Oct. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3143

2ND N.Z. DIVISIONAL SIGNALS: 8TH REINFORCEMENTS.

The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th September, 1941:—

Albert Thomas Fussell.

INFANTRY (RIFLE): 8TH REINFORCEMENTS.

Lieutenant C. W. H. Ronaldson (N.Z. Scottish Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

Lieutenant A. E. Sluce (The Canterbury Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant E. J. Batty (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant W. S. Corbett (N.Z. Scottish Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant I. T. Galloway (N.Z. Scottish Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant J. R. Greenfield (The Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant J. G. Lorimer (N.Z. Scottish Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant C. A. Low (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant N. H. R. Young (The Southland Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 10th September, 1941:—

Allan Bevers Binnie.

Oral Gordon Davey.

Thomas Keith Evans.

Noel Laurie Fitzpatrick.

Ian McKenzie Forbes.

John Ross Marshall.

Robert Claude McCown.

Hector McKechnie.

John George Rankin.

Rolf Coulsen Shillito.

Harry Lloyd Watkins.

27TH N.Z. BATTALION (M.G.): 8TH REINFORCEMENTS.

2nd Lieutenant A. Alison (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own)). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant M. L. Morgan (The Taranaki Regiment). Dated 8th July, 1941.

The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 10th September, 1941:—

John Douglas Appleby.

Ian Nelson Menzies.

28TH N.Z. BATTALION (MAORI): 8TH REINFORCEMENTS.

The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 10th September, 1941:—

George Asher Asher.

Clarence Juna Victor Balzer.

Everard Stanley Jackson.

Henry William Northcroft.

Peter Parata.

Hone Ngapera Tawhai.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS: 8TH REINFORCEMENTS.

2nd Lieutenant A. M. Lamont (N.Z. Army Service Corps). Dated 8th July, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant H. W. Nelson (N.Z. Army Service Corps). Dated 10th September, 1941.

The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 10th September, 1941:—

Cecil Herbert Haigh.

Douglas John Speedy Mognie.

N.Z. ORDNANCE: 8TH REINFORCEMENTS.

2nd Lieutenant D. W. Lawson (The North Auckland Regiment). Dated 25th June, 1941.

The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th September, 1941:—

Roland William Robert Johnson.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 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.

Captain (temp. Major) R. S. Halliwell, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Quartermaster-General, Northern Military District, Auckland, and is appointed Officer Commanding, No. 1 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Papakura, vice Major R. Tilsley, M.C., D.C.M., E.D., N.Z. Temporary Staff, seconded for duty with the 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Dated 11th July, 1941.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.

W.O. II (Battery Sergeant-Major) Ronald Irvine Bolton to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.), and is appointed Electric Light Officer, 74th Heavy Battery, 10th Heavy Regiment, N.Z. Artillery, Fort Dorset. Dated 30th August, 1941.

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.

Percival Nowell Erridge (late Lieutenant, 2nd N.Z. Expeditionary Force) is granted a temporary commission in the N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps in the rank of Lieutenant, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain whilst holding the appointment of Assistant to the New Zealand Liaison Officer, Melbourne. Dated 30th July, 1941.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Captain A. J. Coutts relinquishes the appointment of Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Northern Military District, is appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General, Northern Military District, vice Captain (temp. Major) R. S. Halliwell, M.C., N.Z. Staff Corps, and is granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 11th July, 1941.

Captain A. A. Luckham, C.B.E., relinquishes the appointment of Assistant Adjutant, Mobilization Camp, Papakura, and is appointed Adjutant, Mobilization Camp, Papakura. Dated 17th May, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant F. W. Spite is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st July, 1941.

David H. Graham to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Inspector, Filled Components, Army Inspection Department. Dated 1st September, 1941.

Lieutenant C. O. Barnett, M.N.Z.I.S., A.M.T.P.I. (Lond.), Adjutant, 2nd Field Company and 5th (Works) Company, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, is granted the temporary rank of Captain while so employed. Dated 8th September, 1941.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 74, dated 11th September, 1941, relative to Henry Steele Montgomery, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted:—

“Hew Seton Montgomery to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Company Commander, No. 3 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 8th September, 1941.”

Lieutenant G. G. Beaven, The Wellington West Coast Regiment, to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Adjutant, No. 2 Training Battalion, Mobilization Camp, Trentham, vice Lieutenant A. Molineaux, N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 12th September, 1941.

Frederick Walter McClenan to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Assistant Area Officer, No. 8 Area, New Plymouth. Dated 19th September, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant L. L. Hosking, B.E. (Civil), A.M.I.C.E. (Lond.), A.M.(N.Z.)I.E., is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st June, 1941.

Frank Reid Bishop to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted for duty with the Defence Services Provision Office, Wellington. Dated 6th September, 1941.

COMMAND.

Major D. S. Chisholm, National Military Reserve, is appointed to command the 4th Battalion temporarily, during the absence, on sick leave, of Lieutenant-Colonel J. McPherson, O.B.E., and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel while so employed. Dated 10th September, 1941.

THE CANTERBURY YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 28th April, 1941:—

Leslie James Begg.

Andrew Thomas Begg.

THE AUCKLAND REGIMENT (COUNTESS OF RANFURLY’S OWN).

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. McIntosh, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission on being appointed to a commission in the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 28th August, 1941.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) D. J. Ewert, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 13th September, 1941.

THE NORTH AUCKLAND REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) C. J. Biggs, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 13th September, 1941.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.

Lieutenant K. K. Wragge, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Class II (b), Area 4. Dated 10th September, 1941.