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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Appointments to the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 25th April, 1940.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to 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. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

6th Field Regiment, N.Z. Artillery.

Captain H. M. Evans (3rd Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 10th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant G. P. Cade (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. W. Cropper (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant P. Gilchrist (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant T. C. McMurtrie (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

8th Field Company, N.Z. Engineers.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) E. R. McKillop (late N.Z.E.F.). Dated 26th February, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant K. W. King, B.E. (1st Field Company, N.Z. Engineers). Dated 18th February, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant S. T. Dibble, D.C.M. (late N.Z.E.F.). Dated 13th February, 1940.

25th (Wellington) Battalion.

Lieutenant J. D. Armstrong (N.Z. Staff Corps). Dated 1st February, 1940.

Lieutenant N. J. T. Webster (The Taranaki Regiment). Dated 20th February, 1940.

Lieutenant H. M. Blacklock (The Manawatu Mounted Rifles). Dated 9th March, 1940.

Lieutenant R. M. McLeay (The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)). Dated 9th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant H. M. Swinburn (The Manawatu Mounted Rifles). Dated 9th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant A. W. Clark (The Wellington West Coast Regiment). Dated 9th March, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant G. J. B. Morris (The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles.) Dated 13th February, 1940.

Lieutenant G. A. Possin (The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)). Dated 15th February, 1940.

Lieutenant J. Walsh (The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles). Dated 15th February, 1940.

Major C. J. Williams (The Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 27th March, 1940.

26th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion.

Lieutenant W. C. T. Foley (N.Z. Staff Corps). Dated 1st February, 1940.

Lieutenant C. D. F. Bowie (The Otago Regiment). Dated 6th March, 1940.

Attached—

Lieutenant W. W. Little, M.B., Ch.B. (Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 27th March, 1940.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps.

2nd Lieutenant H. D. McManaway (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 6th March, 1940.

6th Field Ambulance, N.Z. Medical Corps.

Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. B. Bull, E.D., M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 8th February, 1940.

Captain B. W. Harvey (Reserve of Officers, The Manawatu Mounted Rifles). Dated 1st February, 1940.

Major J. L. R. Plimmer, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Edin. (N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 5th March, 1940.

Captain B. C. Rennie, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 5th March, 1940.

Lieutenant D. A. Ballantyne, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 5th March, 1940.

Lieutenant A. G. Gilchrist, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 5th March, 1940.

Lieutenant A. W. Sutherland, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 5th March, 1940.

Lieutenant J. M. Staveley, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 5th March, 1940.

2nd N.Z. General Hospital.

Lieutenant H. B. Lange, M.B., Ch.B. (Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 12th March, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence,

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Retirements of Officers of the N.Z. Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 29th April, 1940.

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

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The appointments of the undermentioned officers, who were granted short service commissions, are confirmed as from the dates shown against their names:—

Major C. C. Muscroft-Taylor. 6th March, 1940.

Captains—

R. H. Bell. 1st March, 1940.

E. E. Lloyd. 1st March, 1940.

C. A. N. Pilcher. 1st March, 1940.

L. R. Neilson. 4th March, 1940.

J. M. Reidy. 4th March, 1940.

H. N. Early. 5th March, 1940.

W. J. Smeeton. 12th March, 1940.

Lieutenants—

W. H. Behague. 1st March, 1940.

J. K. Collins. 1st March, 1940.

A. M. Jordan. 1st March, 1940.

A. R. McKinlay. 1st March, 1940.

A. W. Brown. 2nd March, 1940.

P. C. Holway. 12th March, 1940.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Colonel I. T. Standish, C.M.G., D.S.O., Retired List, is reappointed to the Active List and is attached to the Adjutant-General’s Branch, Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated 15th April, 1940.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 3, dated 25th January, 1940, relative to the appointment of Lieutenant G. McCallum, B.D.S. (N.Z.), is cancelled and the following substituted:—

“Lieutenant G. McCallum, B.D.S. (N.Z.), N.Z. Dental Corps, to be Lieutenant, is appointed Principal Dental Officer, Trentham Military Camp, dated 23rd October, 1939, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain, dated 13th December, 1939.”

COMMANDS.

Major R. Fraser, 2nd Cadet Battalion, The Otago Regiment, is appointed to command the 1st Battalion temporarily, vice Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Samson seconded for duty with the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 2nd April, 1940.

Lieutenant (temporary Captain) G. R. Powles, Regiment of N.Z. Artillery, is appointed to command the 19th Medium Battery temporarily, vice Major A. V. Jenkins seconded for duty with the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 5th April, 1940.

THE OTAGO MOUNTED RIFLES.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 18 of the 7th March, 1940, relative to the appointment of Hon. Lieutenant (Bandmaster) L. B. Borrow, for “Leslie Burton Borrow” substitute “Leslie Bertram Borrow.”

REGIMENT OF N.Z. ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant P. M. Barclay, 13th Heavy Battery, to be Lieutenant. Dated 5th December, 1939.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temporary) and are posted to the 13th Heavy Battery:—

Dated 8th April, 1940—

Bruce William Brock.

Gerald Macbeth Brandon.

Ronald Duncan Horton.

Dated 17th April, 1940—

Miles Wilson Hursthouse.

Derek Harry Steer to be 2nd Lieutenant (temporary) and is posted to the 2nd Medium Battery. Dated 3rd April, 1940.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

2nd Lieutenant (temporary) C. W. Thomas ceases to be seconded for duty with the N.Z. Staff Corps and is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, Dated 17th April, 1940.