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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 137

Appointments of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 3rd November, 1939.

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

STAFF.

The undermentioned officers relinquish their present
appointments and are seconded for duty with the Special
Force as from the dates mentioned against their names:—

Major D. T. Maxwell, N.Z. Staff Corps. 25th September,
1939.

Major S. F. Allen, N.Z. Staff Corps. 26th September,
1939.

Captain C. E. Weir, Royal N.Z. Artillery. 26th
September, 1939.

Captain F. L. H. Davis, N.Z. Staff Corps. 25th
September, 1939.

Captain K. N. Todd, N.Z. Staff Corps. 25th September,
1939.

Captain J. Vincent, D.C.M., M.M., N.Z. Staff Corps.
25th September, 1939.

Captain G. H. Macan, N.Z. Staff Corps. 4th October,
1939.

Captain A. R. Cockerell, D.S.O., N.Z. Staff Corps. 25th
September, 1939.

Captain G. P. Sanders, A.M.I.C.E., N.Z. Staff Corps.
26th September, 1939.

Captain C. S. J. Berkeley, N.Z. Staff Corps. 26th
September, 1939.

Lieutenant E. W. S. Williams, N.Z. Staff Corps. 21st
September, 1939.

Lieutenant N. B. Cowper, N.Z. Staff Corps. 26th
September, 1939.

Lieutenant A. J. Young, N.Z. Staff Corps. 26th
September, 1939.

Captain W. W. Dove, M.C., Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Staff
Corps, is transferred to the Active List, and is appointed
General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, Northern Military
District, Auckland. Dated 12th September, 1939.

Captain J. G. C. Wales, M.C., Reserve of Officers, N.Z.
Staff Corps, is transferred to the Active List, and is
appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-
General, Northern Military District, Auckland. Dated
13th September, 1939.

Captain C. A. N. Pilcher, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed
Adjutant 1st Artillery Brigade Group, Narrow Neck.
Dated 1st September, 1939.

Captain L. R. Neilson, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed
Adjutant, The Manawatu Mounted Rifles, Palmerston
North. Dated 26th September, 1939.

Captain W. J. Smeeton, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed
Assistant Area Officer, No. 1 Area, and Adjutant, 1st
Field Ambulance, Auckland. Dated 26th September,
1939.

Lieutenant T. P. Laffey, Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Staff
Corps, is transferred to the Active List, and is appointed
Adjutant, Mobilization Camp, Ngaruawahia. Dated
5th October, 1939.

Lieutenant A. M. Jordan, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed
Assistant Area Officer, No. 2 Area, and Adjutant, 1st
Battalion, the Hauraki Regiment, Paeroa. Dated 25th
September, 1939.

Lieutenant W. H. Behague, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed
Assistant Area Officer, No. 1 Area, and Adjutant
Northern District Signal Company, Auckland. Dated
26th September, 1939.

Lieutenant P. C. Holway, N.Z. Staff Corps, is appointed
Adjutant, the North Auckland Mounted Rifles,
Whangarei. Dated 26th September, 1939.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Major G. W. Massingham, M.C., Reserve of Officers, The
Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), to be
Captain (acting Major), and is appointed Assistant Area
Officer, No. 5 Area, Wellington. Dated 1st September,
1939.

Major E. F. J. Reeves, M.C., Reserve of Officers, The
Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own), to be
Major, and is appointed Area Staff Officer, No. 5 Area,
Wellington. Dated 25th September, 1939.

Major J. R. V. Sherston, D.S.O., M.C. (late 4th Queen’s
Own Hussars and Indian Army), to be Major, and is
appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Central
Military District, Wellington. Dated 3rd October, 1939.

Major H. C. Mackenzie, M.C., Retired List, to be Major,
and is appointed Area Officer, No. 12 Area, Invercargill.
Dated 21st September, 1939.

Major F. Cameron, D.S.O., M.B., Ch.B., Reserve of Officers,
N.Z. Medical Corps, to be Major, and is appointed Camp
Medical Officer, Burnham. Dated 26th September, 1939.

Major W. H. Allen, Reserve of Officers, The Waikato
Regiment, to be Major, and is appointed Area Officer,
No. 4 Area, Hamilton. Dated 13th September, 1939.

Major and Quartermaster S. C. Reid, M.C., The Auckland
(East Coast) Mounted Rifles, to be Captain (acting
Major), and is appointed Quartermaster, Mobilization
Camp, Ngaruawahia. Dated 18th September, 1939.

Major R. J. Bird, late The Scinde Horse (14th Prince of
Wales Own Cavalry), Indian Army, to be Major, and is
appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (Training),
Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated 11th October,
1939.

Major C. N. Devery, D.C.M., Reserve of Officers, The
Hawke’s Bay Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Central Military
District, Wellington. Dated 12th September, 1939.

Major S. H. Gould, 1st Battalion, The Wellington West Coast
Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed Assistant
Area Officer, No. 6 Area, Wanganui. Dated 2nd
October, 1939.

Captain D. C. W. Cossgrove, Retired List, to be Captain,
and is appointed Officer-in-Charge, Camp Records,
Burnham. Dated 4th September, 1939.

Captain R. H. Cleland, Reserve of Officers, The Otago
Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed Assistant
Area Officer, No. 11 Area, Dunedin. Dated 11th
September, 1939.

Captain E. Caldwell, 1st Battalion, The Nelson, Marl-
brough, and West Coast Regiment, to be Captain, and
is appointed Assistant Area Officer (temporary), No. 9
Area, Greymouth. Dated 11th September, 1939.

Captain W. A. Breach, Reserve of Officers, The Canterbury
Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster - General, Central Military
District, Wellington. Dated 12th September, 1939.

Captain R. W. Haddow, D.C.M., 1st Battalion, The Tara-
naki Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed Quarter-
master, Central District Mobilization Camp, Trentham.
Dated 15th September, 1939.

Captain E. J. Browning, Retired List, to be Captain, and is
appointed District Supply and Transport Officer,
Northern Military District, Auckland. Dated 15th
September, 1939.

Captain R. B. Schulze, 1st Battalion, The Wellington West
Coast Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed General
Staff Officer, 3rd Grade, Central Military District,
Wellington. Dated 23rd September, 1939.

Captain W. J. Hicks, M.M., from the Reserve of Officers,
to be Captain, and is appointed Adjutant, 1st Heavy
Artillery Group, Devonport. Dated 23rd September
1939.

Captain C. A. Blazey, 2nd Composite Company, N.Z. Army
Service Corps, to be Captain, and is appointed Supplies
and Transport Officer, Administrative Headquarters,
Trentham Military Camp. Dated 24th September, 1939.

Captain J. G. Greenwood, M.C., Retired List, to be Captain,
and is appointed Assistant Quartermaster, Camp Quarter-
master Staff, Burnham. Dated 26th September, 1939.

Captain P. A. Bergman, 3rd Composite Company, N.Z.
Army Service Corps, to be Captain, and is appointed
District Transport Officer, Christchurch. Dated 2nd
October, 1939.

James Roy Buckland (late Lieutenant (temporary Captain),
1st Royal Sussex Regiment), to be Captain, dated
8th September, 1939, and is attached to the Special
Force, Central District Mobilization Camp, Trentham.
Dated 2nd October, 1939.

Captain C. J. Williams, 1st Battalion, The Hawke’s Bay
Regiment, to be Captain, and is appointed Assistant
Area Officer, No. 7 Area, Napier. Dated 3rd October,
1939.

Captain A. C. Troundale (late Canadian Military Forces)
to be Lieutenant and is appointed Adjutant, National
Military Reserve Guard, Auckland. Dated 2nd
September, 1939.

Lieutenant J. M. Hoffman, Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Army
Service Corps, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed
Assistant District Supplies and Transport Officer, Central
Military District, Wellington. Dated 5th September,
1939.

Lieutenant S. G. Bowron, Retired List, to be Lieutenant,
and is appointed Assistant Area Officer, No. 10 Area,
Christchurch. Dated 11th September, 1939.

Lieutenant F. E. B. Irimiey, Retired List, to be Lieutenant,
and is appointed Assistant Area Officer, No. 10 Area,
Timaru. Dated 11th September, 1939.