✨ Military Appointments and Promotions




APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 443

John Rattray Ower to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant, and is granted the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 24th March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant D. W. Cole to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st April, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenant resigns his commission:
J. L. L. Smith. Dated 20th March, 1943.

N.Z. TERRITORIAL FORCE.
N.Z. ARMOURIED CORPS.
The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry.
The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :
A. N. McIntosh. H. W. Fisher. J. I. Innes. Dated 1st January, 1943.
F. H. Syme. S. A. Tomkies. Dated 1st March, 1943.
Temp. Captain R. B. Johnson, M.C., resigns his commission. Dated 26th March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. W. Wright to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1943.
The Otago Mounted Rifles.
Temp. Lieutenant J. L. Hazlett to be temp. Captain whilst holding the appointment of Adjutant. Dated 1st March, 1943.

N.Z. ARTILLERY.
Captain Gordon Musgrove Smart, late Indian Army, to be temp. Captain. Dated 22nd January, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant S. H. Diehl to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 13th March, 1943.
William Osborne Harvey to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 8th March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. N. Ford resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the British Army. Dated 13th March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant E. Lucre resigns his commission. Dated 16th March, 1943.

CORPS OF N.Z. ENGINEERS.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant L. S. Paget to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 21st January, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. McGregor to be temp. Lieutenant whilst holding the appointment of Adjutant of a Company. Dated 21st February, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant P. E. Bridges resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the British Army. Dated 13th March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant A. A. Brown resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the British Army. Dated 13th March, 1943.
2nd Lieutenant G. F. Bridges, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, resigns his commission on appointment to a commission in the British Army. Dated 13th March, 1943.

N.Z. Defence Engineer Service Corps.
Temp. Major H. Vickerman, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.Inst.C.E., M.Sc., is posted to the Retired List. Dated 31st March, 1943.
The undermentioned to be temp. 2nd Lieutenants:
Arthur Robert Watson. Dated 18th December, 1942.
Eoin Percy.
Harold Charles Courtenay Jones, B.E.
Owen Morley Hope, A.S.C.E. (Civil). Dated 10th February, 1943.
John Dunnachie.
Oswald Donal Bell, A.M.I.C.E. Dated 1st March, 1943.

N.Z. CORPS OF SIGNALS.
The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains:
C. W. Carter. Dated 4th February, 1943.
E. A. M. Buckman. Dated 1st March, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
G. de V. Robinson. Dated 6th February, 1943.
H. R. D. Browne. Dated 11th March, 1943.
A. A. Taylor. Dated 2nd April, 1943.

N.Z. INFANTRY.
The Auckland Regiment (Countess of Ranfurly's Own).
Temp. Captain G. A. Davidson to be temp. Major whilst holding the appointment of Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General of a Division, and remains seconded. Dated 1st March, 1943.
2nd Lieutenant R. McConnochie to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 3rd March, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant K. H. Buchanan resigns his commission. Dated 10th March, 1943.
The Hauraki Regiment.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
L. Bland. I. B. Hubbard. Dated 1st February, 1943.
K. R. Allen. Dated 23rd February, 1943.

The North Auckland Regiment.
Temp. Captain R. B. Steele to be temp. Major. Dated 1st December, 1942.
Lieutenant E. Cumming to be temp. Captain. Dated 29th January, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
D. H. Pharo. I. A. Martin. Dated 20th December, 1942.
C. R. Carnachan. Dated 23rd February, 1943.
Stephen Johnson to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 13th February, 1942.
William John Gorrie, graduate of the 14th O.C.T.U., to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 10th March, 1943.

The Waikato Regiment.
With reference to the notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9, dated 21st January, 1943, relative to the appointments of temp. 2nd Lieutenants George Ivan Clark, Kenneth Stewart Kelly, and Leon Ezra Solomon, for "Dated 9th December, 1942", substitute "Dated 9th October, 1942".
John Orgias to be temp. 2nd Lieutenant. Dated 19th March, 1943.

The Wellington West Coast Regiment.
Lieutenant A. Haley to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st April, 1943.

The Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own).
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant G. F. Brew to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st January, 1943.

The Hawke's Bay Regiment.
Temp. Lieutenant H. H. Hollow to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st January, 1943.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant N. Wilde to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 1st March, 1943.

The Canterbury Regiment.
Temp. Lieutenant A. P. Boyle to be temp. Captain, and remains seconded. Dated 1st February, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenant J. M. Batchelor to be temp. Captain. Dated 2nd February, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
A. J. Wills. R. A. Triggs. Dated 12th March, 1943.
C. S. G. Brebner. G. D. Hattaway. Dated 13th March, 1943.
T. H. Phipps. Dated 14th March, 1943.

The Nelson, Marlborough, and West Coast Regiment.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
E. C. Screen. Dated 15th December, 1942.
G. K. Chapman. Dated 17th December, 1942.

The Otago Regiment.
The undermentioned temp. Lieutenants to be temp. Captains. Dated 1st January, 1943:
J. N. Walsh. H. P. Kent.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. C. Duke is posted to the Retired List. Dated 15th March, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
E. P. C. Peare. Dated 1st February, 1943.
L. A. Couchman. J. G. Soulness. R. J. Davies.
A. J. Dryden. J. V. C. Watson. J. H. W. Gould.
J. G. Jackson. G. W. Bowler. S. G. Howie.
J. Judson. E. J. Chapman. V. R. Walcott.
W. R. Sellar. Dated 22nd March, 1943.

The Southland Regiment.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Harvey to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 14th March, 1943.

The New Zealand Scottish Regiment.
Temp. 2nd Lieutenant J. Dick resigns his commission. Dated 17th March, 1943.

N.Z. ARMY SERVICE CORPS.
Temp. Lieutenant E. Butler to be temp. Captain. Dated 1st January, 1943.
Temp. Lieutenant N. L. Bradley to be temp. Captain. Dated 11th February, 1943.
The undermentioned temp. 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieutenants:
J. D. A'Court. Dated 8th October, 1942.
R. C. Mullenger. Dated 11th December, 1942.
H. D. Christie. Dated 3rd February, 1943.



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πŸ›‘οΈ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Military Forces (continued from previous page)

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
Military, Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations
88 names identified
  • John Rattray Ower, Promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • John Rattray Ower, Granted temporary rank of Lieutenant
  • D. W. Cole, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. L. L. Smith, Resigned commission
  • A. N. McIntosh, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • H. W. Fisher, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • J. I. Innes, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • F. H. Syme, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • S. A. Tomkies, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • R. B. Johnson (Captain), Resigned commission
  • G. W. Wright, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. L. Hazlett (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • Gordon Musgrove Smart (Captain), Appointed temporary Captain
  • S. H. Diehl, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • William Osborne Harvey, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • J. N. Ford, Resigned commission
  • E. Lucre, Resigned commission
  • L. S. Paget, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • G. McGregor, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • P. E. Bridges, Resigned commission
  • A. A. Brown, Resigned commission
  • G. F. Bridges (2nd Lieutenant), Resigned commission
  • H. Vickerman (Major), Posted to Retired List
  • Arthur Robert Watson, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • Eoin Percy, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • Harold Charles Courtenay Jones (B.E.), Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • Owen Morley Hope (A.S.C.E. (Civil)), Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • John Dunnachie, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • Oswald Donal Bell (A.M.I.C.E.), Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • C. W. Carter, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • E. A. M. Buckman, Promoted to temporary Captain
  • G. de V. Robinson, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • H. R. D. Browne, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • A. A. Taylor, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • G. A. Davidson (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • R. McConnochie (2nd Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • K. H. Buchanan, Resigned commission
  • L. Bland, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • I. B. Hubbard, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • K. R. Allen, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • R. B. Steele (Captain), Promoted to temporary Major
  • E. Cumming (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • D. H. Pharo, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • I. A. Martin, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • C. R. Carnachan, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • Stephen Johnson, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • William John Gorrie, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • George Ivan Clark, Correction of appointment date
  • Kenneth Stewart Kelly, Correction of appointment date
  • Leon Ezra Solomon, Correction of appointment date
  • John Orgias, Appointed temporary 2nd Lieutenant
  • A. Haley (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • G. F. Brew, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • H. H. Hollow (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • N. Wilde, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • A. P. Boyle (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • J. M. Batchelor (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • A. J. Wills, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • R. A. Triggs, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • C. S. G. Brebner, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • G. D. Hattaway, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • T. H. Phipps, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • E. C. Screen, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • G. K. Chapman, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. N. Walsh (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • H. P. Kent (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • A. C. Duke (Lieutenant (temp. Captain)), Posted to Retired List
  • E. P. C. Peare, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • L. A. Couchman, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. G. Soulness, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • R. J. Davies, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • A. J. Dryden, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. V. C. Watson, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. H. W. Gould, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. G. Jackson, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • G. W. Bowler, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • S. G. Howie, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. Judson, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • E. J. Chapman, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • V. R. Walcott, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • W. R. Sellar, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • C. H. Harvey, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • J. Dick, Resigned commission
  • E. Butler (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • N. L. Bradley (Lieutenant), Promoted to temporary Captain
  • J. D. A'Court, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • R. C. Mullenger, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant
  • H. D. Christie, Promoted to temporary Lieutenant