JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1583

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 24th June, 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 :—

SECOND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
Headquarters, Second New Zealand Division.
2nd Lieutenant J. C. White. Dated 5th January, 1940.

2nd N.Z. Divisional Cavalry Regiment.—Reinforcements.
Lieutenant C. R. Leach (Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
Lieutenant H. H. North (The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
Lieutenant F. H. Poolman (The North Auckland Mounted Rifles). Dated 30th April, 1940.
Lieutenant J. L. Rayner (The North Auckland Mounted Rifles). Dated 30th April, 1940.

5th Field Regiment, N.Z.A.
Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Slegh relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and is posted to Artillery, 3rd Echelon, in the rank of Major. Dated 6th April, 1940.

6th Field Regiment, N.Z.A.
2nd Lieutenant H. S. Richardson (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
Lieutenant H. E. Gilbert (R.N.Z.A.), to be Captain (temporary). Dated 14th May, 1940.
Attached—
Lieutenant B. M. Hay. Attached from N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 3rd May, 1940.

7th Anti-tank Regiment, N.Z.A.
2nd Lieutenant K. A. Longmore (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.

Artillery Reinforcements.—3rd Echelon.
Lieutenant A. Marbeck (1st Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
Lieutenant M. Osborne (Reserve of Officers, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant J. C. Brown (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant M. G. Cuthbert (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant C. V. Duignan (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant F. D. Johns (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant R. J. McElroy (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant W. J. Rainbow (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant G. A. Robinson (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant B. W. Rodie (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant G. J. Ruston (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant K. Stych (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant A. J. Wren (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant J. G. Hodge (12th Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant I. T. Y. Johnston (2nd Medium Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant W. D. Lund (3rd Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant P. H. Mayer (19th Medium Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant M. P. Ritchie (21st Field Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant P. G. Pasley (19th Medium Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 5th April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant W. H. Blyth (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 8th April, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant G. M. Brandon (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 8th April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant I. G. Laurensen (13th Heavy Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 8th April, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant T. B. Wright (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 16th May, 1940.
Lieutenant E. T. Kensington (Reserve of Officers, N.Z.A.). Dated 31st May, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant R. H. Crozier (22nd Anti-aircraft Battery, N.Z.A.). Dated 31st May, 1940.

8th Field Company, N.Z. Engineers.
2nd Lieutenant W. F. Hitchcock (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Goodsir (lst Field Company, N.Z.E.). Dated 3rd April, 1940.

Divisional Engineers : Reinforcements.—3rd Echelon.
2nd Lieutenant F. W. O. Jones (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant D. M. Patterson (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant J. B. Wallace (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.

Non-Divisional Engineers : Reinforcements.—3rd Echelon.
2nd Lieutenant A. J. Learmonth. Dated 27th March, 1940.

2nd N.Z. Divisional Signals.
Major G. H. Heal (N.Z. Staff Corps). Dated 1st June, 1940.
Lieutenant S. J. K. Hislop (Reserve of Officers, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 26th March, 1940.

Divisional Signals : Reinforcements.—3rd Echelon.
2nd Lieutenant L. J. Froude (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant A. G. Hultquist (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant N. W. Laugesen (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant A. S. D. Rose (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
2nd Lieutenant J. F. W. Tonge (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.

Headquarters, 6th Infantry Brigade.
Attached—
Hon. Lieutenant A. W. E. Webb (Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Artillery). Dated 21st May, 1940.

22nd (Wellington) Battalion.
Captain B. Barrington (The Wellington West Coast Regiment). Dated 25th April, 1940.

24th (Auckland) Battalion.
2nd Lieutenant J. A. Carroll (ex Advanced Training Company). Dated 28th March, 1940.
Lieutenant H. H. McDonald (N.Z.S.C.) to be Captain (temporary). Dated 14th May, 1940.

25th (Wellington) Battalion.
Major S. M. Satterthwaite (N.Z. Staff Corps). Dated 14th May, 1940.
Captain H. G. Burton (Reserve of Officers, The Manawatu Mounted Rifles). Dated 17th January, 1940.
Lieutenant B. H. Wakelin (The Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 4th March, 1940.
Lieutenant J. D. Armstrong (N.Z.S.C.) to be Captain (temporary). Dated 14th May, 1940.

Infantry Reinforcements.—3rd Echelon.
Captain E. G. Kedgley (The Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
Captain J. C. Porter (Reserve of Officers, The Waikato Mounted Rifles). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
Captain A. D. Reid (The Otago Mounted Rifles). Dated 25th March, 1940.
Captain R. G. Stringer (The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment). Dated 27th March, 1940.
Lieutenant P. C. Griffiths (The North Auckland Regiment). Dated 3rd April, 1940.
Lieutenant R. J. H. Seal (Royal N.Z. Air Force). Dated 3rd April, 1940.