Dec. 23] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1529

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, Retirements, and Relinquishments of Commissions of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces

Army Department,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve of the following appointments, promotions, transfers, resignations, retirements, and relinquishments of commissions of officers of the New Zealand Military Forces:—

N.Z. STAFF CORPS

Captain J. Vincent, D.C.M., M.M., to be temp. Major whilst holding the appointment of a Chief Instructor at a School of Instruction. Dated 1st November, 1943.

Lieutenant A. M. Jordan to be temp. Major whilst attached to the Adjutant-General’s Branch, Army Headquarters. Dated 1st November, 1943.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS

Hon. Lieutenant R. S. Powell relinquishes his commission. Dated 28th July, 1941.

N.Z. TEMPORARY STAFF

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 89, dated 14th October, 1943, relative to temp. Captain G. B. Stevenson, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted:—

“Temp. Captain G. B. Stevenson is reposted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 22nd September, 1943.”

The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:—

T. F. Snell. Dated 1st December, 1943.

J. L. Napier. Dated 9th December, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

D. G. Arblaster. Dated 8th November, 1943.

J. R. Shorter. Dated 3rd December, 1943.

G. C. Tully, whilst employed as Assistant R.T.O. of a Camp. Dated 15th December, 1943.

The undermentioned to be temp. 2nd Lieutenants:—

John Stevenson Alexander. Dated 15th September, 1943.

St. John William Christie. Dated 14th December, 1943.

TERRITORIAL FORCE

N.Z. ARMOURED CORPS.

The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles

Temp. Lieutenant S. A. Skeet to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st November, 1943.

N.Z. ARTILLERY

Temp. Captain L. A. Sutcliffe relinquishes his commission. Dated 1st September, 1943.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) C. S. Dickson is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 30th October, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenant R. B. Binney to be temp. Captain. Dated 12th November, 1943.

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. T. Cronhelm to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 19th August, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants relinquish their commissions:—

C. M. Cochrane. Dated 5th October, 1943.

G. J. Peek. Dated 8th October, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

R. H. F. Adams. R. C. Wasley. Dated 11th November, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenant J. W. McIlraith resigns his commission on appointment to the Royal N.Z. Navy. Dated 24th November, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

N. K. Venimore. Dated 23rd November, 1943.

H. Sharples. Dated 24th November, 1943.

P. C. Fantham. Dated 25th November, 1943.

O. J. Henderson. Dated 26th November, 1943.

A. N. Cairncross. Dated 27th November, 1943.

N. A. Sellens. Dated 28th November, 1943.

J. F. Egan. Dated 29th November, 1943.

G. L. Riches. Dated 30th November, 1943.

H. H. Atkinson. Dated 1st December, 1943.

O. D. Good. Dated 1st December, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants relinquish their commissions:—

H. R. Clark. D. A. Phillips. Dated 1st September, 1943.

J. K. Millar. Dated 11th October, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant R. H. Simons is posted to the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 4th December, 1943.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant E. W. Archbold to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 30th September, 1943.

The undermentioned to be temp. 2nd Lieutenants, and are granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant:—

James Rowland Preston. Keith Albert Hansen. Dated 4th December, 1943.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS

Temp. Lieutenant H. G. R. Tolley to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 1st December, 1943.

N.Z. INFANTRY

The Waikato Regiment

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. R. Hill to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st December, 1943.

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own)

Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel H. J. Thompson, M.C., is granted the temporary rank of Colonel whilst holding the appointment of Deputy Adjutant-General (1), Army Headquarters, and remains seconded. Dated 6th December, 1943.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant J. E. W. B. Toomath is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Lieutenant. Dated 29th December, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants relinquish their commissions:—

A. H. E. Brett. Dated 21st September, 1943.

C. C. Graham-Cameron. Dated 20th November, 1943.

N. K. Cope. Dated 25th November, 1943.

The Hawke’s Bay Regiment

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

R. J. D. Sharpe. E. Dwyer. Dated 30th September, 1943.

The Ruahine Regiment

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant C. M. Le Quesne is posted to the Retired List with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 6th November, 1943.

The Taranaki Regiment

The undermentioned to be temp. Captains:—

Lieutenant H. C. Johnson. Dated 1st July, 1943.

Temp. Lieutenant D. M. Fraser. Dated 1st December, 1943.

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:—

E. R. R. Penney. E. C. Brenstrum.

L. J. Slyfield. R. J. Horrill. Dated 1st December, 1943.

The Otago Regiment

Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. D. McIvor to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st October, 1943.

The Southland Regiment

Temp. Lieutenant G. R. W. Barnes to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 18th November, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. N. Murray is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 4th December, 1943.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS

Temp. Captain L. Harris to be temp. Major. Dated 16th December, 1943.

N.Z. MEDICAL CORPS

Lieutenant (temp. Major) T. A. Macfarlane, M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Major. Dated 4th December, 1943.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) T. G. Fox, M.B., Ch.B., is posted to the Retired List with the rank of Captain. Dated 30th October, 1943.

Trevor Patrick Dacre Roper, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.O.M.S., to be Lieutenant, and is granted the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 1st December, 1943.

With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 42, dated 3rd June, 1943, relative to Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. M. Duncan, for “Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. M. Duncan, graduate of the 13th O.C.T.U., to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant,” substitute “Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. M. Duncan, graduate of the 13th O.C.T.U., to be temp. Lieutenant.”

The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants, Opticians, to be temp. Lieutenants:—

W. M. P. Barry, F.B.O.A. Dated 16th March, 1943.

P. N. Dick. Dated 6th April, 1943.

B. M. Bennett, F.B.O.A., F.I.O.N.Z. Dated 9th July, 1943.

N.Z. DENTAL CORPS

Temp. Captain O. H. Williams is granted the temporary rank of Major whilst employed as a Group Dental Officer. Dated 10th December, 1943.

N.Z. ARMY NURSING SERVICE

The undermentioned to be Sisters:—

Jane Penketh Marshall. Kathleen Trollope. Dated 6th December, 1943.

N.Z. WOMEN’S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS

Dulcie May Paltridge to be 2nd Subaltern. Dated 16th December, 1943.