JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1475

Appointments to and Promotions in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 30th May, 1942.

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, and that the officers be seconded from the units shown after their names. All ranks are temporary:—

APPOINTMENTS (TEMPORARY).
N.Z. Artillery.
Captain E. M. Luxford (10th Heavy Regiment, N.Z.A.). Dated 6th May, 1942.
Captain J. Redmond (10th Heavy Regiment, N.Z.A.). Dated 6th May, 1942.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster A. E. Gaustad (Royal N.Z. Artillery). Dated 6th May, 1942.
The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 27th April, 1942 :—
Maurice Morley Chrystall.
Douglas Victor Law.
Robert Gordon Milligan.
Paul Loxton Molineaux.
Richard Basil Taylor.
Arthur Cuthbert Winter.

N.Z. Infantry.
Major J. A. M. Clachan (N.Z. Staff Corps). Dated 12th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant P. H. T. Alpers (The Canterbury Regiment). Dated 6th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant J. R. Beckett (The Hawke’s Bay Regiment). Dated 7th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant L. V. Cosbrook (The Taranaki Regiment). Dated 7th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant B. G. Guthrie (The Waikato Regiment). Dated 6th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant C. E. Hoskin (The Taranaki Regiment). Dated 30th April, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant D. W. Rallison (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)). Dated 6th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant C. H. Raven (The Wellington West Coast Regiment). Dated 7th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant R. C. J. Smith (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)). Dated 6th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant T. W. Swale (The Otago Regiment). Dated 6th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant M. J. Warbrick (The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own)). Dated 6th May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant H. G. West (The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment). Dated 6th May, 1942.
The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 30th April, 1942 :—
Clifford Henry Last.
Orton Wellesley Stratford.
Frank Charles Aubrey Wood.

N.Z. Army Service Corps.
2nd Lieutenant T. R. Edgerley (N.Z. Army Service Corps). Dated 12th May, 1942.
The undermentioned (ex Officer Cadet Training Unit) to be 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 9th April, 1942 :—
Arthur Andrew Hancock.

N.Z. Medical Corps.
Lieutenant A. M. Hartnell, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z. Medical Corps), and is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 8th May, 1942.
Lieutenant J. F. Menzies, M.B., Ch.B. (N.Z. Medical Corps). Dated 20th January, 1942.

N.Z. Dental Corps.
Lieutenant H. M. Turner, B.D.S. (N.Z. Dental Corps). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Lieutenant N. S. Henry, B.D.S. (N.Z. Dental Corps). Dated 8th May, 1942.
Lieutenant D. E. Hart (N.Z. Dental Corps). Dated 8th May, 1942.
Lieutenant C. D. Crawshaw, B.D.S. (N.Z. Dental Corps). Dated 30th April, 1942.

PROMOTIONS (TEMPORARY).
N.Z. Armoured Corps.
2nd Lieutenant W. S. Corbett to be Captain (temp.) whilst holding the appointment of Adjutant of a Tank Battalion. Dated 15th April, 1942.

N.Z. Dental Corps.
The undermentioned Captains (temp.) to be Captains :—
G. E. Merrick. Dated 31st January, 1942.
J. W. Wylie, B.D.S. Dated 14th February, 1942.
R. R. Murray, B.D.S. Dated 5th March, 1942.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED.
N.Z. Armoured Corps.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. B. Binnie relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 15th April, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence,

Appointment and Grant of Temporary Rank of Officer of the New Zealand Military Forces.

Army Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the undermentioned appointment and grant of temporary rank:—

COMMAND.
Lieutenant - Colonel D. Dobson, M.C., is appointed a Brigade Commander, and is granted the temporary rank of Brigadier. Dated 1st April, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Army Department,
Wellington, 27th May, 1942.

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

STAFF.
Captain (temp. Major) J. H. Sharp, N.Z. Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Major K. N. Todd, 2nd N.Z.E.F., to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Captain W. R. Pigou, 2nd N.Z.E.F., to be Major (temp.). Dated 22nd December, 1941.
Lieutenant P. A. M. Brant, 2nd N.Z.E.F., to be Captain (temp.). Dated 8th May, 1942.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.
Major C. A. Blazey to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Major J. D. Swan, N.Z. Army Service Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Major R. F. Wilson, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P., M.R.A.C.P., to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Major I. E. Faris, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Major D. G. Wallace, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 14th May, 1942.
Captain F. N. Hornibrook, A.N.Z.I.A., L.R.I.B.A., A.M.I.S.E. (Lond.), M.R.S.I. (Lond.), to be Major (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (Acting-Captain) D. O. Williams to be Captain (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1942.
Lieutenant W. S. Keegan to be Captain (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
Captain G. G. C. Hornig, E.D., Reserve of Officers, The Manawatu Mounted Rifles, to be Captain (temp.). Dated 18th May, 1942.
Lieutenant (temp.) P. Harrison, Corps of N.Z. Engineers, to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant H. F. Fleming to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant W. A. Gillies to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 3rd May, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. L. Milburn, The Canterbury Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 12th February, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) P. A. Muirhead, The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 14th March, 1942.
David Grant Sherriff to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 16th April, 1942.
Frederick Stroud Barraclough to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 24th April, 1942.
William Edwin Shaw to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 8th May, 1942.
William John Dorward to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 12th May, 1942.
Wallace King McDonald to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 13th May, 1942.
Charles Conroy March to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 14th May, 1942.
Laurence Ernest Vernazoni, D.C.M., to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 14th May, 1942.
Langdon Trevor Webby to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 18th May, 1942.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 45, dated 30th April, 1942, relative to Lieutenant E. R. Wimsett, B.D.S., N.Z. Dental Corps, for “Dated 28th April, 1942,” substitute “Dated 4th May, 1942.”

TERRITORIAL ARMY.
N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS.
The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry.
Lieutenant E. W. Kerr, 2nd N.Z.E.F., to be Captain (temp.). Dated 19th April, 1942.

The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles.
Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.) G. H. Lindsey to be Captain (temp.). Dated 9th April, 1942.