1274
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 97

Appointments, Promotions, and Relinquishments of Temporary Rank
of Officers on Active Service with the 2nd New Zealand Expedi-
tionary Force (Middle East)

Army Department,
Wellington, 30th October, 1943.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
confirm the following appointments, promotions, and re-
linquishments of temporary rank of officers on active service with
the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (Middle East), vide
List No. 115 :-

PROMOTIONS
N.Z. Engineers

Lieutenant (temp. Captain, Acting-Major) A. Edmonds, M.C.,
to be Captain (Acting-Major). Dated 4th June, 1943.
2nd Lieutenant T. Hanger to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th
July, 1943.

N.Z. Railway Construction and Maintenance Group

2nd Lieutenant J. S. Douglas to be Lieutenant. Dated 4th
July, 1943.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-
C. Smith. D. D. Whitehead.
Dated 11th July, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :-
P. B. Smythe.
F. G. Clubb, M.C. (prisoner of war).
A. R. Ormond (prisoner of war).
L. M. Uttley (prisoner of war).
A. E. Wilkinson (prisoner of war).
J. R. Williams.
L. B. Allan (prisoner of war).
H. Montgomery.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. Ross.
K. P. Mariu. M. P. Swainson.
E. C. Pohio. G. Marsden.
Dated 4th June, 1943.

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. J. Fraser. Dated 9th June,
1943.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) D. G. Carnachan. Dated 19th
June, 1943.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) R. Forrest, M.M.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. K. Sanders.
Dated 26th June, 1943.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-
C. G. Peterwood. J. D. Todd.
Dated 4th July, 1943.

N.Z. Medical Corps

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains :-
W. A. D. Nelson. C. H. Baird.
Dated 6th July, 1943.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) to be
Captains :-
W. R. Gutzewitz. A. Macomish.
R. C. Jones. S. H. Betts.
Dated 1st July, 1943.

GRANT OF TEMPORARY RANK
N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :-
J. T. Shacklock. Dated 5th June, 1943.
D. L. Wood. Dated 9th June, 1943.

N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant D. J. Stott to be temp. Captain. Dated 9th July,
1943.

N.Z. Engineers

Captain (Acting-Major) A. Edmonds, M.C., to be temp. Major.
Dated 4th June, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :-
A. J. Fraser. Dated 1st June, 1943.
K. F. Hoy. L. H. Abbott.
Dated 4th June, 1943.

The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants to be temp. Lieu-
tenants :-
W. A. Barcock. Dated 8th February, 1943.
H. J. Bramwell, D.C.M. Dated 20th April, 1943.
H. C. Stead. Dated 3rd June, 1943.
V. A. Melville. Dated 21st June, 1943.

N.Z. Dental Corps

Captain C. E. Moller to be temp. Major. Dated 5th June, 1943.

N.Z. Army Nursing Service

Sister N. G. Kingsford to be temp. Charge Sister. Dated 27th
June, 1941.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED
N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) B. H. Aveling relinquishes the
temporary rank of Captain. Dated 7th June, 1943.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. E. O'Hara relinquishes
the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 14th July, 1943.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain :-
N. Buchanan, M.C. Dated 29th June, 1943.
J. L. Webster. Dated 5th July, 1943.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) I. S. Walters, M.C., relin-
quishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 7th July, 1943.

N.Z. Army Nursing Service

Sister (temp. Charge Sister) N. G. Kingsford relinquishes the
temporary rank of Charge Sister. Dated 29th July, 1941.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED AND ACTING RANK GRANTED

The undermentioned officers who have returned to New Zealand
or the United Kingdom under a special scheme relinquish temporary
rank as shown, dated 13th July, 1943, and are granted acting rank
of the same grade as their previous temporary rank from the same
date :-

(a) Temporary Rank as Colonel—
Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) F. P. Furkert, N.Z.
Medical Corps.

(b) Temporary Rank as Majors—
Captains (temp. Majors)—
C. A. Latimer, N.Z. Armoured Corps.
J. H. Quigley, N.Z. Artillery.
K. Rix-Trott, N.Z. Engineers.
R. Dasler, N.Z. Corps of Signals.
E. A. McPhail, M.C., N.Z. Infantry.
W. Hoseit, N.Z. Infantry.
R. I. Blair, N.Z. Infantry.
C. M. Torbet, N.Z. Army Service Corps.

(c) Temporary Rank as Captains—
Lieutenants (temp. Captains)—
C. S. Morris, M.C., N.Z. Armoured Corps.
D. Barrett, N.Z. Armoured Corps.
H. T. Allison, N.Z. Artillery.
J. D. McKercher, M.B.E., N.Z. Artillery.
C. E. Evans, N.Z. Artillery.
T. G. Healy, N.Z. Corps of Signals.
F. Brown, N.Z. Infantry.
N. V. Ross, N.Z. Infantry.
E. C. Awdry, N.Z. Infantry.
K. R. Hutcheson, N.Z. Infantry.
B. W. Thomas, N.Z. Infantry.
G. B. Slade, N.Z. Infantry.
W. H. Dalton, N.Z. Infantry.
L. H. Browne, M.C., D.C.M., N.Z. Army Service Corps.
T. C. Morrison, N.Z. Ordnance Corps.

(d) Temporary Rank as Lieutenant—
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) R. S. H. Brown, N.Z.
Medical Corps (Quartermaster).

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :-

N.Z. Armoured Corps
26485 John Raymond Marra.
1005 William Charles McIver.
1373 Alfred Duncan Gibb.
Dated 3rd July, 1943.

N.Z. Medical Corps
31629 Thomas Irvine McCluggage.
37842 William Albert Bayliss.
31609 Reginald Arthur Holt.
37753 Patrick Hugh McGrath.
8173 Terence Hood Moore.
Dated 4th July, 1943.

N.Z. Artillery
25627 Ernest Wayne Hunt.
23181 John Mowbray.
46798 Bertram Leslie Officer.
28750 Lyon Playfair Haden.
29276 Robert Keith Jamieson.
586 John Pavey.
23343 Charles Gordon Rowe.
63689 Ernest Thomas Alexander Scott.
22368 Alastair Buchanan Stewart, D.C.M.
Dated 10th July, 1943.

MEMORANDUM
N.Z. Artillery

The case of Lieutenant J. H. Eccleton was disposed of summarily
under Army Act, section 47, and he was ordered to take rank and
precedence in his Corps and in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary
Force as if his appointment as Lieutenant bore date the 7th day of
April, 1943. Dated 28th June, 1943.

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.