Jan. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 349

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Major T. Bassett relinquishes the appointment of Area Officer, Area No. 3, Whangarei, and is appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, 12th N.Z. Infantry Brigade Group. Dated 9th December, 1941.

Major A. McLauchlan, M.C., relinquishes the appointment of Camp Commandant, Military Camp, Whangarei, and is appointed Area Officer, Area No. 3, Whangarei, with pay and allowances of a Major. Dated 9th December, 1941.

Captain (temp.) C. A. Rowe, 1st Battalion, The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own), to be Captain (temp.), and is appointed General Staff Officer, 3rd Grade (Home Guard), Headquarters, Northern Military District, Auckland. Dated 3rd November, 1941.

Raymond Augustus Witbrock to be Captain (temp.), and is appointed Adjutant, Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 Companies (Canterbury), Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Home Guard. Dated 24th November, 1941.

Jack Newman to be Captain (temp.), and is appointed Adjutant, Nos. 20 and 21 Companies (Nelson and Westland), Lines of Communication (Mechanical Transport) Units, Home Guard. Dated 20th December, 1941.

Lieutenant G. A. Nicholls is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st December, 1941.

Lieutenant O. M. Paulin, B.D.S., N.Z. Dental Corps, to be Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Dental Officer, Mobilization Camp, Trentham. Dated 12th January, 1942.

2nd Lieutenant E. Taylor, Assistant District Supply Officer, Northern Military District, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 17th November, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) C. L. Bacon, 3rd Battalion, National Military Reserve, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is attached to “Q” Branch, Headquarters, Southern Military District, Christchurch. Dated 17th December, 1941.

COMMAND.

Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Hercus, D.S.O., O.B.E., V.D., M.D., B.D.Sc., N.Z. Medical Corps, is appointed Officer Commanding, 11th Field Ambulance (O.U.M.C.), in addition to his appointment of Officer Commanding, Otago University Medical Company, N.Z. Medical Corps. Dated 9th December, 1941.

HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHERN FORTRESS AREA.

Arthur Gordon Tovey to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is appointed Intelligence Officer. Dated 6th January, 1942.

NO. 7 (NELSON) SQUADRON MOUNTED RIFLES.

Lieutenant (temp.) W. G. Murray is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 22nd December, 1941.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Major (temp.), L. P. Leary M.C., 1st Field Regiment, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 15th December, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant L. B. Foster, M.C., 2nd Field Regiment, is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st November, 1941.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), 1st Field Regiment, are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 15th December, 1941:—

S. A. Wallace.
I. J. Hutchinson.
R. K. G. Macindoe.
N. L. Norman.
H. L. G. Macindoe.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 22nd Field Company. Dated 15th December, 1941:—

James McComish.
John Trevor Harrison.
Vernon George Coleman.

Leslie Edmund Rupert Wakeman, A.M.I.C.E., to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 31st Field Company. Dated 1st January, 1942.

THE HAURAKI REGIMENT.

Captain (temp. Major) F. Kingsford, from The Waikato Regiment, to be Captain, with seniority from 1st March, 1940, is posted to the 1st Battalion, and retains the temporary rank of Major. Dated 1st December, 1941.

The undermentioned Lieutenants, 1st Battalion, are granted the temporary rank of Captain:—

K. A. Powell. Dated 15th December, 1941.
S. A. Cooper. Dated 16th December, 1941.

THE WAIKATO REGIMENT.

Captain (temp. Major) F. Kingsford, 1st Battalion, is transferred to the Hauraki Regiment. Dated 1st December, 1941.

THE WELLINGTON REGIMENT (CITY OF WELLINGTON’S OWN)

Captain J. R. Griffin, 1st Cadet Battalion, is seconded to the 7th N.Z. Infantry Brigade Group as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, and is granted the temporary rank of Major while so employed. Dated 7th January, 1942.

THE TARANAKI REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) E. E. B. Wood, 1st Battalion, resigns his commission. Dated 12th December, 1941.

THE CANTERBURY REGIMENT.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 11th December, 1941:—

William Nicholas Joynt Thacker.
Selwyn Robert Jensen.
Stanley Melvin Pritchard.

THE NELSON, MARLBOROUGH, AND WEST COAST REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) H. P. Brookes, from the National Military Reserve, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), with seniority from 10th December, 1941, and is posted to the 1st Battalion. Dated 10th December, 1941.

THE NEW ZEALAND SCOTTISH REGIMENT.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) R. N. A. Smith, 2nd Battalion, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st October, 1941.

NATIONAL MILITARY RESERVE.

Captain L. J. Mander, M.M., from the Reserve of Officers, N.Z. Artillery, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the 4th Battalion. Dated 31st December, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant (temp.) H. P. Brookes, 17th Company, is transferred to the Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment. Dated 10th December, 1941.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 3rd Reserve Mechanical Transport Company. Dated 11th December, 1941:—

Bede Burnes Loughnan.
Derrick William Joseph Gould.
Alexander John King.
Ralph Charlton Mullenger.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), and are posted to the 5th Composite Company. Dated 15th December, 1941:—

Dennis William Presland-Tack.
Kenneth Harry Leyman.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Ernest Going Loten, M.B., Ch.B., to be Lieutenant, and is posted to the 8th Field Ambulance. Dated 12th December, 1941.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) F. H. Smirk, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Eng.), F.R.A.C.P., ceases to be posted to the Otago University Medical Company. Dated 20th November, 1941.

2nd Lieutenant and Quartermaster (temp.) C. M. Cole, 1st Field Ambulance, is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant and Quartermaster. Dated 17th December, 1941.

Cyril Ashley Heaphy to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.), and is posted to the Otago University Medical Company, with seniority next below 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) F. B. M. Woodhouse. Dated 8th December, 1941.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 106, dated 18th December, 1941, relative to the appointment of 2nd Lieutenants (temp.), Otago University Medical Company, is hereby amended as follows:—

For “David Lyness” substitute “Douglas David Lyness.”
For “John Fulton McKee” substitute “Colin Fulton McKee.”
For “Edwin Keith McLeod” substitute “Edwin Keith Macleod.”
For “Norman Graham Marshall” substitute “Norman Graeme Marshall.”

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.

The Rev. L. B. Neale, Chaplain, 2nd Class (Methodist), is transferred to the Reserve List, Class II, Area 11. Dated 5th January, 1942.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

The undermentioned to be Lieutenants:—

Ronald Thomson Jeavons, B.D.S. Dated 27th December, 1941.
William Hamilton Wylie. Dated 5th January, 1942.
William Guy Roberts, B.D.S. Dated 12th January, 1942.
Ormond Herbert Williams. Dated 12th January, 1942.
Oliver Millen Paulin, B.D.S. Dated 12th January, 1942.