MAR. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 357

Lieutenant R. H. Perrett, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointments of Adjutant, The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, and Assistant Area Officer, No. 7 Area, Gisborne, is appointed Area Officer, No. 8 Area, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain while so employed. Dated 28th January, 1940.

COMMAND.

Captain (temporary) J. D. Swan, N.Z. Army Service Corps, is appointed to command the 1st Composite Company, temporarily. Dated 15th January, 1940.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Captain I. R. Withell, B.Sc., to be Major. Dated 10th February, 1940.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Colonel S. D. Mason, C.B.E., E.D., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and is appointed Camp Commandant, Burnham Military Camp. Dated 12th January, 1940.

Major H. G. Livingstone, V.D., relinquishes the appointment of Area Staff Officer, No. 10 Area, Christchurch, and is placed on leave without pay as from and including 8th February, 1940.

George Whitham (late Captain, British Army), to be Captain, and is appointed Assistant Area Officer, No. 5 Area, and Adjutant, 2nd Field Ambulance, Wellington. Dated 18th January, 1940.

Captain R. J. Brammall relinquishes his appointment in the Adjutant-General’s Branch Army Headquarters, Wellington, on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 6th February, 1940.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) L. A. Lincoln relinquishes his appointment in the N.Z. Temporary Staff on appointment to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Dated 30th January, 1940.

Lieutenant M. P. W. Blathwayt, Reserve of Officers, The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, to be Lieutenant, and is attached to the Adjutant-General’s Branch, Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated 23rd January, 1940.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S (WELLINGTON WEST COAST) MOUNTED RIFLES.

Walter Herbert Fowler to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary). Dated 5th February, 1940.

THE WELLINGTON EAST COAST MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain H. A. McAulay, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, with seniority from 3rd September, 1936. Dated 7th February, 1940.

THE NELSON-MARLBOROUGH MOUNTED RIFLES.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) :—

Thomas Michael Raeburn Maskow. Dated 1st January, 1940.

Arthur Lawrence Ryan. Dated 2nd January, 1940.

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant G. R. Powles, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 19th Medium Battery, with seniority from 3rd March, 1936. Dated 5th February, 1940.

Lieutenant E. C. R. Anderson ceases to be posted to the 16th Light Battery and is posted to the 23rd Heavy Battery. Dated 30th January, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant V. A. Smith, 23rd Heavy Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 27th September, 1939.

The seniority of the undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants, 22nd Anti-Aircraft Battery, is antedated to 26th August, 1939 :—

R. F. Crozier.

O. M. Henrici.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) cease to be posted to the 15th Heavy Battery and are posted to the 23rd Heavy Battery :—

J. E. Caughley. Dated 1st February, 1940.

L. C. Purcell. Dated 8th February, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) C. S. Hughes, and are posted to the Batteries as stated against their names. Dated 27th November, 1939 :—

Trevor Irwin Watson (1st Field Battery).

Robert Lindsey Fenwick (4th Field Battery).

Wallace Campbell Pocock (1st Field Battery).

Harold James Greig (20th Light Battery).

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 15th Heavy Battery :—

William Arthur Morgan. Dated 30th January, 1940.

John Cuthbert Steel. Dated 31st January, 1940.

Percy Erroll Sefton. Dated 1st February, 1940.

Ronald Ditchfield Davies. Dated 2nd February, 1940.

Guy Bernard Cleaver Bliss. Dated 3rd February, 1940.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.

Lieutenant H. S. Bannister, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion, with seniority from 18th January, 1935. Dated 8th February, 1940.

Paul Coughlan Griffiths (late Lieutenant, The North Auckland Regiment), to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 31st January, 1940.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT (CITY OF WELLINGTON’S OWN).

Edward Jenkins (late Lieutenant, British Regular Army), to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 21st January, 1940.

THE HAWKE’S BAY REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 14th January, 1940 :—

David William Harrison.

Sidney George Chaplin.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 1st Battalion :—

John Stewart Freeborn. Dated 8th December, 1939.

Wallacy Bernard Cox. Dated 9th December, 1939.

John Thomas Hawdon Halkett. Dated 10th December, 1939.

Peter Henry Thorwald Alpers. Dated 11th December, 1939.

Michael Clement Sellars. Dated 12th December, 1939.

Garry Charles Cook Sandison. Dated 13th December, 1939.

John Lincoln Knowles. Dated 14th December, 1939.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 1st Battalion :—

John Boyd Deaker. Dated 18th December, 1939.

James William Hook. Dated 19th December, 1939.

Philip Hugh Walter Nevill. Dated 20th December, 1939.

Alec Ernest Irving. Dated 21st December, 1939.

James Paton Dey. Dated 22nd December, 1939.

John Neil Falvey. Dated 23rd December, 1939.

Allan James Smeaton. Dated 24th December, 1939.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

James Donald Swan (late Captain, N.Z.E.F.) to be Captain (temporary), and is posted to the 1st Composite Company. Dated 15th January, 1940.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain A. H. Kirker, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P., Lond., from the Reserve of Officers, to be Captain, with seniority from 12th January, 1936, and is attached to the 4th Field Battery, N.Z.A. Dated 2nd February, 1940.

Lieutenant C. S. Williams, M.B., Ch.B., attached 8th Field Battery, N.Z.A., to be Captain. Dated 31st January, 1940.

Jack Dinharn Cottrell, M.B., B.S., Sydney, to be Lieutenant (acting Captain). Dated 3rd January, 1940.

The undermentioned Lieutenants are posted to the 1st Field Ambulance. Dated 6th December, 1939 :—

I. R. Gray, M.B., Ch. B.

W. L. McL. Gilmour, M.B., Ch. B.

W. J. B. McFarland, M.B., Ch.B.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Supplementary List.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 134, of the 2nd November, 1939, for “2nd Lieutenant L. M. Abraham (late Unattached List (b) )” substitute “Lieutenant L. M. Abraham (late Royal Field Artillery).”