N.Z. STAFF CORPS.

The undermentioned Staff Cadets, on graduation from the Royal Military College of Australia, to be Lieutenants. Dated 14th December, 1942 :—

Bruce Allan Andrews.
Joseph Wallace Stenberg.
Jack Ross Warrington.
Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett.
Cecil Coles Jordan.
Leslie Watson Wright.
Colin Bonar Allen Jamison.
Horatio Archibald Colquhoun.
Selwyn Russell Lewis.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF.

Charles Archibald McFarlane, B.Com., to be Major (temp.). Dated 3rd December, 1942.
Captain W. E. Alexander to be Major (temp.). Dated 14th December, 1942.
Captain D. A. Ewen to be Major (temp.). Dated 16th December, 1942.
Lieutenant J. Bennett to be Captain (temp.). Dated 1st December, 1942.
Archibald George William Dunningham to be Captain (temp.). Dated 14th December, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant G. McLaren to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 10th December, 1942.
Harry Ernest Brusey to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 14th December, 1942.

TERRITORIAL FORCE.

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS.

The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry.

Captain (temp.) M. H. O’Rorke to be Major (temp.). Dated 27th October, 1942.
Captain (temp.) E. W. Kerr to be Major (temp.). Dated 27th October, 1942.

The Manawatu Mounted Rifles.

Captain (temp.) R. H. Spicer to be Major (temp.). Dated 1st November, 1942.
Lieutenant (temp.) M. McG. Cooper, to be Captain (temp.). Dated 7th December, 1942.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant (temp.) A. A. Elston to be Captain (temp.), and remains seconded. Dated 19th August, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. R. Morris to be Captain (temp.), and is seconded. Dated 7th December, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) D. J. Sunderland to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st October, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. W. Broadley to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st November, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. L. R. Richter to be Lieutenant (temp.), and remains seconded. Dated 8th December, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) D. W. Feeney to be Lieutenant (temp.), and remains seconded. Dated 8th December, 1942.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp.) to be Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 19th December, 1942 :—

F. R. Tankard.
C. W. Watters.
B. de C. Thomson.

The undermentioned graduates of the 12th A O.C.T.U. to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 17th December, 1942 :—

Coast.

Reginald Charles Walker.
Michael David Moloney.

Anti-aircraft.

Keith William Burgess.

N.Z. DEFENCE ENGINEER SERVICE CORPS.

Thomas Arthur Johnston, B.E., A.M.I.C.E., to be Captain (temp.). Dated 1st June, 1942.
Lieutenant E. Allman-Marchant, Retired List, to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 27th July, 1942.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 17th October, 1942 :—

Robert Allen Rogers.
Kenneth Ernest McLennan.
Leonard Horace Hegley.
Charles Kennaway Lowe.

Thomas Stuart Robertson to be 2nd Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 23rd October, 1942.

N.Z. INFANTRY.

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own).

Lieutenant J. Nicol, to be Captain (temp.). Dated 21st September, 1942.

The Canterbury Regiment.

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, dated 22nd October, 1942, relative to 2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. E. Milner, is hereby cancelled.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

Lieutenant (temp.) B. W. Dalefield to be Captain (temp.). Dated 11th September, 1942.
Lieutenant (temp.) L. E. Gibbons to be Captain (temp.). Dated 5th October, 1942.
Lieutenant (temp.) R. F. Turner to be Captain (temp.). Dated 1st December, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) J. B. Hector to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 1st April, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) P. R. Grant to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 21st August, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) B. B. Loughnan to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 11th December, 1942.
2nd Lieutenant (temp.) E. G. Legge to be Lieutenant (temp.). Dated 11th December, 1942.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain (temp. Major) R. G. S. Orbell, M.C., E.D., M.D., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 7th December, 1942.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 101, dated 12th November, 1942, relative to the appointment of graduates of the 12th A O.C.T.U., for “David Pedford Weir,” substitute “David Telford Weir.”

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS.

Keith Bell Thomson to be Lieutenant. Dated 23rd November, 1942.
Jack Goldie Anderson to be Lieutenant. Dated 9th December, 1942.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

Lieutenant (temp.) (2nd Lieutenant, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) J. R. Beckett, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment. Dated 26th October, 1942.
Lieutenant (2nd Lieutenant, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) T. D. Scott, The Hawke’s Bay Regiment, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 12th December, 1942.
The Rev. T. G. Campbell, Chaplain, 4th Class, N.Z. Chaplains Department, and is transferred to the Reserve List, Class I, Area II. Dated 15th December, 1942.
Sister E. E. Claridge, N.Z. Army Nursing Service, and is posted to the Reserve List. Dated 24th August, 1942.

MEMORANDA.

2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Captain D. P. Melville is dismissed His Majesty’s Service by sentence of a Court-martial. Dated 9th December, 1942.
Lieutenant J. W. Godfrey is dismissed His Majesty’s Service by sentence of a Court-martial. Dated 9th November, 1942.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

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

Air Department,
Wellington, 21st December, 1942.

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, and transfers of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH.

Promotions.

The undermentioned Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants (temp.). Dated 26th October, 1942 :—

Dennis Keeble CAREY.
Tom DUNN.
Robert Paterson REID.

Pilot Officer (on prob.) Tom DUNN is confirmed in his rank and is granted the temporary rank of Flying Officer. Dated 26th October, 1941.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—

Dated 16th August, 1942—
Stuart David PARNELL.

Dated 25th September, 1942—
Arthur Herbert GREEN.
Roy Campbell EARL.
Reginald George McKENZIE.
John Alfred HEGMAN.
Thomas Edward LAWRENCE.
Alfred Bruce SMITH.

Dated 27th September, 1942—
John Strowan HAY.

Dated 1st October, 1942—
Jeffery George WEST, D.F.M.
Robert Wrey SIMPSON.
Godfrey Simon HARCOURT.
Thomas Riddiford Martin WILLIS.
Stanley George CULLIFORD.
John Pierson FORD.
Reginald Ferdinand HICKMAN.
Albert William COPLAND.
James Evans JENKINS.