New Zealand Gazette – 1942 – No. 91

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



2462 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 91

N.Z. Railway Construction and Maintenance Group.
Captain K. Christie to be Major (temp.). Dated 2nd July, 1942.

N.Z. Divisional Signals.
Captain E. L. J. Marshall to be Major (temp.). Dated 12th July, 1942.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains (temp.). Dated 15th July, 1942 :—
A. A. Andrew. R. W. Foubister.

N.Z. Infantry.
Major J. K. Robbie to be Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.). Dated 25th July, 1942.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors (temp.) :—
Dated 1st July, 1942 : C. Sorenson.
Dated 4th July, 1942 : P. T. Norris.
Dated 15th July, 1942 : H. C. Black.
Dated 17th July, 1942 : E. J. Tong.
Dated 22nd July, 1942 : G. A. Murray.
Dated 25th July, 1942 : G. C. Kirk.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains (temp.) :—
Dated 25th June, 1942 : A. M. Buckley.
Dated 29th June, 1942 : W. F. Liley, M.C.
Dated 15th July, 1942 : H. M. Swinburn.
Dated 17th July, 1942—
G. S. Cooper. C. A. Newland.
Dated 22nd July, 1942—
J. H. R. Semple. A. L. Fletcher.
R. J. Abbott. J. W. Rolleston.
W. K. L. Dougall. V. P. Boot.
Dated 23rd July, 1942 : D. A. Caughley.

2nd Lieutenant J. A. Johnston, M.M., to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 22nd July, 1942.

N.Z. Medical Corps.
Captain E. W. Duncan to be Major (temp.). Dated 20th June, 1942.

2nd Lieutenant R. W. Cawthorn to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 31st July, 1942.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps.
2nd Lieutenant L. F. Irvine to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 2nd July, 1942.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED.
N.Z. Artillery.
Captain (temp. Major) H. T. W. Nolan relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 4th August, 1942.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish the temporary rank of Captain :—
J. H. Young. Dated 23rd July, 1942.
M. B. Trower. Dated 4th August, 1942.

N.Z. Infantry.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) T. C. Campbell, M.C., relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 28th July, 1942.

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 28th July, 1942 :—
K. I. Armour. A. M. Buckley.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS.
The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants. Dated 1st August, 1942 :—
5871 George Boulton Shaw, N.Z. Ordnance Corps.
60173 Harold Dale, N.Z. Artillery.
30213 Athol Graham Pickering, N.Z. Ordnance Corps.
38031 Percy Trevor Watkinson, N.Z. Army Service Corps.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Promotions of Officers of the New Zealand Regular Force.

Army Department,
Wellington, 25th September, 1942.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following promotions of officers of the New Zealand Regular Force :—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS.
Major F. L. Hunt to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 25th July, 1942.

The undermentioned Captains to be Majors :—
H. G. Wooller. Dated 15th July, 1942.
F. L. H. Davis. Dated 25th July, 1942.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :—
J. D. Armstrong. Dated 15th July, 1942.
P. G. Monk. Dated 22nd July, 1942.

REGIMENT OF ROYAL N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain R. C. Queree to be Major. Dated 22nd July, 1942.
Lieutenant L. N. McKay to be Captain. Dated 25th July, 1942.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Officers of the Traffic Control Corps, Home Guard.

Army Department,
Wellington, 29th September, 1942.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments of officers of the Traffic Control Corps, Home Guard :—

TRAFFIC CONTROL CORPS.
The undermentioned to be Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 22nd September, 1942 :—
Frank Henry Williamson. William Allen Cairns.
Albert Edward Neill. Francis Edward Dwyer.
Andrew Saba. Wallace William Bird.
Alexander Royal Spinley. Ronald Leslie Stewart.
Francis William Tyler. Eddie Holman Haynes.
Morris Carrol Lawson. Roy Henry Holmes.
Herbert Leonard Donnelly. Vivian Wilfred Hunter.
Leslie Wallace Jamieson. Frederick William Bines.
Charles Alexander Davidson. Alfred Samuel Thomas Berry.
William Alexander Rixon. William Mann.
Thomas Alexander Maclean. Stanley Richard Moreland.
John McGregor. William Donald McBride Jamieson.
Ronald Dalgleish Currie.
William John Wilson Deem. Gordon William Matthews.
Cornelius Michael John Kelleher. Sydney Charles Fowke.
Herbert Godfrey Thorpe. William Gladstone Ramsay Middlemass.
Ronald Harris.
John Harold Thornton. John Joseph Conroy.
William Adam Leitch. James Philip Nolan.
George James Martin Eeles. George Matthew Colombus.
Charles Francis Lippitt. John Timothy Meehan.
Eric Douglas Wallis. William James McKay.
Herbert Rae Gower. Robert Alexander Shaw.
William Litchfield Newman. James Sproule Colquhoun Gilkison.
Albert Edwin Palmer.
Francis Raymond Coleman. Eric Hosborough Scherp.
William Shore Ogier. Reginald Edward Melvin.
Timothy Joseph Crowe. Leslie Robert Burns.
George Maitland Gwynne.
F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Department,
Wellington, 5th October, 1942.
HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, and relinquishment 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 30th June, 1942—
NZ 403935 Sergeant Edward Haines BEABLE.
Dated 3rd July, 1942—
NZ 415684 Sergeant Roland John CAMMOCK.
Dated 29th July, 1942—
NZ 411909 Sergeant Hector Ronald LECKIE.
Dated 11th September, 1942—
NZ 416155 Sergeant William Rosser PERROTT.
NZ 416470 Sergeant Edwin Roy ELLIOTT.
NZ 415368 Sergeant Keith Bernard ROGERS.
NZ 416468 Sergeant John Collins DILLICAR.

As AIR OBSERVER.
Dated 5th September, 1942—
NZ 412764 Sergeant John Barker TAYLOR.

As NAVIGATOR.
Dated 25th June, 1942—
NZ 404041 Sergeant Thomas THOMSON.

As AIR GUNNER.
Dated 24th August, 1942—
NZ 401446 Flight Sergeant Henry Lyman TAPP.

Promotions.
The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.) :—
Dated 28th May, 1942—
Leonard Rodney HEWITT.
Dated 27th July, 1942—
David John Verdun HENRY.

Pilot Officer Reginald Joseph Cowan GRANT, D.F.M., to be Flight Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 6th August, 1942.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 5th July, 1942—
Donald St. Clair BROWN.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank of Officers (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
29 September 1942
Military Appointments, Promotions, Temporary Rank, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force
37 names identified
  • K. Christie (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • E. L. J. Marshall (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • A. A. Andrew (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • R. W. Foubister (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • J. K. Robbie (Major), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (temp.)
  • C. Sorenson (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • P. T. Norris (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • H. C. Black (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • E. J. Tong (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • G. A. Murray (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • G. C. Kirk (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • A. M. Buckley (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • W. F. Liley (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • H. M. Swinburn (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • G. S. Cooper (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • C. A. Newland (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • J. H. R. Semple (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • A. L. Fletcher (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • R. J. Abbott (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • J. W. Rolleston (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • W. K. L. Dougall (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • V. P. Boot (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • D. A. Caughley (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain (temp.)
  • J. A. Johnston (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • E. W. Duncan (Captain), Promoted to Major (temp.)
  • R. W. Cawthorn (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • L. F. Irvine (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to Lieutenant (temp.)
  • H. T. W. Nolan (Captain (temp. Major)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Major
  • J. H. Young (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Captain
  • M. B. Trower (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Captain
  • T. C. Campbell (Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
  • K. I. Armour (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Captain
  • A. M. Buckley (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Relinquishes temporary rank of Captain
  • George Boulton Shaw, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • Harold Dale, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • Athol Graham Pickering, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant
  • Percy Trevor Watkinson, Appointed 2nd Lieutenant

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Promotions of Officers of the New Zealand Regular Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
25 September 1942
Military Promotions, New Zealand Regular Force, Staff Corps, Artillery
7 names identified
  • F. L. Hunt (Major), Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
  • H. G. Wooller (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • F. L. H. Davis (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • J. D. Armstrong (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • P. G. Monk (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain
  • R. C. Queree (Captain), Promoted to Major
  • L. N. McKay (Lieutenant), Promoted to Captain

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Appointment of Officers of the Traffic Control Corps, Home Guard

🛡️ Defence & Military
29 September 1942
Military Appointments, Traffic Control Corps, Home Guard
53 names identified
  • Frank Henry Williamson, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Allen Cairns, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Albert Edward Neill, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Francis Edward Dwyer, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Andrew Saba, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Wallace William Bird, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Alexander Royal Spinley, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Ronald Leslie Stewart, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Francis William Tyler, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Eddie Holman Haynes, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Morris Carrol Lawson, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Roy Henry Holmes, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Herbert Leonard Donnelly, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Vivian Wilfred Hunter, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Leslie Wallace Jamieson, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Frederick William Bines, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Alfred Samuel Thomas Berry, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Alexander Rixon, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Mann, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Thomas Alexander Maclean, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Stanley Richard Moreland, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John McGregor, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Donald McBride Jamieson, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Ronald Dalgleish Currie, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William John Wilson Deem, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Gordon William Matthews, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Cornelius Michael John Kelleher, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Sydney Charles Fowke, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Herbert Godfrey Thorpe, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Gladstone Ramsay Middlemass, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Ronald Harris, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Harold Thornton, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Joseph Conroy, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Adam Leitch, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • James Philip Nolan, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • George James Martin Eeles, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • George Matthew Colombus, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Charles Francis Lippitt, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • John Timothy Meehan, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Eric Douglas Wallis, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William James McKay, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Herbert Rae Gower, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Robert Alexander Shaw, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Litchfield Newman, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • James Sproule Colquhoun Gilkison, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Albert Edwin Palmer, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Francis Raymond Coleman, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Eric Hosborough Scherp, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • William Shore Ogier, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Reginald Edward Melvin, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Timothy Joseph Crowe, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Leslie Robert Burns, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)
  • George Maitland Gwynne, Appointed Lieutenant (temp.)

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence

🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishment of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
5 October 1942
Air Force Appointments, Promotions, Pilot Officers, Flight Lieutenants
14 names identified
  • Edward Haines Beable (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Roland John Cammock (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Hector Ronald Leckie (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • William Rosser Perrott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Edwin Roy Elliott (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • Keith Bernard Rogers (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Collins Dillicar (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot Officer
  • John Barker Taylor (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Observer
  • Thomas Thomson (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Henry Lyman Tapp (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Leonard Rodney Hewitt (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant (temp.)
  • David John Verdun Henry (Flying Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Reginald Joseph Cowan Grant (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flight Lieutenant (temp.)
  • Donald St. Clair Brown (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)