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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 23

N.Z Engineers.

Lieutenant F. R. Askin, Headquarters, Railway Construction and Maintenance Group, is granted the temporary rank of Captain on being Adjutant, vice Captain J. B. White remaining in England. Dated 29th July, 1940.

Lieutenant J. H. Shelker is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 26th September, 1940.

2nd Lieutenant A. V. Knapp is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant while in charge of post-office in England. Dated 1st October, 1940.

N.Z. Divisional Signals.

Captain R. L. C. Grant is granted the temporary rank of Major during the absence of Major G. H. Heal attending Staff Course. Dated 1st November, 1940.

INFANTRY.

21st (Auckland) Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant G. A. Dutton is granted the temporary rank of Captain while performing the duties of Adjutant of the Battalion. Dated 1st October, 1940.

28th (Maori) Battalion.

2nd Lieutenant H. P. Te Punga is granted the temporary rank of Captain while performing the duties of Adjutant of the Battalion. Dated 1st October, 1940.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps.

Lieutenant J. O. Kelsey is granted the temporary rank of Captain while performing the duties of Senior Ordnance Mechanical Engineer. Dated 29th September, 1940.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps.

Lieutenant W. C. Morris is granted the temporary rank of Captain during the absence through illness of Lieutenant-Colonel F. Prideaux. Dated 2nd November, 1940.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED.

26th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. C. T. Foley relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain on becoming supernumerary to the establishment. Dated 29th October, 1940.

ATTACHMENT.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) W. R. K. Morrison, 24th (Auckland) Battalion, is attached to No. 1 N.Z. Convalescent Depot as Adjutant, retains the temporary rank of Captain while so employed, and is seconded. Dated 20th November, 1940.

MEMORANDA.

Major (now Lieutenant-Colonel) W. G. Gentry performed the duties of General Staff Officer (1st Grade), as regards the part of the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force in Egypt from 25th June, 1940, to 1st October, 1940.

Major K. N. Todd performed the duties of Commander, Royal Army Service Corps, as regards the part of the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force in Egypt from 29th May, 1940, to 9th November, 1940.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Promotions in the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments to and promotions in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the ranks stated :—

APPOINTMENTS (TEMPORARY).

N.Z. Artillery.—5th Reinforcements.

Major D. A. Carty (10th Heavy Regiment N.Z.A.). Dated 24th February, 1941.

Lieutenant R. B. Symon (N.Z. Staff Corps). Dated 2nd September, 1940.

Lieutenant W. N. Wood (14th Med. Battery N.Z.A.). Dated 12th February, 1941.

Lieutenant M. I. Stratton (18th A.A. Battery N.Z.A.). Dated 7th February, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant G. F. Alpe (12th A.A. Battery N.Z.A.). Dated 7th February, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant T. R. C. Overton (10th Heavy Battery N.Z.A.). Dated 27th January, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant J. I. Moir (3rd Field Battery N.Z.A.). Dated 7th February, 1941.

Infantry (Rifle).—5th Reinforcements.

2nd Lieutenant Sydney George Chaplin (1st Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 6th April, 1940.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps.—5th Reinforcements.

2nd Lieutenant Edward William Ingram Meyer (ex O.C.T.U.). Dated 19th February, 1941.

N.Z. Engineers.—Forestry Companies Reinforcements: 5th Reinforcements.

2nd Lieutenant William Kenneth Bond (ex O.C.T.U.). Dated 19th February, 1941.

N.Z. Medical Corps.

Lieutenant A. B. Adams, M.B. Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant A. W. H. Borrie, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Captain F. G. Barrowclough, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 23rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant Robert Buchanan Beattie, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 3rd January, 1941.

Captain Arthur Cecil Barker Biggs, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., F.R.C.S. (Eng). Dated 3rd February, 1941.

Lieutenant J. J. Bourke, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant Percy James Brown, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 12th September, 1940.

Captain Ernest Young Comrie, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Ed.) F.R.A.C.S. Dated 4th February, 1941.

Lieutenant C. N. D’Arcy, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 3rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant Richard Henry Dawson, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 3rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant Walter Ronald Easton, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 3rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant A. F. Ernstrom, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant R. J. Feltham, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant C. P. Howden, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant P. F. Howden, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 7th January, 1941.

Lieutenant G. C. Jennings, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 3rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant G. H. Levien, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant R. G. Macdonald, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant Ronald Alexander MacDonald, M.B. Ch.B. Dated 24th February, 1941.

Lieutenant V. C. Martin, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant Donald James Hildreth Meredith, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 31st December, 1940.

Lieutenant V. C. McGeorge, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant J. W. Newlands, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant John Robert Mills Nicholson, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 3rd January, 1941.

Lieutenant Allan North, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 31st January, 1941.

Lieutenant Erik Solomon Raudnic, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 20th January, 1941.

Lieutenant Gavin Lindsay Miles Scholefield, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 1st October, 1940.

Lieutenant E. S. Thodey, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant S. B. Thompson, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941.

Lieutenant Ernest Edwyn Willoughby, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 7th January, 1941.

Lieutenant W. H. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 14th February, 1941

Lieutenant K. P. L. MacGregor, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 1st February, 1941.

Lieutenant Thomas Macallan, M.B., Ch.B. Dated 7th January, 1941.

Lieutenant G. I. Louisson, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z.M.C.). Dated 3rd January, 1941.