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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary)
and are posted to Batteries as stated against their names.
Dated 27th November, 1939 :—
Rainsford Riches Miller (1st Field Battery).
Guy Napier Richardson (4th Field Battery).
Howard Stanley Roper (4th Field Battery).
Murray Pringle Ritchie (21st Field Battery).
Philip John Croft (20th Light Battery).
Stuart Carlton Hay (4th Field Battery).
Ralph Vernon Merrick Wylde-Browne (21st Field
Battery).
Walter William King (1st Field Battery).
Douglas Gordon Warner Green (3rd Field Battery).
Herbert Jenner Wily (4th Field Battery).
Peter Samuel Thomson (1st Field Battery).
William Davidson Lund (3rd Field Battery).
Stanley Menzies (1st Field Battery).
Cecil Sidney Owen Hughes (20th Light Battery).

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.
Frank Edward Coulthard to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary)
and is posted to the 2nd Cadet Battalion. Dated 1st
June, 1939.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT (CITY OF WELLINGTON’S OWN).
Lieutenant J. M. Andrew, from the Manawatu Mounted
Rifles, to be Lieutenant, with seniority from 14th April,
1936, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 7th
December, 1939.
Lieutenant N. Le C. Squires, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery,
ceases to be attached. Dated 2nd September, 1939.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.
Lieutenant R. S. Stewart, M.B., Ch.B., from the Reserve
of Officers, The Otago Regiment, to be Captain, Southern
Military District (unattached). Dated 30th October,
1939.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend H. R. Turner, Chaplain, 3rd Class (Baptist),
is transferred to the Reserve List, Area 11. Dated 12th
December, 1939.
The Reverend R. A. Noakes, Chaplain, 4th Class (Church
of England), resigns his commission on appointment to
a Chaplaincy in the Royal Navy. Dated 5th October,
1939.
The undermentioned to be Chaplains, 4th Class :—
The Reverend Eric Michael Enright (Baptist), Area 10.
Dated 29th November, 1939.
The Reverend Clifford George Palmer (Church of England),
Area 3. Dated 1st December, 1939.
The Reverend Herbert Edward Whitten (Baptist), Area 8.
Dated 5th December, 1939.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Crawford, B.D.S., from the Reserve
of Officers, The Otago Regiment, to be Lieutenant, with
seniority from 1st November, 1939, and is posted to
Northern Military District (unattached). Dated 18th
November, 1939.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The Hauraki Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Allen, D.S.O., is posted to the
Retired List with permission to retain his rank and wear
the prescribed uniform. Dated 12th December, 1939.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.
Lieutenant J. H. Sinclair resigns his commission. Dated
12th December, 1939.

Supplementary List.
Lieutenant J. F. Ruddy to be Captain (temporary) while
attached for Guard Duty, Area No. 11, Dunedin. Dated
1st November, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Transfers of Officers of the Royal New
Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 19th December, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointments and transfers
of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

COMMISSIONED ENGINEER OFFICER.
Attachment.
Flying Officer Charles Allan Pope, Royal Air Force, is
attached to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Dated
4th November, 1939.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointment.
Ronald Keith Entwisle is appointed to a temporary
commission in the Administrative and Special Duties
Branch in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st
November, 1939.

Transfers.
The following officers of the Equipment Branch, Section I,
are transferred to the Administrative and Special Duties
Branch and retain their present seniority. Dated 14th
December, 1939 :—
Squadron Leader (temporary) Roderick Andrew Anderson,
M.C.
Flight Lieutenant William James Milne Nancarrow.
Flight Lieutenant Edward Gordon Gedge, M.C.
Flight Lieutenant Frederick Charles Facer.
Flight Lieutenant Clarence Noble Rabone.
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Edward Yates.
Flight Lieutenant William Johnston Shanly.
Flight Lieutenant Robert Goodenough Sherwood Hale.
Flying Officer Gordon Kenneth Dundas Mackenzie (T.A.F.).
Flying Officer Max Wilson Mills (T.A.F.).
Flying Officer Stephen Roy Neal.
Flying Officer Percy Barker Roebuck.
Flying Officer John Harold Gray.
Flying Officer Victor Thorne.
Flying Officer John Matthias Gamble.

RETIRED LIST.
Flight Lieutenant Charles Cecil Lawrence Dowdall
relinquishes his commission on appointment to a com-
mission in the United Kingdom. Dated 26th October,
1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
(New Zealand).

Navy Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve the following appointments in the Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand) :—

Lieutenant Sydney Warren Hicks, Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve (New Zealand), appointed to H.M.S. “Leander,”
additional, for a fourteen days W/T course to date
1st January, 1940.

Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Owen Francis Alfred Poole,
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (New Zealand), appointed
to H.M.S. “Philomel,” additional, for duty with the
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lyttelton, vice Hicks, to date
20th December, 1939.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve of the following appointment in the New
Zealand Naval Forces :—

Temporary Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Sp.Br.) S. D.
Harper, R.N.V.R. (R.N.), lent New Zealand Naval
Forces for H.M.S. “Achilles,” additional, to date
11th November, 1939, and “Achilles” as Assistant
to Torpedo Officer as from date of joining.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

Navy Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1939.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased
to approve the following appointment in the New
Zealand Naval Forces :—

Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Gerald Horace Ashby,
Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Leander” to “Leander,” to
date 1st January, 1940, as Secretary to Commodore
H. E. Horan, D.S.C., in continuation of present appoint-
ment.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.