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Present Designation.

Queen Alexandra's (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles
The Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles
The Waikato Mounted Rifles
The Otago Mounted Rifles ..
The Manawatu Mounted Rifles
The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles
The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles
The North Auckland Mounted Rifles

New Designation.

The 2nd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Queen Alexandra's (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles).
The 3rd Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Auckland (East Coast) Mounted Rifles).
The 4th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Waikato Mounted Rifles).
The 5th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Otago Mounted Rifles).
The 6th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Manawatu Mounted Rifles).
The 9th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles).
The 10th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles).
The 11th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicle Regiment (North Auckland Mounted Rifles).

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,

Wellington, 16th January, 1942.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force:

HEADQUARTERS STAFF.

Appointments.

Group Captain Arthur de Terrotte NEVILL, C.B.E., relinquishes his appointment as Air Force Member for Supply, is appointed Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, and remains a member of the Air Board. Dated 8th January, 1942.
Wing Commander Francis Esme Theodore HEWLETT, D.S.O., O.B.E., is appointed Air Force Member for Supply and Member of the Air Board. Dated 8th January, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Transfer, and Reduction in Seniority of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,

Wellington, 16th January, 1942.

H IS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments and transfer 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:

As PILOTS.

Dated 5th January, 1942-

NZ 40779 Sergeant Desmond James SCOTT.
NZ 391843 Sergeant Herbert Robert MITCHELL.
NZ 404404 Sergeant Desmond Palmer PERRIN.

As AIR GUNNER.

Dated 2nd January, 1942-

NZ 391858 Sergeant Walter Gordon FENTON.

As AIR OBSERVERS.

Dated 5th January, 1942-

NZ 404909 Sergeant Russell Stronach LONGUET.
NZ 404998 Sergeant Edward McLeod GRAY.

No. 8

Transfer.

NZ 1420 Flying Officer Edward Alexander BARKER is transferred from the Reserve of Officers, Section I, Class A, to the General Duties Branch, with seniority for purposes of pay and seniority as from 29th December, 1940. Dated 29th December, 1941.

Reduction in Seniority.

Flight Lieutenant Frederick James McDONALD was dealt with summarily by the Chief of the Air Staff under section 47 of the Air Force Act and sentenced to take rank and precedence as if his appointment as Flight Lieutenant bore date the 1st November, 1941.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Appointment.

NZ 1421 William Green Thomson BROOKS is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 12th January, 1942.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II, A.T.C.

Appointments.

The undermentioned are granted commissions in the Air Training Corps in the rank of Pilot Officer. Dated 1st January, 1942:

Cuthbert Richmond BARNICOAT.
Frederick James BENNETT.
Havelock Russell FOUNTAIN.
Clarence Gillard FRAZER.
Geoffrey Noel Townshend GREENBANK.
Arthur Hallam GRESHAM.
George Thomas KENT.
Maurice KINDER.
Douglas Marsh MACKAY.
Harold Mervyn MATSON.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,

Wellington, 12th January, 1942.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments 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:

As PILOTS.

Dated 10th January, 1942-

NZ 413940 L.A.C. Charles William FRANCIS.
NZ 414315 L.A.C. George Keith MALCOLMSON.
NZ 414378 L.A.C. Frederick Ryder BODLE.
NZ 413801 L.A.C. William Edward Robert ALEXANDER.
NZ 41216 L.A.C. Ian Graham GRANT.
NZ 40170 L.A.C. Allan Cedric KENNING.
NZ 405774 L.A.C. Lawson DAYMAN.
NZ 413862 L.A.C. Alan Trevor LITTLE.
NZ 413809 L.A.C. Raymond Herbert BROOKBANKS.
NZ 414320 L.A.C. Alick MEWA.
NZ 414311 L.A.C. James Hugh McCaw.
NZ 414353 L.A.C. Ian Butler SPILMAN.
NZ 414383 L.A.C. Robert Lealie EWERT.
NZ 414246 L.A.C. Walter Ian CHARTERIS.
NZ 414325 L.A.C. Neville James MUNDELL.
NZ 414375 L.A.C. Donald Bruce BLACKWELL.
NZ 413996 L.A.C. Andrew Cleland MILLAR.
NZ 414228 L.A.C. Arthur Valentine BABY.
NZ 414259 L.A.C. Douglas Marchbank CROY.
NZ 414262 L.A.C. Noel Buchanan DANIEL.
NZ 414367 L.A.C. Geoffrey Gordon WHITE.
NZ 414260 L.A.C. Godfrey Melville CUNNINGHAM.
NZ 413865 L.A.C. Henry Desmond LOCK.
NZ 413930 L.A.C. Alan Roy Bidwill BARTON.
NZ 412010 L.A.C. Robert Keith Anderson ANDREW.
NZ 414359 L.A.C. William Henry Clemens TOOMBS.
NZ 414251 L.A.C. Alfred Graham CLARK.
NZ 413501 L.A.C. William John STEVENSON.
NZ 414370 L.A.C. Hugh James WRIGHT.

As RADIO OBSERVER.

Dated 29th December, 1941-

NZ 403586 Sergeant Alexander Litchfield CRAIG.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.