MAR. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 561

30th Infantry (Mixed) Battalion.

Captain E. J. Anderson, M.C., Officer Commanding “A” Company is granted the temporary rank of Major to complete establishment. Dated 23rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant (temp.) I. S. Moore is granted the temporary rank of Captain while acting as second in command “D” Company, vice Captain W. R. Ross acting as Officer Commanding “D” Company. Dated 23rd January, 1941.

4th Composite Company, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 20th October, 1940 :—

R. Gapes.
W. Holmes.
G. R. Weir.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments to Commissions in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments to commissions made by the General Officer Commanding, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas, vide List No. 15 :—

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 15th January, 1941 :—

8798 Hugh James Macdonald.
3467 Walter Edward Colton.
4184 William Frederick Stevenson.
2742 Leslie Rawley.
4213 Andrew Alexander Andrews.
1085 Morley Guy Fowler.
546 Basil Wallis Francis.
2759 Ernest Frederick Kent.
8041 Frederick George Stewart Lamb.
4394 Ian Campbell McPhail.
2864 Richard Taylor Masefield.
1072 Crosby Standish Morris.
615 Hugh Maxwell Sunley.
1283 Gerald Phil Raymond Thomas.
1736 Robert Courtney Webb.
2617 Frederick Edward Wilson.
7024 Joseph Jollie Abernethy.
2012 Philip Edward Aldous.
1495 Henry Thomas Allison.
2697 John Francis Bevin.
7044 Earnest Hope Bishop.
7296 Francis Maurice Symes Budd.
2664 Owen Braithwaite Copeland.
34136 Reginald William Foubister.
5984 Jack Lester Griffiths.
7153 Albert Ronald Guthrey.
7219 William Robertson Gutzewitz.
2645 Jack Lionel Harrison.
7025 William Robert Thomas Hamilton.
1498 Roy Somerville Herrick.
7204 Kenneth William Hobbs.
7952 Rurie Hunter.
7409 Walter Russell Lowther.
7437 Edward Day Mabin.
4028 Robert Roland Mace.
5989 Colin Rex McLernon.
7991 Dudley Newton Potts.
4087 Ronald Gustava Plain.
6153 Greville Bryan Carlin Pleasants.
7047 Clifford Arnold Newland.
7261 Raynor Alfred Nottle.
1168 Neville John Rollinson.
4983 Ronald Frederick Sherlock.
4111 Claud William Taylor.
5116 Ian Charles Webster.
2141 Jack Oliver Wells.
4128 Arnold Freeman Widdowson.
2339 Harold Louis Yorke.
2859 Charles Might Coote.
7158 Stanley John Green.
7729 Morice Bernard Luxford.
1439 John Campbell Muirhead.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force Overseas.

Army Department,
Wellington, 1st March, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to confirm the following appointments, promotions, and transfers of officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas, vide List No. 15 :—

APPOINTMENTS.

Commands and Staff.

Brigadier E. Puttick, D.S.O., A.D.C. to the King, resumes command of the 4th N.Z. Infantry Brigade. Dated 8th January, 1941.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) L. M. Inglis, M.C., V.D., relinquishes the temporary command of the 4th N.Z. Infantry Brigade, but retains the temporary rank of Brigadier. Dated 8th January, 1941.

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) L. M. Inglis, M.C., V.D., is appointed to command the Infantry Training Brigade. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Major J. M. Allen is appointed to command the 30th (Auckland) Battalion. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Major S. F. Hartnell is appointed to command the 31st (Wellington) Battalion temporarily. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) F. L. Hunt is appointed to command the 32nd (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Captain (temp. Major) R. H. Bell, 2nd N.Z. Divisional Cavalry, is appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force Base, vice Major A. R. Cockerell, D.S.O., and is seconded. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Major A. R. Cockerell, D.S.O., relinquishes the appointment of Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force Base, is appointed Brigade Major, Infantry Training Brigade, and remains seconded. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Captain P. L. Bennett, M.C., 25th (Wellington) Battalion, is appointed Staff Captain, Infantry Training Brigade, and is seconded. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Major D. T. Maxwell relinquishes the appointment of General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, 2nd N.Z. Division, and is appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force Base, and remains seconded. Dated 17th January, 1941.

Major F. L. H. Davis relinquishes the appointment of General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Operations), 2nd N.Z. Division, and is appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, 2nd N.Z. Division, and remains seconded. Dated 17th January, 1941.

Lieutenant J. M. Elliott relinquishes the appointment of General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Chemical Warfare), 2nd N.Z. Division, and is appointed General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Operations), 2nd N.Z. Division, and remains seconded. Dated 17th January, 1941.

GRANTS OF ACTING RANK.

Commands.

Major J. M. Allen is granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while commanding a Battalion. Dated 15th January, 1941.

Infantry.

The following Lieutenants are granted the acting rank of Captain while attached to Battalions as under and commanding companies. Dated 15th January, 1941 :—

J. G. Mackay, 18th (Auckland) Battalion, attached to the 30th (Auckland) Battalion.

B. T. J. Jones, 24th (Auckland) Battalion, attached to the 30th (Auckland) Battalion.

B. H. Wakelin, 25th (Wellington) Battalion, attached to the 31st (Wellington) Battalion.

A. M. Everist, 19th (Wellington) Battalion, attached to the 31st (Wellington) Battalion.

K. G. Manchester, 26th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion, attached to the 32nd (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion.

Transfer.

2nd Lieutenant J. F. Bevin is transferred from the 30th (Auckland) Battalion to the N.Z. Artillery, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant H. Allison. Dated 15th January, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.