Officiating Ministers List




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Congregational Independents—
continued.

The Reverend—
de Lisle, Frank
Eastman, George Herbert
Flower, Thomas
Garner, William M.
Hall, Percy Henry
Harris, John Henry
Heighway, George
Hoskin, C. Cannell
Jackson, George
James, Henry Bond
Johnson, Harry, A.T.S.
Johnston, Gilbert, B.A.

Pastor—
Litherland, Trevor
McQuillan, Henry

The Reverend—
Miller, D. Gardner
Muriel, Arthur, M.C., B.A.
Newell, Herbert W., M.A., B.D.
Pate, John Smith

Pastor—
Pedersen, Thorvold Joshua

The Reverend—
Sands, Joseph

Pastor—
Skinner, Norman Albert
Smith, J. Gordon

The Reverend—
Stewart, John Milburn
Wearne, Reginald Triggs
Welch, Clifford
Whiting, Albert Victor

Baptists.

The Reverend—
Anstice, Arthur
Archer, John Kendrick
Barton, Charles Howard
Batts, Eric W. G.
Beilby, George Thomas, M.A.
Boggis, Cecil Bertie

Pastor—
Brown, Albert Victor

The Reverend—
Bryan, Laurence Percival
Bycroft, Howard Raymond
Bycroft, Robert Redvers Gordon
Carlisle, Brownlow Osborne Forde
Carlisle, David Brownlow Forde
Carlisle, Joseph
Carter, Frederick Herbert
Chant, Charles
Clifford, James Ayson, M.Sc.

Pastor—
Collins, Geoffrey Willis

The Reverend—
Crampton, P. L. A., B.A.
Crozier, James T.
Cumming, James
Day, Louis Alfred
Duncumb, C. W.
Eccersall, Thomas H.
Edridge, H. E.
Enright, Eric Michael
Every, Frederick Charles
Fear, Alfred
Finlay, Allan Herbert
Flett, William Nugent
Fursdon, R. L.
Fursdon, Robert Willingale

The Reverend—
Gardiner, Charles Duncan
Garlick, George Norman
Gibbs, Arthur James
Goldsmith, Rex Charles Radcliffe, M.A.
Goring, Ernest N.
Goring, Harold Garad
Grave, J. Russell
Grigg, Edward William, M.A.
Hart, Roland Charles
Hiddlestone, John
Hodge, Alexander J., B.A., B.D., Ph.D.
Hoffman, Ronald Stanley
Ings, John
Jamieson, Arthur John
Jenkins, Stanley W.
Jensen, Joseph D.
Jones, Ernest T.
Kempton, H. Knowles
Laird, John, M.A.
Lambert, William Edward
Lanyon, Percy Frederick

Pastor—
Latta, Clarence Arthur

The Reverend—
Lloyd, Felix Hayes
Lonsdale, Albert Edward

Baptists—continued.

The Reverend—
Macky, J. C.
McKee, Donald Colman, B.A.

Pastor—
Marsden, Walter

The Reverend—
Miller, John Paton

Pastor—
Munro, George Stevenson

The Reverend—
Nicholls, Ernest

Pastor—
Nielsen, James Henry Valdemar

The Reverend—
Norris, Percy Wilfrid
North, John James, D.D.
North, Lawrence Alfred

Pastor—
Page, Harry Walter

The Reverend—
Page, Trevor Ralph
Parry, Frederick A.
Reay, G. Clifford
Reddell, Francis George
Reid, James Kirk
Rollings, William Swift
Rosie, Charles Donald
Sherburd, Ernest Foster
Sievewright, A. C.
Silcock, Alfred Laurence
Simpson, Ervin Peter Young
Simpson, John Ewen
Smart, Frederick Lang
Smith, Ernest Edward
Smith, Leslie John Boulton
Stewart, David Hugh
Turner, Harold Raymond
Vickery, William Henry Alfred
Wakelin, Arthur John
Weston, Thomas
Whitten, Herbert Edward
Wilson, Alfred Samuel
Wilson, Bernard Mead
Wood, Nathan Rillstone
Wyness, Stuart Winter

The Salvation Army.

Adams, Henry M., Major
Allott, Jabez, Major
Armstrong, William, Major
Atherfold, William E. Percival, Brigadier
Balle, Jacob, Major
Barnes, Albert, Major
Bartlett, Albert H., Major
Baylis, William J., Brigadier
Bevan, Nelson, Adjutant
Bicknell, Norman, Major
Birks, Florence, Brigadier
Blincoe, Viola, Major
Boon, Arthur William, Captain
Bracegirdle, Cuthbert, Brigadier
Briddock, Isaac, Brigadier
Bridge, Sydney J., Major
Brooks, Andrew, Brigadier
Brown, Martin H., Major
Brown, Norman E., Brigadier
Brunton, Janet Dickie, Major
Burton, Fred. W., Lieut.-Colonel
Buttimore, Thomas, Brigadier
Calcott, Arthur, Major
Campion, William, Commandant
Canty, Alex., Major
Caporn, Fred H., Brigadier
Carmichael, Andrew, Lieut.-Colonel
Chandler, Albert E., Major
Church, Sydney, Lieut.-Colonel
Dick, Victor J. D., Major
Dry, George F. C., Lieut.-Colonel
Ebbs, W. Alexander, Colonel
Eichler, Paul, Major
Elliot, Ernest, Captain
Fitness, Charles G., Lieut.-Colonel
Fitness, Gordon, Captain
Flintoff, Arthur, Adjutant
Gibbs, Edward, Brigadier
Glanville, John, Major
Goffin, Harry, Adjutant
Goffin, Henry C., Brigadier
Gooday, Guy, Adjutant
Gower, Jessie, Adjutant
Gray, Charles Henry, Brigadier
Grice, Edna May, Major
Harewood, Bramwell, Captain
Hawkes, Hubert, Major
Hawkins, James, Brigadier
Hay, Frank, Adjutant
Hayes, Samuel M., Brigadier
Hildreth, William J. A., Major

The Salvation Army—continued.

Home, Earl, Captain
Hoten, Frederick Donald, Captain
Houghton, Donovan, Adjutant
Huston, Francis, Major
Ingerson, Harold, Adjutant
Jones, Larner, Adjutant
Kearse, Norman, Captain
Kermode, Abel, Major
Kirkpatrick, John, Captain
Knight, William, Major
Lamond, Robert, Major
Lee, Clarence, Major
Liddell, Robert, Major
Lindsay, Laurence James Victor, Adjutant
Lord, Hilton, Major
Macaulay, Donald, Lieut.-Colonel
McDonald, Roy, Adjutant
Mackenzie, Harold, Major
McKenzie, Thomas, Captain
Mahaffie, John, Major
Major, Elliott, Captain
Marshall, Alexander J., Brigadier
Marshall, Mabel, Major
Middleton, John C., Captain
Millar, Leonard, Adjutant
Moore, Rangi, Major
Moore, Thomas, Major
Morley, Charles Henry, Adjutant
Neeve, Charles, Major
Norman, Phillip G., Major
Ojala, Owen, Captain
Parkinson, Henry, Major
Pauling, Noel, Captain
Perry, Alfred Mark, Brigadier
Podmore, Arthur S., Major
Powick, John H., Brigadier
Prowse, Robert, Major
Raethel, Henry Frederick Charles, Captain
Rawcliffe, Harry, Adjutant
Read, Mansefield, Adjutant
Rimmer, Harold, Brigadier
Riseley, Ernest, Major
Rive, Herbert, Major
Robinson, Albert, Brigadier
Rundle, Lionel, Captain
Sansom, Ernest, Major
Sawyer, George, Adjutant
Sawyer, Richard, Commandant
Scotney, Albert, Lieut.-Colonel
Searle, Frederick, Adjutant
Searle, Wilfred, Major
Sharp, Henry Proctor, Brigadier
Simpson, Robert, Major
Simpson, Wesley, Captain
Smith, Ellen, Brigadier
Smith, Horace, Brigadier
Smith, J. Evan, Commissioner
Smith, Percy, Captain
Smith, Samuel, Adjutant
Smith, Selwyn, Captain
Smith, Sydney, Lieut.-Colonel
Smith, William, Brigadier
Spillett, Gordon, Captain
Stone, Bramwell, Adjutant
Suter, Alfred J. S., Brigadier
Taylor, David, Major
Thomas, Ernest, Captain
Thompson, George R., Adjutant
Thompson, William J., Major
Thomson, Basil, Major
Thorne, Edwin G., Major
Tong, Leonard, Major
Toomer, James John, Lieut.-Colonel
Waite, John Charles, Captain
Watkin, Jabez, Major
Wilkes, James Henry, Major
Wyatt, Herbert, Major

The Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Conference of New Zealand.

The Reverend—
Appelt, Conrad Walter
Heidrich, Maurice R.
Te Punga, Hamuera H.
Venz, Carl August

The Lutheran Church.

The Reverend—
Christensen, Ansgar

Hebrew Congregations.

The Reverend—
Astor, Alexander, B.A.
Kantor, Samuel
Katz, Solomon
Salas, Marks
Salas, Samuel Nathan
Steinhof, Caesar



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⚖️ List of Officiating Ministers for 1943 under the Marriage Act, 1908 (continued from previous page)

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
27 January 1943
Marriage Act, Officiating Ministers, Congregational Independents, Baptists, Salvation Army, Evangelical Lutheran, Lutheran Church, Hebrew Congregations
256 names identified
  • Frank de Lisle (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • George Herbert Eastman (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Thomas Flower (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • William M. Garner (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Percy Henry Hall (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Henry Harris (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • George Heighway (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • C. Cannell Hoskin (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • George Jackson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Henry Bond James (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Harry Johnson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Gilbert Johnston (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Trevor Litherland (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Henry McQuillan (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • D. Gardner Miller (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur Muriel (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Herbert W. Newell (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Smith Pate (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Thorvold Joshua Pedersen (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Joseph Sands (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Norman Albert Skinner (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • J. Gordon Smith (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • John Milburn Stewart (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Reginald Triggs Wearne (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Clifford Welch (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Albert Victor Whiting (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur Anstice (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Kendrick Archer (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Howard Barton (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Eric W. G. Batts (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • George Thomas Beilby (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Cecil Bertie Boggis (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Albert Victor Brown (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Laurence Percival Bryan (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Howard Raymond Bycroft (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Robert Redvers Gordon Bycroft (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Brownlow Osborne Forde Carlisle (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • David Brownlow Forde Carlisle (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Joseph Carlisle (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Frederick Herbert Carter (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Chant (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • James Ayson Clifford (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Geoffrey Willis Collins (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • P. L. A. Crampton (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • James T. Crozier (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • James Cumming (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Louis Alfred Day (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • C. W. Duncumb (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Thomas H. Eccersall (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • H. E. Edridge (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Eric Michael Enright (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Frederick Charles Every (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Alfred Fear (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Allan Herbert Finlay (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • William Nugent Flett (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • R. L. Fursdon (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Robert Willingale Fursdon (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Duncan Gardiner (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • George Norman Garlick (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur James Gibbs (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Rex Charles Radcliffe Goldsmith (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest N. Goring (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Harold Garad Goring (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • J. Russell Grave (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Edward William Grigg (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Roland Charles Hart (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Hiddlestone (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Alexander J. Hodge (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ronald Stanley Hoffman (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Ings (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur John Jamieson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Stanley W. Jenkins (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Joseph D. Jensen (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest T. Jones (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • H. Knowles Kempton (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Laird (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • William Edward Lambert (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Percy Frederick Lanyon (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Clarence Arthur Latta (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Felix Hayes Lloyd (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Albert Edward Lonsdale (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • J. C. Macky (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Donald Colman McKee (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Walter Marsden (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • John Paton Miller (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • George Stevenson Munro (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Nicholls (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • James Henry Valdemar Nielsen (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Percy Wilfrid Norris (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John James North (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Lawrence Alfred North (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Harry Walter Page (Pastor), Officiating Minister
  • Trevor Ralph Page (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Frederick A. Parry (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • G. Clifford Reay (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Francis George Reddell (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • James Kirk Reid (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • William Swift Rollings (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Donald Rosie (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Foster Sherburd (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • A. C. Sievewright (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Alfred Laurence Silcock (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ervin Peter Young Simpson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • John Ewen Simpson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Frederick Lang Smart (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Edward Smith (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Leslie John Boulton Smith (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • David Hugh Stewart (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Harold Raymond Turner (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • William Henry Alfred Vickery (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur John Wakelin (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Thomas Weston (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Herbert Edward Whitten (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Alfred Samuel Wilson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Bernard Mead Wilson (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Nathan Rillstone Wood (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Stuart Winter Wyness (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Henry M. Adams (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Jabez Allott (Major), Officiating Minister
  • William Armstrong (Major), Officiating Minister
  • William E. Percival Atherfold (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Jacob Balle (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Albert Barnes (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Albert H. Bartlett (Major), Officiating Minister
  • William J. Baylis (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Nelson Bevan (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Norman Bicknell (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Florence Birks (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Viola Blincoe (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur William Boon (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Cuthbert Bracegirdle (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Isaac Briddock (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Sydney J. Bridge (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Andrew Brooks (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Martin H. Brown (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Norman E. Brown (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Janet Dickie Brunton (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Fred. W. Burton (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Thomas Buttimore (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur Calcott (Major), Officiating Minister
  • William Campion (Commandant), Officiating Minister
  • Alex. Canty (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Fred H. Caporn (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Andrew Carmichael (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Albert E. Chandler (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Sydney Church (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Victor J. D. Dick (Major), Officiating Minister
  • George F. C. Dry (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • W. Alexander Ebbs (Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Paul Eichler (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Elliot (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Charles G. Fitness (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Gordon Fitness (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur Flintoff (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Edward Gibbs (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • John Glanville (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Harry Goffin (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Henry C. Goffin (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Guy Gooday (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Jessie Gower (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Henry Gray (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Edna May Grice (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Bramwell Harewood (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Hubert Hawkes (Major), Officiating Minister
  • James Hawkins (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Frank Hay (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Samuel M. Hayes (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • William J. A. Hildreth (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Earl Home (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Frederick Donald Hoten (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Donovan Houghton (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Francis Huston (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Harold Ingerson (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Larner Jones (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Norman Kearse (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Abel Kermode (Major), Officiating Minister
  • John Kirkpatrick (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • William Knight (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Robert Lamond (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Clarence Lee (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Robert Liddell (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Laurence James Victor Lindsay (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Hilton Lord (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Donald Macaulay (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Roy McDonald (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Harold Mackenzie (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Thomas McKenzie (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • John Mahaffie (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Elliott Major (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Alexander J. Marshall (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Mabel Marshall (Major), Officiating Minister
  • John C. Middleton (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Leonard Millar (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Rangi Moore (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Thomas Moore (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Henry Morley (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Charles Neeve (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Phillip G. Norman (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Owen Ojala (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Henry Parkinson (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Noel Pauling (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Alfred Mark Perry (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Arthur S. Podmore (Major), Officiating Minister
  • John H. Powick (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Robert Prowse (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Henry Frederick Charles Raethel (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Harry Rawcliffe (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Mansefield Read (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Harold Rimmer (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Riseley (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Herbert Rive (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Albert Robinson (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Lionel Rundle (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Sansom (Major), Officiating Minister
  • George Sawyer (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Richard Sawyer (Commandant), Officiating Minister
  • Albert Scotney (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • Frederick Searle (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Wilfred Searle (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Henry Proctor Sharp (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Robert Simpson (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Wesley Simpson (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Ellen Smith (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Horace Smith (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • J. Evan Smith (Commissioner), Officiating Minister
  • Percy Smith (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Samuel Smith (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Selwyn Smith (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Sydney Smith (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • William Smith (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • Gordon Spillett (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Bramwell Stone (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • Alfred J. S. Suter (Brigadier), Officiating Minister
  • David Taylor (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Ernest Thomas (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • George R. Thompson (Adjutant), Officiating Minister
  • William J. Thompson (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Basil Thomson (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Edwin G. Thorne (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Leonard Tong (Major), Officiating Minister
  • James John Toomer (Lieut.-Colonel), Officiating Minister
  • John Charles Waite (Captain), Officiating Minister
  • Jabez Watkin (Major), Officiating Minister
  • James Henry Wilkes (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Herbert Wyatt (Major), Officiating Minister
  • Conrad Walter Appelt (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Maurice R. Heidrich (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Hamuera H. Te Punga (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Carl August Venz (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Ansgar Christensen (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Alexander Astor (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Samuel Kantor (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Solomon Katz (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Marks Salas (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Samuel Nathan Salas (Reverend), Officiating Minister
  • Caesar Steinhof (Reverend), Officiating Minister