JAN. 9.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1940.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
approve of the following appointments, promotions,
and transfers of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

2nd Lieutenant J. E. Melling, Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant, and is appointed Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, The Hawke's Bay Regiment. Dated 1st November, 1940.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Lieutenant (temp.) C. M. Taylor, B.Sc., A.M.I.E.E., A.M.
(N.Z.) I.E., ceases to be posted to the 1st Field Company,
is appointed to command the 22nd Field Company,
and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst commanding the Company. Dated 1st November, 1940.

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

The undermentioned cease to be posted to the 1st Battalion,
and are posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 1st October, 1940:

Captain (temp. Major) L. M. Blyth, M.M.
Captain J. W. Solomon.
Captain and Quartermaster L. J. Daley.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. H. Jackson.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) W. H. Paterson.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) G. N. Dyer.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) W. G. Hammond.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) G. C. O'Hara.

The undermentioned cease to be posted to the 1st Battalion,
and are posted to the 3rd Battalion. Dated 1st October, 1940:

Captain H. A. Wernham.
Captain R. Jones.
Captain J. B. Rowe.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) K. H. Macdonald.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) T. D. Gerrard.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) I. G. O'Neill.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) C. C. Naismith.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) L. K. O. Hughes.

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

Dated 1st November, 1940—

William Graham Caughey.
Alec Glasgow Conchie.
Leonard Fergus Cumming.
Jack Edwin England.
Jack Ramsey Gordon.
Douglas Reginald Hopkins.
Albert Edward Kinniburgh.
Robert Willmot Marks.
Samuel Charles Schofield.
John Massy Stacpoole.
Anthony Alison.

Dated 9th November, 1940—

Athelstan Rudolph Stowell.
Louis Ernest William Speed.
Walter Thomas Foster Kells Mason.
Eric John Batty.
Jack Norman Crawford.
Mervyn Trimble Wilson.
William Allan Morey.
James William Coney.
Alfred Raymond Smith.
James McIntosh.
Frank Trevor Watts.
Ernest Stanley Verne Newcombe.

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

Dated 1st November, 1940—

William Braidwood Adair.
Cecil Roy Capp.
William Morris Clark.
John Clive Davenport.
Reginald Carl Hubrich.
James Henry Jones.
Rex Victor Mahony.
Owen Gordon McGregor.
Ivor Gordon Scott.
Reginald Charles James Smith.
James Alexander Waugh.
Colin Vosper Martyn.

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Dated 9th November, 1940—

Arthur Siddall.
James Rutherford.
George Adam Davidson.
Stanley Arthur Hanson.
Frederick Charles Platt.
Arthur Edmund Andrews.
Aubrey Edmund Burton.
Robert Henry Walkley.
Desmond Sidney Brundell.
David Arthur Holmes.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), 3rd Battalion, are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 7th October, 1940—

K. H. Macdonald.
T. D. Gerrard.
I. G. O'Neill.
C. C. Naismith.
L. K. O. Hughes.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

Lieutenant-Colonel D. Dobson, M.C., from the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.), and is appointed to command the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Captain George Thomas Hennessy (late Imperial Forces) to be Captain (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Major J. O. Webber, V.D., Retired List, to be Captain (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Captain Jowan Plomer Gregoe (late Imperial Forces), to be Captain (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Captain A. H. Richards, Retired List, to be Captain (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Lieutenant A. C. Lilburne, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Lieutenant Richard Pye Miller (late Canadian Military Forces), to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Lieutenant R. Wiltshire, from the Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant E. E. Lewer, M.C., Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant J. A. Dean, Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

Lieutenant H. G. R. MacKay, Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant, and is posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 7th October, 1940.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 20th November, 1940:

Clarence Roy Harris.
Seton Fulton Marshall.
Howard Nelson Fleet Burry.
Stuart John Delacourt Russell.
Alan John Miles-Cadman.
Ferdinand Gordon Kelman Gilchrist.
Patrick Arthur Fear.
Phillip James Humphries.
Robert Quentin Quentin-Baxter.
Warwick Henry Hobbs.
John Richard Harrison.
Pete Balfour Evans.
Eric Sidney Fostyn Holland.
Philip Goodall Ellis.
William Victor Castle.
Frank George Howe.
Frederick Samuel James Renner.
George Peele Hodgson.

Lieutenant W. Welsh, from the National Military Reserve, to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion, with seniority next below Lieutenant R. P. Miller. Dated 7th October, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant R. Law, from the National Military Reserve, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 2nd Battalion, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant E. E. Lewer. Dated 7th October, 1940.

THE N.Z. SCOTTISH REGIMENT.

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

Thomas Allen Ross. Dated 19th September, 1940.
Andrew David McGill. Dated 1st October, 1940.