MAY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1293

Officers ceasing to be Seconded to the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve that the undermentioned officers cease to be seconded to the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force :—

6TH FIELD REGIMENT, N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Lieutenant B. D. A. Fitzgerald. Dated 31st August, 1940.

2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL SIGNALS.
2nd Lieutenant P. Barcham. Dated 11th March, 1941.
2nd Lieutenant L. R. L. Redshaw. Dated 5th March, 1941.

8TH BRIGADE GROUP, 30TH INFANTRY (MIXED) BATTALION.
Captain F. A. M. Jenkins. Dated 19th December, 1940.

25TH (WELLINGTON) BATTALION.
2nd Lieutenant I. F. Draffin. Dated 10th October, 1940.

INFANTRY REINFORCEMENTS: 4TH REINFORCEMENTS.
2nd Lieutenant C. B. Peacocke. Dated 25th January, 1941.

INFANTRY REINFORCEMENTS: 5TH REINFORCEMENTS.
Dated 5th March, 1941—
2nd Lieutenant D. J. Ashley.
2nd Lieutenant R. G. Bush.
2nd Lieutenant H. B. Cotterall.
2nd Lieutenant C. F. S. Caldwell.
2nd Lieutenant H. L. Francis.
2nd Lieutenant J. W. McArthur.
2nd Lieutenant B. C. D. Rawson.
2nd Lieutenant D. G. Thomson.
2nd Lieutenant J. M. Wisely.

Dated 11th March, 1941—
2nd Lieutenant C. K. Saxton.

Dated 5th April, 1941—
2nd Lieutenant E. Proctor.

27TH N.Z. BATTALION (M.G.).
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) C. E. A. Buller. Dated 15th April, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 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. 17 :—

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

Dated 6th February, 1941—
Colin Ahier Wallace.

Dated 8th February, 1941—
Charles Whitwam Rhodes.
Robert Duthie Hoggans.
Edward Charles Awdry.
John Hampton Birch.
James Alfred Munns Britten den.
Darrell Carey.
Keith Reginald Collins.
Garry Owen Evers-Swindell.
Edward Roberts Grose.
Fyfe Mervyn Hankins.
Joseph Hill.
John Russell Hobbs.
Ernest Victor Lane.
James Frederick Moodie.
Oscar Roland Nelson.
Andrew Russell Wilder Ormond.
Charles Kingsford Reed.
Raymond Mark Simich.
Geoffrey Wright Amoore.
Robinson William Alfred Beauchamp.
Thomas Bromley.
Robert Temple Brown.
Malcolm Morrison Clark.
Frederick George Clubb.
Frederick Charles Corlett.
Owen Glynn Evans.
Charles Archie Livingstone Ferguson.
Charles George Gentil.
Maxwell Charles Hill.

Jeffrey Collyer Hirsch.
Raymond Francis Lambie.
James Embury May.
Peter Wight de Brotherton Morgan.
Francis Eugene McManemin.
Arthur Richard Ormond.
Francis Robert Porter.
Boyd William Tipling.
Leslie McNeil Uttley.
Fane Vernon.
Robert MacGregor Wood.
Kenneth Dixon.
Walter John Lee Gough.
Francis Hugh Stubbs.
John Dean Goffin.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments to Commissions in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Army Department,
Wellington, 2nd May, 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. 19 :—

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

Dated 7th December, 1940—
Vincent Ellis James Wells.

Dated 20th December, 1940—
James William Charles Craig.
Rangi France Logan.
John Reade MacKenzie.
Alfred Whiting Moodie.
David Leo Morgan.
John Davies Wilder Ormond.
Verdun Donald Phillips.
Charles William Trafford.
James Tuhiwai.
Edward John Waters.

Dated 21st December, 1940—
Keith Archibald Vidgen Cross.
Robert Charles Binney Finlayson.
John Strackey Harper.
Charles Thomas Mason.
Manu Ruhi Pene.
Herbert George Rose.
Herbert Sloan Sandford.
Edwin Aisne Shand.
Paikea Henere Toka.
William Antony Whitlock.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 1st May, 1941.

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

STAFF.

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. Murphy, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (Training and Staff Duties), Army Headquarters, is appointed General Staff Officer, 1st Grade (Training and Staff Duties), Army Headquarters, and retains the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 10th February, 1941.

Major J. W. Barry, N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Staff Officer, Training, Mobilization Camp, Trentham, and is appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (Training and Staff Duties), Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated 17th March, 1941.

Captain and Quartermaster (temp.) G. P. O’Leary, N.Z. Permanent Staff, ceases to be attached to the Quartermaster-General’s Branch, Army Headquarters, and is appointed General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Training), Army Headquarters, Wellington. Dated 6th March, 1941.

Captain D. Nicol, M.B.E., N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, relinquishes the appointments of District Ordnance Officer, Central Military District, and Deputy Chief Ordnance Officer, Main Ordnance Depot, Trentham, and is appointed District Ordnance Officer, Southern Military District, Burnham. Dated 4th April, 1941.