JUNE 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1875

The undermentioned officers are struck off the strength of the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force :—

Dated 1st April, 1941—
Major E. J. Stock.

Dated 24th May, 1941—
Captain C. J. Blomfield.

Dated 4th June, 1941—
Lieutenant E. G. Latimer.

The undermentioned officers, having been struck off the strength of the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force, are posted to the Territorial Force as under :—

N.Z. Army Service Corps.

Captain (late Major, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force) E. J. Stock, 3rd Composite Company, with seniority from 26th August, 1937. Dated 2nd April, 1941.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS.
The Hawke’s Bay Regiment.

Captain (late Lieutenant, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force) E. G. Latimer, Class I (b), with seniority from 1st June, 1935. Dated 5th June, 1941.

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST.

Captain C. J. Blomfield. Dated 25th May, 1941.

MEMORANDUM.

2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force: 20th (Canterbury-Otago) Battalion.

Major P. W. G. Spiers, M.B.E., M.C., V.D., was by sentence of a Court-martial ordered to take rank and precedence in his Corps and in the Army as if his appointment as Major bore date the 5th day of January, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Heavy Regiments of New Zealand Artillery, Territorial Force, reorganized.

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Army Department,
Wellington, 13th June, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve under section 6 (a), Defence Act, 1909, of the Heavy Regiments of New Zealand Artillery, Territorial Force, being reorganized as follows, that the existing designations of batteries of such regiments be abolished, and that the units be redesignated as indicated hereunder. Dated 21st May, 1941 :—

9th Heavy Regiment with Headquarters at Devonport, comprising—

59th
60th
61st
62nd
} Heavy Batteries.

63rd Anti-aircraft Battery.

64th Anti-aircraft (Searchlight) Battery.

10th Heavy Regiment with Headquarters at Seatoun, comprising—

73rd
74th
75th
76th
} Heavy Batteries.

77th Anti-aircraft Battery.

11th Heavy Regiment with Headquarters at Godley Head, comprising—

87th
88th
} Heavy Batteries.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishment of Appointment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Air Department,
Wellington, 11th June, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotion and appointment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Promotion.

Wing Commander Sidney Wallingford, p.s.a., to be Group Captain (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1941.

CHAPLAINS BRANCH.
Appointment.

Rev. William Trevor Williams, M.A., L.Th., is appointed officiating Chaplain in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant. Dated 19th May, 1941.

Relinquishment.

Rev. Reginald Day relinquishes his temporary commission in the relative rank of Flight Lieutenant on transfer to the Army. Dated 15th May, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments and Promotion of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Air Department,
Wellington, 13th June, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and promotion of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 27th May, 1941 :—

David Giffin Doole.
Don Blundell Sisley.
John Earle.
Alexander Reynell Galbraith.
Daniel Joseph Clifford.
Ian Stewart Leahy.
Royal George Lindsay.
Alan Richard Wells.
William Hugh Joseph Griffith.
Leonard John Fairbairn.
Allen Roy Henderson.
Wilfred Howard Jenkin.
Edmund Patrick Smith.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II.
Appointment.

Warrant Officer Henry Christian Salmon is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 1st June, 1941.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.
Promotion.

Pilot Officer Jack Lister Brathwaite, M.C. (Temporary Commission) to be Flying Officer (temp.). Dated 1st June, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment and Relinquishment of Appointment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Air Department,
Wellington, 5th May, 1941.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following relinquishment and appointment of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

HEADQUARTERS STAFF.
Relinquishment of Appointment.

Wing Commander Edward George Olson, A.D.C., relinquishes his appointment as Air Force Member for Personnel and Member of the Air Board. Dated 1st April, 1941.

Appointment.

Wing Commander Sidney Wallingford, p.s.a., is appointed Air Force Member for Personnel and Member of the Air Board. Dated 1st April, 1941.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

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Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th June, 1941.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on me by the Marriage Act, 1908, and the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1924, I, Gilbert Graham Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar-General, do hereby appoint

David Forbes Johnson

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Porangahau.

G. G. HODGKINS,
Deputy Registrar-General.