J. Innes, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the
appointment of Adjutant, Army School of Instruction,
Trentham, is appointed Administrative Commandant,
Trentham Military Area, and is granted the temporary
rank of Major. Dated 16th September, 1939.

Lieutenant and Quartermaster G. F. McCulloch, M.B.E.,
N.Z. Permanent Staff, is appointed Adjutant, Army
School of Instruction, Trentham. Dated 16th
September, 1939.

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned are granted short service commissions
in the ranks stated:—

Major—
Dated 6th September, 1939:—
C. C. Muscroft-Taylor (Reserve of Officers, Royal
Regiment of Artillery).

Captains—
Dated 1st September, 1939:—
R. H. Bell (1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment).
C. S. J. Berkeley (late Ghurka Rifles).
G. E. Forster (late The Welch Regiment).
E. E. Lloyd (1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment).
C. A. N. Pilcher (1st Artillery Brigade Group).

Dated 4th September, 1939:—
L. R. Neilson (Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West
Coast) Mounted Rifles).
J. M. Reidy (1st Cadet Battalion, The Hawke’s Bay
Regiment).

Dated 5th September, 1939:—
H. N. Early (Reserve of Officers, The Royal Sussex
Regiment).

Dated 12th September, 1939:—
W. J. Smeeton (late Royal Field Artillery).

Lieutenants—
Dated 1st September, 1939:—
W. H. Behague (Northern District Signal Company,
N.Z. Corps of Signals).
J. K. Collins (1st Battalion, The Canterbury Regiment).
W. A. Graham-Kerr (Reserve of Officers, Royal
Regiment of Artillery).
A. M. Jordan (The Auckland (East Coast) Mounted
Rifles).
A. R. McKinlay (The Otago Mounted Rifles).

Dated 2nd September, 1939:—
A. W. Brown, M.C., D.C.M. (Retired List).

Dated 12th September, 1939:—
P. C. Holway (late Royal Field Artillery).

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS.

The undermentioned to be Honorary Lieutenants. Dated
30th September, 1939:—
Daniel Myers Eckhoff (Captain, Retired List).
Thomas Richard Henry Green.
George William Henry Moore.
Hugh Mulholland.
William Albert Ross.
Leslie George Turner.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

Major G. Mathias, from the Reserve of Officers, to be
Major, with seniority from 20th March, 1937. Dated
2nd October, 1939.

THE MANAWATU MOUNTED RIFLES.

Geoffrey Sylvester Peren (late Lieutenant, Royal Field
Artillery), to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 1st
August, 1935, and is granted the temporary rank of
Captain. Dated 1st August, 1939.

2nd Lieutenant A. W. Hudson (Retired List) to be
Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1939.

2nd Lieutenant S. I. A. Clifford (Retired List) to be
Lieutenant. Dated 1st August, 1939.

Geoffrey Shore Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on probation).
Dated 1st August, 1939.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Trevor Graham Neal to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th
September, 1939.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain F. M. Yendell, from the Reserve of Officers, to
be Captain, with seniority from 22nd September, 1939,
and is posted to the 2nd Medium Battery. Dated 2nd
October, 1939.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted
to the 20th Light Battery. Dated 24th August, 1939:—
Edgar Spencer Every.
Louis Clark.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted
to the 19th Medium Battery. Dated 26th August, 1939:—
Henry Russell Boyle.
Philip Henry Mayer.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (on probation)
and are posted to the Central District Signal Company.
Dated 1st October, 1939:—
Ronald Hamilton Wilson, B.Sc.
Gilbert James Wilson Tyer, M.Sc.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

Haddon Vivian Donald to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 25th August, 1939.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants and are posted
to the 1st Battalion. Dated 21st September, 1939:—
William Frank Liley.
John Fitzroy Beresford Peacocke.
David Spence Thomson.
Donald Gordon Thomson.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Arnold Thomas Anderson to be 2nd Lieutenant (on
probation) and is posted to the 3rd Cadet Battalion.
Dated 27th September, 1939.

THE NEW ZEALAND SCOTTISH REGIMENT.

Captain R. R. McGregor, Auckland Company, to be Major.
Dated 26th August, 1939.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Alfred David Nickolls to be 2nd Lieutenant and is posted
to the 3rd Composite Company. Dated 24th August,
1939.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain D. M. Mitchell, M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the
2nd Field Ambulance (Palmerston North). Dated 2nd
October, 1939.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants, Northern Military
District (unattached). Dated 17th September, 1939:—
Walter Lewis McLeod Gilmour, M.B., Ch.B.
William James Buchanan McFarland, M.B., Ch.B.

Brian Tyrwhitt Wyn Irwin, M.B., D.P.H., to be Lieutenant,
Central Military District (unattached). Dated 28th
September, 1939.

Kenneth Robert Stallworthy, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant,
Northern Military District (unattached). Dated 30th
September, 1939.