Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3951

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

Lieutenant (temp.) A. J. Hutchison, A.M.I.C.E., A.M. (N.Z.)I.E., 2nd Field Company, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 20th November, 1941.

Lieutenant (temp.) F. J. Clark, 1st Field Company, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st December, 1941.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) R. O. Chitty, 1st Battalion, is transferred to The Waikato Mounted Rifles. Dated 10th November, 1941.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), 1st Battalion, are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant :—

M. C. Sellars. Dated 1st October, 1941.

G. C. C. Sandston. Dated 2nd October, 1941.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 2nd Battalion. Dated 9th December, 1941 :—

William Fleetwood Marriott.

Vincent Peter O’Connell.

Henry Lawrence Stephenson.

William Irwin Morris.

John David Jones.

Ashley William Kerr.

NATIONAL MILITARY RESERVE.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) L. J. Rowe, M.C., 1st Battalion, relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain, and is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st December, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) A. G. Fisher, 5th Company (Thames), is transferred to The Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles. Dated 1st November, 1941.

Henry James Selwyn Grater to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 19th Company (Oamaru). Dated 20th November, 1941.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 18th Company (Timaru). Dated 1st December, 1941 :—

Robert John Irvine.

George Burborough.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant W. H. Reid, M.B., Ch.B., ceases to be seconded to the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, and is seconded to the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Dated 13th November, 1941.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. James Alexander Linton to be Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian), Area 11. Dated 1st December, 1941.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE.

The undermentioned to be Sisters. Dated 1st December, 1941 :—

Kathleen Blanch McCrae Brigham.

Edith Mary Kee.

Florence Rumball.

Patricia Mabel Pownall.

Grace Jeannie Freebairn.

OFFICER STRUCK OFF THE STRENGTH OF THE 2ND N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Major G. E. Pollock, E.D., is struck off the strength of the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, dated 26th November, 1941, is reposted to the N.Z. Temporary Staff with the temporary rank of Major, and is attached to the Branch of the Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, Wellington, dated 27th November, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 15th December, 1941.

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

STAFF.

With reference to the notices published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 91, dated 13th November, 1941, relative to—

Colonel V. F. S. Hawkins, M.C.,

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) J. I. Brooke,

Major F. L. H. Davis,

Major A. R. Cockerell, D.S.O.,

Major J. B. White,

Major A. L. Hogg,

for “Dated 1st November, 1941,” substitute “Dated 1st October, 1941.”

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Lieutenant Philip Williamson, Reserve of Officers, to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Assistant Area Officer, Area No. 2, Paeroa. Dated 1st December, 1941.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

Captain J. E. Stevens is granted the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st November, 1941.

Captain F. H. Grace, Reserve of Officers, The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles, relinquishes his appointment in the N.Z. Temporary Staff, is transferred to The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, with the rank of Captain (temp.) with seniority from 4th May, 1940, and is granted the temporary rank of Major, with seniority next below Major (temp.) J. E. Stevens. Dated 1st November, 1941.

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

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st November, 1941 :—

T. W. McCarten.

J. Q. McWilliam.

J. W. T. Collins.

D. J. Law.

H. B. Lepper.

C. W. Fischer.

G. S. Fry.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Roland Geoffrey Bell to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 3rd Field Regiment. Dated 1st September, 1941.

Glynne Mansell Lloyd to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to Headquarters, 3rd Field Regiment. Dated 19th September, 1941.

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

Lieutenant J. I. Beckett, 1st Cadet Battalion, resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 4th December, 1941.

THE WELLINGTON WEST COAST REGIMENT.

Lieutenant (temp.) A. G. A. Baigent, from The Ruahine Regiment, to be Lieutenant (temp.), with seniority from 3rd September, 1941, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 4th November, 1941.

THE RUAHINE REGIMENT.

Lieutenant (temp.) A. G. A. Baigent, 1st Battalion, is transferred to The Wellington West Coast Regiment. Dated 4th November, 1941.

THE OTAGO REGIMENT.

Lieutenant W. H. K. Simmers, 2nd Cadet Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class I (b), Area 12. Dated 8th December, 1941.

NATIONAL MILITARY RESERVE.

George Richard William Barnes to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 20th Company (Bluff). Dated 18th November, 1941.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Lieutenant D. P. O’Brien, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), ceases to be posted to the 1st Field Ambulance, and is attached to the 1st Field Regiment, N.Z. Artillery. Dated 1st November, 1941.

Lieutenant D. P. O’Brien, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st November, 1941.

David Blair Robertson, M.B., to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 1st Field Ambulance. Dated 27th November, 1941.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the Otago University Medical Company. Dated 8th December, 1941 :—

William Ross Aitchison.

William Birch Allen.

Alan Joseph Alldred.

Ian Douglas Auld.

John Colin Baird.

Rowland Bramwell Bell.

Keith Hilliard Black.

Leslie Winston Blain.

Cyril Lindsay Breeze.

Hamish Grant Bremner.

Gerald Morgan Brown.

Ronald Hugh Caughey.

Thomas Henry Edward Cornish.

Lloyd Woodrow Cox.

John Robert Earle Dobson.