1496
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 111

N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Captain A. H. Andrews, O.B.E., B.E., to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel whilst holding the appointment of Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer. Dated 1st November, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. C. Hastings to be temp. Captain and Quartermaster. Dated 1st January, 1943.
Temp. Captain and Quartermaster S. Thomson to be temp. Major and Quartermaster. Dated 1st February, 1943.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF
Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Morpeth is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 30th October, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenant W. A. Gillies to be temp. Captain whilst holding the appointment of Officer Commanding a Mechanical Transport Workshop. Dated 1st November, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp Captains:—
W. B. Moon. Dated 1st December, 1943.
D. L. Amodeo. Dated 3rd December, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—
W. J. Aitken. Dated 1st September, 1943.
G. C. Peebles. Dated 31st October, 1943.
J. R. Allman-Marchant. Dated 1st November, 1943.
G. R. Kime. Dated 14th November, 1943.
A. McClure. Dated 20th November, 1943.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS
The Otago Mounted Rifles
Temp. Lieutenant M. Douglas is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 6th November, 1943.

The North Auckland Mounted Rifles
Captain N. C. Shepherd relinquishes his appointment as Captain in the N.Z. Temporary Staff, and is posted to the Retired List. Dated 7th December, 1943.

N.Z. Artillery
The undermentioned are posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain:—
Temp. Captain G. M. Whitaker. Dated 27th November, 1943.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) J. Richardson. Dated 20th November, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenant F. J. Sullivan resigns his commission on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Navy. Dated 14th October, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. G. Fitzgerald to be temp. Lieutenant, and remains seconded. Dated 18th August, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—
J. C. Were. Dated 20th August, 1943.
C. M. Roper, and remains seconded. Dated 30th September, 1943.
W. G. Behan. Dated 1st October, 1943.
J. W. McIlraith. Dated 15th October, 1943.
D. L. Buchan. Dated 11th November, 1943.
J. D. O’Brien. Dated 12th November, 1943.
D. R. Gillies. Dated 14th November, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant B. K. Poulsen is posted to the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13th November, 1943.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS
Alexander Percy Cuthbert Bentley to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1943.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS
Temp. Captain A. S. D. Rose to be temp. Major. Dated 7th November, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. F. Johnson to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 9th November, 1943.

N.Z. INFANTRY
The Hauraki Regiment
Temp. Lieutenant S. G. Muir, 2nd Battalion, is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 3rd December, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant R. C. Clarke relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st September, 1943.
Lionel Dudley Blomfield to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th July, 1943.

The Waikato Regiment
Lieutenant H. W. Sayers to be temp. Captain. Dated 18th November, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. L. Martin to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st September, 1943.

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)
Temp. Lieutenant R. H. Rolle relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st September, 1943.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant F. W. Edwards to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 4th November, 1943.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment
Temp. Lieutenant J. R. Beckett to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 1st September, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. K. Bedbrook to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 2nd August, 1943.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment
Temp. Lieutenant A. C. Wood, D.C.M., to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 15th November, 1943.

N.Z. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT
The Ven. Archdeacon H. A. Hawkins, V.D., Chaplain, 2nd Class (Church of England), is posted to the Retired List. Dated 4th December, 1943.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS
Temp. Lieutenant R. J. Harrison to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 20th November, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant T. J. Matthews to be temp. Lieutenant, and remains seconded. Dated 30th September, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. E. Pavitt relinquishes his appointment as temp. Lieutenant in the N.Z. Temporary Staff, and is posted to the Reserve of Officers, Supplementary List, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 26th November, 1943.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants relinquish their commissions on appointment to commissions in the Royal N.Z. Air Force:—
J. C. McNeur. J. C. Baird.
Dated 7th July, 1943.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS
Temp. Captain T. B. F. Judge is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst seconded to the Royal N.Z. Air Force. Dated 21st November, 1943.
Lieutenant K. B. Thomson to be temp. Captain. Dated 23rd November, 1943.

N.Z. ORDNANCE CORPS
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. J. Sylva relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st September, 1943.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE
Joan Barnett to be Sister. Dated 13th November, 1943.

N.Z. WOMEN’S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS
Subaltern M. Martin to be Junior Commander. Dated 1st December, 1943.
The undermentioned 2nd Subalterns to be Subalterns:—
J. E. G. Batchelor. Dated 1st October, 1943.
S. M. Snow. M. E. Steele.
Dated 1st November, 1943.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
N.Z. Medical Corps
Captain E. E. Brown, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), F.R.A.C.S., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 23rd October, 1943.

Supplementary List
The undermentioned to be Honorary Majors:—
Charles Machell Norton Watson-Munro, M.Sc.
Edwin Richard Collins, M.Sc.
Dated 9th December, 1943.
The undermentioned to be Honorary Captains:—
Clive Gerard Liddell, M.A.
Shelford James Penman, B.E.
Dated 9th December, 1943.
The undermentioned to be Honorary Lieutenants:—
Alan Williams Roberts, B.Sc.
Robert Sydney Unwin, B.Sc.
Dated 9th December, 1943.

OFFICERS CEASING TO BE SECONDED TO THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Brigadier K. MacCormick, C.B.E., D.S.O., E.D., M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), K.H.S., N.Z. Medical Corps, and is reposted to the Territorial Force with the temporary rank of Brigadier, with seniority from 26th June, 1941. Dated 6th November, 1943.
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 99, dated 11th November, 1943, relative to temp. Colonel L. W. Andrew, V.C., D.S.O., is hereby cancelled and the following substituted:—
“Temp. Colonel L. W. Andrew, V.C., D.S.O., and is reposted to the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 31st October, 1943.”
The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 99, dated 11th November, 1943, relative to temp. Colonel D. T. Maxwell, A.D.C., is hereby cancelled and the following substituted:—
“Temp. Colonel D. T. Maxwell, A.D.C., and is reposted to the N.Z. Staff Corps. Dated 31st October, 1943.”