New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 107

Page 2743

✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2743

Appointments to and Promotions in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 18th October, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to and promotions in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force and that the officers be seconded from the units shown after their names. All ranks are temporary:—

2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT: 4TH REINFORCEMENTS.

Lieutenant S. W. Askew (Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles). Dated 28th August, 1940.

Lieutenant Peter Hall (late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) Dated 28th August, 1940.

Lieutenant H. A. McAulay (The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles). Dated 27th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Francis Owen Connolly (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Donald Geoffrey Ewing (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant John Ivan Douglas Fraser (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Alastair Ian Guild (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Victor McKenzie (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Murdoch Bane MacKenzie (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Ian Lewis Murchison (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Ian Rutherford (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant William James Thwaites (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Ian Tasman Van Asch (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

N.Z. ARTILLERY: 4TH REINFORCEMENTS.

Lieutenant D. R. Brickell (14th Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 22nd May, 1940.

Lieutenant F. J. Cook (10th Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 5th June, 1940.

Lieutenant K. Frechtling (22nd Anti-aircraft Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 24th May, 1940.

Lieutenant Ralph Arthur Payne (late Royal Navy). Dated 13th May, 1940.

Lieutenant A. M. Quennell (12th Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 12th July, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant B. W. Brock (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. O. Burnett (15th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 24th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. D. Carnachan (18th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. R. Foster (18th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant R. B. Haughton (15th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 24th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. A. Pyatt (18th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant R. J. S. Rabone (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant A. E. Simpson (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant M. B. Trower (2nd Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 13th May, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Vernon Greenwood Astley (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant John Reginald Holm Biss (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Hilton Boyce (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant William Nicol Carson (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Leonard James Cornwell (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Henry Gibson Curran (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Douglas Clendon D’Arcy (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant John Ashcroft Edwards (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Leicester Wilce Fleetwood (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Gordon Lewis Haslett (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Patrick William Hilson (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Raymond Arthur Charles Hollis (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Lloyd Hamilton Hume (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant William Alexander Sanderson Jeff (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Stewart James Kingston (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Robert James Mouat (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Edward McCallum (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Eric Charles Walter Nathan (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant John William Neale (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Cecil Morton Ollivier (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Harry Kineton Parkes (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Clifford Pipson (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Gerald Playfair (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant James Henry Radford (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant John Spencer Rutherfurd (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Peter Copeland Savage (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Hugh Standish (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Alan John Tillick (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant John Robert Tipping (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Stuart James Wilson (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant James Heppell Young (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Alan Christie Stedman (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

N.Z. ENGINEERS: 4TH REINFORCEMENTS.

2nd Lieutenant Stanley Eric Anderson (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Montague Assheton Craven (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant James Moore Dorreen (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Norman Bernard Manssen (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Howard Charles Parsons (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Charles Maxwell Wheeler (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Terence Walter Bowes (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 6th September, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Frank Edward Foster (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 6th September, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Milton Page (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 6th September, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Edward Lamberton Robinson (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 6th September, 1940.

2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL SIGNALS: 4TH REINFORCEMENTS.

Lieutenant W. J. Scholefield (Central District Signal Coy.). Dated 8th July, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant Digby Charles Harrison Cooper (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit). Dated 12th August, 1940.

INFANTRY (RIFLE): 4TH REINFORCEMENTS.

Captain E. H. Boulton (The North Auckland Regiment). Dated 20th May, 1940.

Captain R. E. Agar (The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment). Dated 22nd May, 1940.

Captain R. G. C. McNab (The N.Z. Scottish Regiment). Dated 21st May, 1940.

Captain E. J. Thomson (The N.Z. Scottish Regiment). Dated 21st May, 1940.

Lieutenant Edmund Hartley (late Imperial Forces). Dated 24th May, 1940.

Lieutenant Edgar William Aked (late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve). Dated 13th May, 1940.



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🛡️ Appointments and promotions in the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
18 October 1940
Military, Appointments, Promotions, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements
77 names identified
  • S. W. Askew (Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Peter Hall (Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • H. A. McAulay (Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Francis Owen Connolly (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Donald Geoffrey Ewing (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • John Ivan Douglas Fraser (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Alastair Ian Guild (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Alfred Victor McKenzie (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Murdoch Bane MacKenzie (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Ian Lewis Murchison (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Ian Rutherford (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • William James Thwaites (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • Ian Tasman Van Asch (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL CAVALRY REGIMENT
  • D. R. Brickell (Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • F. J. Cook (Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • K. Frechtling (Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Ralph Arthur Payne (Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • A. M. Quennell (Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • B. W. Brock (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • J. O. Burnett (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • J. D. Carnachan (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • J. R. Foster (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • R. B. Haughton (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • J. A. Pyatt (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • R. J. S. Rabone (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • A. E. Simpson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • M. B. Trower (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Vernon Greenwood Astley (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • John Reginald Holm Biss (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Arthur Hilton Boyce (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • William Nicol Carson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Leonard James Cornwell (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Henry Gibson Curran (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Douglas Clendon D’Arcy (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • John Ashcroft Edwards (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Leicester Wilce Fleetwood (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Gordon Lewis Haslett (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Patrick William Hilson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Raymond Arthur Charles Hollis (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Lloyd Hamilton Hume (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • William Alexander Sanderson Jeff (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Stewart James Kingston (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Robert James Mouat (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Frederick Edward McCallum (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Eric Charles Walter Nathan (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • John William Neale (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Cecil Morton Ollivier (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Harry Kineton Parkes (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Charles Clifford Pipson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Gerald Playfair (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • James Henry Radford (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • John Spencer Rutherfurd (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Peter Copeland Savage (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Robert Hugh Standish (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Alan John Tillick (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • John Robert Tipping (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Stuart James Wilson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • James Heppell Young (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Alan Christie Stedman (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ARTILLERY
  • Stanley Eric Anderson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Montague Assheton Craven (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • James Moore Dorreen (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Norman Bernard Manssen (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Howard Charles Parsons (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Charles Maxwell Wheeler (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Terence Walter Bowes (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Frank Edward Foster (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Robert Milton Page (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • Edward Lamberton Robinson (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to N.Z. ENGINEERS
  • W. J. Scholefield (Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL SIGNALS
  • Digby Charles Harrison Cooper (2nd Lieutenant), Appointed to 2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL SIGNALS
  • E. H. Boulton (Captain), Appointed to INFANTRY (RIFLE)
  • R. E. Agar (Captain), Appointed to INFANTRY (RIFLE)
  • R. G. C. McNab (Captain), Appointed to INFANTRY (RIFLE)
  • E. J. Thomson (Captain), Appointed to INFANTRY (RIFLE)
  • Edmund Hartley (Lieutenant), Appointed to INFANTRY (RIFLE)
  • Edgar William Aked (Lieutenant), Appointed to INFANTRY (RIFLE)