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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 127

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Resignations of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces.

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Army Department,
Wellington, 13th December, 1940.

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

STAFF.

2nd Lieutenant A. B. Watt, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, is appointed Transport Officer, Waiouru Military Camp (temp.). Dated 14th November, 1940.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Lieutenant G. P. Leane, M.C., to be Captain. Dated 26th November, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant E. King to be Lieutenant, and is granted the acting rank of Captain. Dated 2nd October, 1940.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 118, dated 21st November, 1940, relative to the appointment of Gavin George Wallace, for “to be 2nd Lieutenant,” substitute “to be Lieutenant.”

Lieutenant D. W. Curham, M.C., relinquishes the appointment of Company Commander, 11th Company, National Military Reserve, Wanganui, is appointed Assistant Area Officer, Area 6, Wanganui, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain while so employed. Dated 22nd November, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant S. C. Hay to be Lieutenant. Dated 22nd November, 1940.

John Wesley Loper (ex Royal N.Z. Artillery) to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Instructor, Artillery Training Regiment, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Dated 29th November, 1940.

THE AUCKLAND (EAST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

2nd Lieutenant G. B. Murray, Retired List, to be Lieutenant (temp.) Dated 20th November, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st November, 1940 :—

Grenville William Richard Hinton Purchase.
Edward George Dodd.
Charles Eric Rayner.
Robert William Wayne.
Herbert Cecil Ross.
Gilbert Reginald Murray.
William Arthur Donovan.
John William Morice.
Alexander Robert Todd.
Walter John Sisam.
Samuel Bradley Allen.
William James Parkinson.
Harold Peter Brasting.
Alexander Charles Cunningham.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain W. N. Masefield, from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority from 18th November, 1939. Dated 1st October, 1940.

Captain W. N. Masefield is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 7th October, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant K. K. Gascoigne, from the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant, with seniority from 9th September, 1940. Dated 1st October, 1940.

The undermentioned are transferred to No. 6 (Marlborough) Squadron Mounted Rifles. Dated 1st September, 1940 :—

Major C. St. G. M. C. Parsons.
Captain (temp.) A. L. Kennington.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 29th October, 1940 :—

John Ronald Green.
Angus John Mackintosh.
Robert Dennis Speer.
Richard Steuart Benner.
Ronald Foster Hayes.
Rex Percy Bundle.
Basil Duff Hewett.
William Hoare Reynolds.
Lawrence Eliot Anderson.
Norman Josiah Lovelock.
Maurice Ivo Rountree.
Colin Graham MacDiarmid.
Joseph George Whiteman.

No. 6 (MARLBOROUGH) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Major C. St. G. M. C. Parsons, from the Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, to be Major, with seniority from 15th August, 1937. Dated 1st September, 1940.

Lieutenant G. R. Western, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Captain (temp.). Dated 1st September, 1940.

Captain (temp.) A. L. Kennington, from the Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st September, 1940 :—

Jack Ward Bennett.
Russell Roberts Laidlaw.
Frank Vesey Hamilton Robinson.
Thomas Stordy Maskew.

No. 7 (NELSON) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

John Malcolm Lorimer (late Indian Army) to be Major. Dated 1st September, 1940.

William George Murray (late The Manawatu Mounted Rifles) to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st November, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant William Drummond Griffith (Retired List) to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd November, 1940.

Lieutenant L. S. Max, from the Reserve of Officers, The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant. Dated 3rd November, 1940.

George Edward Boys to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 4th November, 1940.

No. 8 (ELLESMERE) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain Clement Harold Sykes (late British Army) to be Major. Dated 1st September, 1940.

Edward Joseph Richmond Webb Jekyll to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st September, 1940.

Bernard Waghorn to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st September, 1940.

No. 9 (TAIERI) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Colonel G. R. Mitchell, D.S.O., V.D., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Colonel, with pay and allowances of a Major. Dated 2nd September, 1940.

Captain J. A. Aitcheson, from the Reserve of Officers, The Otago Mounted Rifles, to be Captain. Dated 2nd September, 1940.

Lieutenant J. A. Gow, from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd September, 1940.

Lieutenant A. W. Green, from the Otago Mounted Rifles, to be Lieutenant. Dated 2nd September, 1940.

Charles Sonntag to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd September, 1940.

George Colin Sloan to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd September, 1940.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant A. W. Green is transferred to No. 9 (Taieri) Squadron Mounted Rifles. Dated 2nd September, 1940.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Frederick Fieldsend (late Royal N.Z. Artillery), to be Lieutenant (temp.) and is posted to the 9th Heavy Regiment. Dated 31st October, 1940.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 1st Field Company :—

Albert Veart. Dated 31st October, 1940.
Kenneth Rosewarne Stemson. Dated 1st November, 1940.
Reginald George Howell. Dated 1st November, 1940.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

Lieutenant J. N. Thomson, 1st Battalion, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 2nd November, 1940.

Lieutenant C. A. Rowe, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 1st October, 1940. Dated 22nd November, 1940.

Reginald Thomas Hookham (late Lieutenant, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery), to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 1st October, 1940, next below Lieutenant (temp.) C. A. Rowe. Dated 22nd November, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 3rd Cadet Battalion :—

William MacLurg Smyth. Dated 30th September, 1940.
William Mitchell. Dated 7th October, 1940.
Andrew Archibald Smyth. Dated 14th October, 1940.