✨ Naval Appointments and Promotions
SEPT. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2377
Lieutenant Anthony Edward Montague Raynsford, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Lieutenant John Francis Conway Tucker, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Lieutenant Michael Louis Bernacchi, R.N. (Retired), lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Mr. Arthur Beevor Wilkinson, Temporary Acting Gunner, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 6th May, 1941.
Chief Petty Officer Lancelot Rose Hickman Russell, N.Z. 713, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Gunner (T), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 7th May, 1942.
Chief Engine Room Artificer Leslie Samuel George Martin, N.Z. 426, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Warrant Engineer, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 28th May, 1942.
Peter Creswick Bull, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 2352, promoted to the rank of Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, with seniority of 22nd April, 1942, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 3rd June, 1942.
Trevor Albert Rockell, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 3054, John Charles Fallow, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 2989, Graham Allen, Able Seaman, O/7146, Walter Strong, Able Seaman, C/5078, John Noel Webber, Supply Probationer, N.Z. 3104, Stanley Richard Brown, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 2972, Arthur Evans Wagner, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 3071, Joffre Paul Sinton Vallant, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 2323, Leslie Mortimer Chapman, Ordinary Seaman, N.Z. 2978, Bruce William Pollock, Signalman, A/1813, and Peter Brian Austin, Signalman, W/3747, promoted to the rank of Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 15th June, 1942.
William Albert Moore, Writer, N.Z. 2361, and John Malcolm Fielder, Leading Supply Assistant, N.Z. 2367, promoted to the rank of Probationary Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 23rd June, 1942.
ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
Sub-Lieutenant Richard Thomas Hale, transferred to the Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, with present seniority, and reappointed H.M. ship as directed, to date 2nd June, 1942.
Engineer-Commander Hugh Haddow Marshall, R.D. (Retired), lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 24th April, 1942.
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE.
Temporary Lieutenant Hugh Alfred Hill, appointment and Temporary Commission terminated, to date 21st April, 1942, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R. (Retired), to date 22nd April, 1942.
Lieutenant-Commander James Arthur Alick Hamlyn, reverts to the Retired List of the Royal Naval Reserve, to date 22nd July, 1942.
Lieutenant-Commander Norman Leggatt Mackie, appointment as Lieutenant-Commander terminated, and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, R.N.R. (Retired), to date 30th October, 1941.
Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Edgar Moon Fenton, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 17th February, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 12th June, 1942.
Temporary Commander (E) Archibald Thomson (T. 124), appointment and Temporary Commission terminated (medically unfit), to date 28th June, 1942.
Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E) Walter Archibald Scott (T. 124), promoted to the rank of Temporary Commander (E), and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed under T. 124 X Agreement, to date 6th March, 1942. (To serve as Chief Engineer.)
Temporary Lieutenant (E) Alfred Harold Sneyd (T. 124), promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E), and reappointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed under T. 124 X Agreement, to date 6th March, 1942. (To serve as Second Engineer.)
Mr. John Leonard Haste, entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant, and appointed to H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 18th May, 1942.
Mr. Stanley Stanton Page, entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 23rd May, 1942.
Mr. John Mawson, entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant, and appointed to H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st June, 1942.
Charles Edward Gill, Harry Brookfield, John Bald, James Broadhouse, Albert Cyril Parker, and George Amos Herbert, entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenants, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 15th June, 1942.
Mr Peter William Cook McCallum, entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 13th July, 1942.
Mr. Frank Pine, entered as Temporary Lieutenant (to serve under T. 124 XV Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd May, 1942.
Mr. Alan Oswald Horler, entered as Temporary Lieutenant (to serve under T. 124 X Agreement), with the acting rank of Lieutenant-Commander, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 6th July, 1942.
Mr. Gerard Douglas Gordon Jensen, entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st July, 1942.
Mr. Cedric George Van Slyke, entered as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) (to serve under T. 124 X Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 25th June, 1942.
Mr. James Douglas Bell, entered as Temporary Skipper (to serve under T. 124 XV Agreement), and appointed to H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 14th April, 1942.
Mr. Reginald Arthur Woods, entered as Temporary Skipper (to serve under T. 124 X Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 7th May, 1942.
Mr. Charles Herbert Trevor Oliver, entered as Temporary Skipper (to serve under T.124 XV Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 2nd June, 1942.
r. George Edward Brasell and Mr. William Stephen, entered as Temporary Skipper (to serve under T.124 XV Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 12th June, 1942.
Mr. John William Gower, entered as Temporary Skipper (to serve under T.124 X Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 18th June, 1942.
Mr. James Albert Kinch, entered as Temporary Skipper (to serve under T. 124 X Agreement), and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 10th July, 1942.
ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
Lieutenant-Commander Bernard Hunter Jameson Thoms, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Lieutenant Frank Stanley Cable, transferred to Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve in the rank of Lieutenant, with original seniority of 15th April, 1938, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st May, 1942.
Temporary Lieutenants William Lawrence Mercer, Donaldson, James Davies, Walter Clement Houston, and Alan Gordon McLeod Cook, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 30th March, 1942.
Temporary Lieutenant Arthur Charles Aurelius Maxwell, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Temporary Acting Lieutenant Allan Edwin Kotchie, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 11th April, 1942.
Temporary Lieutenants (Special Branch) Paul Durham Stephen and Merlin Theodore Minshall, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 30th March, 1942.
Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch) John Sanderson Gill, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Temporary Electrical Lieutenant William Duffus, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 1st April, 1942.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenants Kenneth Foster and Anthony Henry Francis Figge, lent Royal New Zealand Navy, and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 13th July, 1942.
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
Commander William James Connors (Retired), appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 15th June, 1942 (to serve in the rank of Probationary Lieutenant).
Lieutenant-Commander Hubert Alexander Rhind (Retired), appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 6th July, 1942. (To serve in the rank of Probationary Temporary Lieutenant and receive the pay of that rank, with permission to wear the uniform of the rank of Lieutenant-Commander.)
Probationary Sub-Lieutenant Wilfred Harold Heath, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 11th May, 1941. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 30th May, 1942.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Edward Tracy Fletcher Millett, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 18th May, 1942.
Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Neil Campbell Mains, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 6th November, 1941. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 18th May, 1942.
Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenants George Morrison Ritchie, Geoffrey Johnston Webb, and Charles Vigor Brown, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 17th November, 1941. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant, to date 26th May 1942.
Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenants Edward Lowry Elliott Andersen and William Wallace Gunson, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 13th February, 1942.
Paymaster Lieutenant Robert Lindsay Laurenson, granted the status of “Qualified Officer,” to date 30th June, 1942.
Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Guy Wallace Varnham Knight, promoted to the rank of Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant, to date 16th May, 1942.
Probationary Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant Duncan Frederick Anderson, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 25th February, 1942. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant, to date 26th May, 1942.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Cyril John Whitmore, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), to date 1st May, 1942.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch) Neville Harrison Newcomb, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), to date 15th May, 1942.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenants (Special Branch) Harold McCulloch Studholme and Paul Henry Metcalfe Williams, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch), to date 1st June, 1942.
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- Anthony Edward Montague Raynsford (Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- John Francis Conway Tucker (Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Michael Louis Bernacchi (Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Arthur Beevor Wilkinson (Mr.), Confirmed in rank of Temporary Acting Gunner
- Lancelot Rose Hickman Russell (Chief Petty Officer), Promoted to Temporary Acting Gunner
- Leslie Samuel George Martin (Chief Engine Room Artificer), Promoted to Temporary Acting Warrant Engineer
- Peter Creswick Bull (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Trevor Albert Rockell (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- John Charles Fallow (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Graham Allen (Able Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Walter Strong (Able Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- John Noel Webber (Supply Probationer), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Stanley Richard Brown (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Arthur Evans Wagner (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Joffre Paul Sinton Vallant (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Leslie Mortimer Chapman (Ordinary Seaman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Bruce William Pollock (Signalman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Peter Brian Austin (Signalman), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- William Albert Moore (Writer), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant
- John Malcolm Fielder (Leading Supply Assistant), Promoted to Probationary Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant
- Richard Thomas Hale (Sub-Lieutenant), Transferred to Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve
- Hugh Haddow Marshall (Engineer-Commander), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Hugh Alfred Hill (Temporary Lieutenant), Appointment terminated and reappointed as Lieutenant-Commander
- James Arthur Alick Hamlyn (Lieutenant-Commander), Reverts to Retired List
- Norman Leggatt Mackie (Lieutenant-Commander), Appointment terminated and reappointed
- Edgar Moon Fenton (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- Archibald Thomson (Temporary Commander (E)), Appointment terminated
- Walter Archibald Scott (Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E)), Promoted to Temporary Commander (E)
- Alfred Harold Sneyd (Temporary Lieutenant (E)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant-Commander (E)
- John Leonard Haste (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Stanley Stanton Page (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- John Mawson (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Charles Edward Gill (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Harry Brookfield (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- John Bald (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- James Broadhouse (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Albert Cyril Parker (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- George Amos Herbert (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Peter William Cook McCallum (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Frank Pine (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Lieutenant
- Alan Oswald Horler (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Lieutenant
- Gerard Douglas Gordon Jensen (Mr.), Entered as Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant
- Cedric George Van Slyke (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)
- James Douglas Bell (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- Reginald Arthur Woods (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- Charles Herbert Trevor Oliver (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- George Edward Brasell (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- William Stephen (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- John William Gower (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- James Albert Kinch (Mr.), Entered as Temporary Skipper
- Bernard Hunter Jameson Thoms (Lieutenant-Commander), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Frank Stanley Cable (Lieutenant), Transferred to Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
- William Lawrence Mercer (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Donaldson (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- James Davies (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Walter Clement Houston (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Alan Gordon McLeod Cook (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Arthur Charles Aurelius Maxwell (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Allan Edwin Kotchie (Temporary Acting Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Paul Durham Stephen (Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Merlin Theodore Minshall (Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- John Sanderson Gill (Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- William Duffus (Temporary Electrical Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Kenneth Foster (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Anthony Henry Francis Figge (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- William James Connors (Commander), Appointed to serve in rank of Probationary Lieutenant
- Hubert Alexander Rhind (Lieutenant-Commander), Appointed to serve in rank of Probationary Temporary Lieutenant
- Wilfred Harold Heath (Probationary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Lieutenant
- Edward Tracy Fletcher Millett (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- Neil Campbell Mains (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- George Morrison Ritchie (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- Geoffrey Johnston Webb (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- Charles Vigor Brown (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- Edward Lowry Elliott Andersen (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
- William Wallace Gunson (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
- Robert Lindsay Laurenson (Paymaster Lieutenant), Granted status of Qualified Officer
- Guy Wallace Varnham Knight (Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant
- Duncan Frederick Anderson (Probationary Temporary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted to Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant
- Cyril John Whitmore (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)
- Neville Harrison Newcomb (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)
- Harold McCulloch Studholme (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)
- Paul Henry Metcalfe Williams (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (Special Branch)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (Special Branch)