Military Appointments and Promotions




Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1991

Charles Cattanach McLeod to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 8th July, 1942.
Kenneth Prebble Martin to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 8th July, 1942.
Herbert Edward Norman to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 8th July, 1942.
Fred Rogers to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 8th
July, 1942.
Arthur Smith Edwards to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 9th July, 1942.
Richard Frederick Valentine James to be 2nd Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 10th July, 1942.
John Aitken Wilson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
11th July, 1942.
Rowland Ormrod Grant to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 13th July, 1942.
Thomas Francis Snell to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
13th July, 1942.
Terence Edmund Davidson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 17th July, 1942.
Graham Kenneth Haslam to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 17th July, 1942.
William Gibb Blacklock to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 18th July, 1942.
Edward Joseph Vernon Dyson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 21st July, 1942.

TERRITORIAL ARMY.

N.Z. ARMoured CORPS.

Queen Alexandra's (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 60, dated 18th June, 1942, relative to the appointment
of John Hutchinson, for “to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.),”
substitute “to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is granted the
temporary rank of Lieutenant.”

The Otago Mounted Rifles.

Captain (temp. Major) E. J. Anderson, M.C., to be
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 1st July, 1942.

The Manawatu Mounted Rifles.

Laurence Clifford King to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 13th June, 1942.

The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles.

Captain F. W. Horton, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary
Force, to be Major (temp.). Dated 17th July, 1942.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) G. R. Western relinquishes the
temporary rank of Captain on transfer to the Reserve of
Officers. Dated 15th July, 1942.
Stanley Harry Southgate to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.). Dated 23rd June, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant A. W. Kerr resigns his commission. Dated
26th June, 1942.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Major R. R. Beattie, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 23rd June, 1942.
Major R. W. Sharp, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 30th June, 1942.
Lieutenant (temp.) D. C. M. Baker to be Captain (temp.).
Dated 1st May, 1942.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) to be Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 1st July, 1942:
L. E. Macassey.
C. S. Finlay.
J. G. Dick.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) H. S. Ross to be Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) H. M. James to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) D. G. McM. Reid to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. F. Robilliard to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) M. M. Caudwell to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. D. Holmes to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) G. B. Johnson to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) S. H. Provost to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 8th July, 1942.
Wilson George Dixon to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
16th February, 1942.
Evan Herbert Garton to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
9th April, 1942.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated
11th May, 1942:
John Bruce Balharry.
Alexander George Protheroe.

Corps of N.Z. Engineers.

Lewis Samuel Highfield to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 20th June, 1942.

N.Z. DEFENCE ENGINEER SERVICE CORPS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated
1st June, 1942:
Samuel Morris Rapson.
Norman John Murdoch McLeod, N.I.M.E., M.N.Z.I.E.
Frank William Barnacott.
Harold Lister Briffault.
Frank Muggeridge, M.Inst.H.E. (Lond.).
Joseph George McIvor.
Heinrich Franz Vosseler.
Terence Gregory Mullins.
Gordon Lionel Kingsley Drew.
Eric Edward Service.
Oscar Nero Winter.
Francis Hall Fredericks.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.

Lieutenant (temp.) S. C. Clarke to be Major (temp.) while
seconded. Dated 1st June, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) T. C. Eady to be Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 10th June, 1942.
Eric Archibald Petersen to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 29th June, 1942.

N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) to be
Lieutenants (temp.):
A. R. Carruthers. Dated 1st June, 1942.
H. A. Morrison. Dated 2nd June, 1942.
M. W. Speight, and remains seconded. Dated 3rd June,
1942.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.

Major C. N. Devery, D.C.M., to be Lieutenant-Colonel
(temp.). Dated 27th June, 1942.

The Taranaki Regiment.

Lewis Claude Grant to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
1st May, 1942.

The Canterbury Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) M. C. Robinson to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 30th June, 1942.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated
22nd April, 1942:
John Robert Middleton.
Herbert Gardiner Gladstone Lyttle.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.

Lieutenant L. A. Palmer to be Captain (temp.). Dated
20th June, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. L. D. Powrie to be
Captain (temp.). Dated 20th June, 1942.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Captain (temp.) C. L. Hewson to be Major (temp.). Dated
3rd June, 1942.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated
10th April, 1942:
Lance Mervyn Seymour.
Alan Evelyn Thodey.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.).
Dated 19th June, 1942:
Robert Allen Clarke.
John Wynyard Morrison.
Albert Murdoch Fergus.

Harold David Brinsden to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 19th June, 1942.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. William Steven Graham Cameron to be Chaplain,
4th Class (Church of England). Dated 7th July, 1942.
The Rev. Roy Nicholas Alley to be Chaplain, 4th Class
(Presbyterian). Dated 13th July, 1942.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. C. Hazeldine, M.B., Ch.B., to be
Lieutenant. Dated 14th May, 1942.
Ian Meek Cairney, B.V.Sc. (Sydney), to be Lieutenant
(temp.). Dated 17th July, 1942.
Douglas Scott Dodds to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
25th June, 1942.
Walton Howard Beanland to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 25th June, 1942.

N.Z. ORDNANCE CORPS.

James Alexander Shaw to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.).
Dated 2nd June, 1942.
Cecil Vivian Whitta to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated
10th June, 1942.



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Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, New Zealand Military Forces
79 names identified
  • Charles Cattanach McLeod, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Kenneth Prebble Martin, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Herbert Edward Norman, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Fred Rogers, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Arthur Smith Edwards, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Richard Frederick Valentine James, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Aitken Wilson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Rowland Ormrod Grant, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Thomas Francis Snell, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Terence Edmund Davidson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Graham Kenneth Haslam, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Gibb Blacklock, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Edward Joseph Vernon Dyson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Hutchinson, Appointment corrected to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) and granted temporary rank of Lieutenant
  • E. J. Anderson (Captain (temp. Major), M.C.), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.)
  • Laurence Clifford King, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • F. W. Horton (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • G. R. Western (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Captain on transfer to the Reserve of Officers
  • Stanley Harry Southgate, Promoted to Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.)
  • A. W. Kerr (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • R. R. Beattie (Major), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.)
  • R. W. Sharp (Major), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.)
  • D. C. M. Baker (Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • L. E. Macassey (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • C. S. Finlay (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • J. G. Dick (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • H. S. Ross (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • H. M. James (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • D. G. McM. Reid (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • J. F. Robilliard (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • M. M. Caudwell (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • J. D. Holmes (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • G. B. Johnson (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • S. H. Provost (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Wilson George Dixon, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Evan Herbert Garton, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Bruce Balharry, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Alexander George Protheroe, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Lewis Samuel Highfield, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Samuel Morris Rapson, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Norman John Murdoch McLeod (N.I.M.E., M.N.Z.I.E.), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Frank William Barnacott, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Harold Lister Briffault, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Frank Muggeridge (M.Inst.H.E. (Lond.)), Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Joseph George McIvor, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Heinrich Franz Vosseler, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Terence Gregory Mullins, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Gordon Lionel Kingsley Drew, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Eric Edward Service, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Oscar Nero Winter, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Francis Hall Fredericks, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • S. C. Clarke (Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Major (temp.) while seconded
  • T. C. Eady (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Eric Archibald Petersen, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • A. R. Carruthers (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • H. A. Morrison (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • M. W. Speight (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.) and remains seconded
  • C. N. Devery (Major, D.C.M.), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.)
  • Lewis Claude Grant, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • M. C. Robinson (2nd Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Robert Middleton, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Herbert Gardiner Gladstone Lyttle, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • L. A. Palmer (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • R. L. D. Powrie (2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant)), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • C. L. Hewson (Captain (temp.)), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • Lance Mervyn Seymour, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Alan Evelyn Thodey, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Robert Allen Clarke, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Wynyard Morrison, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Albert Murdoch Fergus, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Harold David Brinsden, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Steven Graham Cameron (The Rev.), Appointed Chaplain, 4th Class (Church of England)
  • Roy Nicholas Alley (The Rev.), Appointed Chaplain, 4th Class (Presbyterian)
  • J. C. Hazeldine (2nd Lieutenant (temp.), M.B., Ch.B.), Promoted to Lieutenant
  • Ian Meek Cairney (B.V.Sc. (Sydney)), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Douglas Scott Dodds, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Walton Howard Beanland, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • James Alexander Shaw, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Cecil Vivian Whitta, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.)