✨ Royal New Zealand Navy Appointments and Promotions
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Lieutenant Peter John Frederick Whiteley, Royal Marines, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Surgeon Lieutenant Matthew Urie, M.B., Ch.B., L.R.C.P. and S., R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Sidney Thomas Osborne, R.N., granted the acting rank of Paymaster Commander whilst holding present appointment, to date 1st November, 1943.
Mr. Cyril Carr, Schoolmaster (C.W.O.), R.N., granted the acting rank of Senior Master whilst holding present appointment, to date 29th September, 1943.
Mr. John Walker, Gunner (T), promoted to the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, with seniority of 16th October, 1943.
Mr. Albert Edward Chapman, Gunner, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. Laurence Robson, Gunner, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. Ian James McNeil, Gunner, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 21st October, 1943.
Mr. Joseph Frederick William Sharpe, Temporary Gunner, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. Walter Charles Norris, Temporary Gunner (T), R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. Arthur James Dale, Temporary Commissioned Shipwright, appointment and temporary commission terminated at own request, to date 22nd November, 1943.
Mr. Isaac Ernest Haxell, Warrant Shipwright, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. George William Wilcox, Acting Warrant Shipwright, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 8th October, 1943.
Mr. Arthur James Chinn, Temporary Acting Warrant Ordnance Officer, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. Walter Leslie Tozer, B.E.M., Temporary Warrant Electrician, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. John Horace Edward Clarke, Warrant Engineer, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Mr. J. F. Bliss, Acting Warrant Engineer, R.N., lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 17th November, 1943.
Mr. William Ralph Ellis, Temporary Acting Warrant Electrician, R.N., confirmed in the rank of Temporary Warrant Electrician, R.N.Z.N., with original seniority of 1st June, 1941.
Mr. Edward Herbert Biggs, Temporary Acting Warrant Telegraphist, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 2nd September, 1942.
Mr. Henry Edward Pierce, Temporary Acting Warrant Writer, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 21st November, 1942.
Mr. John Norman Richards, Temporary Acting Warrant Writer, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 22nd November, 1942.
Chief Petty Officer Frank Edgar Walker, J. 67361, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Boatswain and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 18th October, 1943.
Chief Petty Officer James McHardy, D.S.M., N.Z. 1992, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Boatswain and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd October, 1943.
ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
Temporary Midshipman Michael Andrew George Linck, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 4th October, 1943.
Temporary Midshipmen William Beattie Surtees, Michael Younger, Kenneth Cyril Etherington, Edmund Joseph O’Keeffe, and Thomas Forret Fisher, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 29th September, 1943.
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL RESERVE
Probationary Temporary Lieutenant-Commander William John Keane, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 15th April, 1942.
Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander Cathel McLeod (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated at own request (to sign off T. 124 Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 24th December, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant Andrew Grenville Manners Christie, appointment and temporary commission terminated (to retain use of naval rank), to date 27th November, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant James Rankine, appointment and temporary commission terminated (medically unfit), to date 8th October, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Alexander McMillan Whiteford, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 25th September, 1943.
Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant John Robert Percy Hopkins, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 1st March, 1943. Promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 1st August, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant Edwin Havelock Willson (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated (to sign off T. 124 Agreement), to date 16th November, 1943.
Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) William Boyd Douglas (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated (medically unfit) (to sign off T. 124 Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 14th February, 1944.
Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) Donald James Paton (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated at own request (to sign off T. 124 Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 14th January, 1944.
Temporary Lieutenant (E) Lewis James Lukins (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated (to sign off T. 124 Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 25th November, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant (E) Peter McLachlan (T. 124), promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) under T. 124 X Agreement and reappointed, to date 24th December, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant (E) Horace Alexander Bower (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated (to sign off T. 124 Agreement), to date 31st October, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant (E) Victor Dundonald Duff (T. 124 X), promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E) under T. 124 X Agreement and reappointed, to date 17th December, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Kenneth William Staton, (T. 124), promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (E) under T. 124 X Agreement and reappointed, to date 24th December, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Keith James Richard Wylie (T. 124), appointment and temporary commission terminated (to sign off T. 124 Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 19th November, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Alfred Follett Clarke (T. 124), promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant (E) under T. 124 X Agreement and reappointed, to date 17th December, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Alexander Robertson (T. 124 X), appointment and temporary commission terminated (to sign off T. 124 X Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 23rd November, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E) Philip Michael Moloney (T. 124), date of termination of appointment and temporary commission extended to 13th September, 1943.
Mr. George Edward Brasell, Temporary Skipper (T. 124 XV), appointment and temporary warrant terminated (to sign off T. 124 XV Agreement) (to retain use of naval rank), to date 2nd December, 1943.
Mr. Lawrence Samuel Bonner, Temporary Skipper (T. 124 X), appointment and temporary warrant terminated (to sign off T. 124 X Agreement), to date 19th December, 1943.
Mr. James Forbes, granted the honorary rank of Temporary Lieutenant whilst holding appointment for special duties with the United States Navy for the period 19th September, 1943, to 25th December, 1943, inclusive.
ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
Temporary Lieutenant Thomas Seymour Horan, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant Robert Weatherhead Stallybrass, lent Royal New Zealand Navy temporary and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant Alan Atkinson Gray, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant William Finlay Mackay, lent Royal New Zealand Navy temporary and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 22nd September, 1943.
The Reverend Thomas Richards Parfitt, Temporary Chaplain, lent Royal New Zealand Navy and appointed H.M.N.Z. ship as directed, to date 13th October, 1943.
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE
Lieutenant-Commander Phillip George Connolly, D.S.C., V.D., appointment terminated (demobilized), to date 28th November, 1943.
Lieutenant-Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson, V.D., appointment terminated (demobilized), to date 17th November, 1943.
Lieutenant-Commander Roger Stannard Cameron, D.S.C., V.D., promoted to the rank of Commander, to date 31st December, 1943.
Lieutenant-Commander John Everard Finch, granted the status of “Qualified Officer (Small Vessels),” to date 19th November, 1943.
Lieutenants Douglas Sydney Smith and Norman Huia Hope, granted the status of “Qualified Officer (Small Vessels),” to date 8th October, 1943.
Lieutenant Raymond Ellsmore Pugh-Williams, granted the status of “Qualified Officer (Small Vessels),” to date 18th December, 1943.
Probationary Lieutenant William James Connors, confirmed in rank with original seniority of 15th June, 1942.
Temporary Lieutenant Harry Mannix Nees, promoted to the rank of Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander under A.F.O. 4240/42, to date 30th September, 1943.
Temporary Lieutenant James Wilson Rainey, granted the status of “Qualified Officer (Small Vessels),” to date 8th October, 1943.
Temporary Acting-Lieutenant Joseph Liston Wilson, seniority antedated to 8th January, 1942, and confirmed in rank.
Temporary Acting-Lieutenant Robert Strang Miller, confirmed in the rank with original seniority of 22nd January, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant David Hamilton Graham, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 31st December, 1943.
Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Tom Ronald Roydhouse, promoted to the rank of Temporary Lieutenant and reappointed, to date 18th December, 1943.
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Navy, Appointments, Promotions, Royal New Zealand Navy
69 names identified
- Peter John Frederick Whiteley (Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Matthew Urie (Surgeon Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Herbert Sidney Thomas Osborne (Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander), Granted acting rank of Paymaster Commander
- Cyril Carr (Schoolmaster (C.W.O.)), Granted acting rank of Senior Master
- John Walker (Gunner (T)), Promoted to Acting-Lieutenant
- Albert Edward Chapman (Gunner), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Laurence Robson (Gunner), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Ian James McNeil (Gunner), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Joseph Frederick William Sharpe (Temporary Gunner), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Walter Charles Norris (Temporary Gunner (T)), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Arthur James Dale (Temporary Commissioned Shipwright), Appointment and commission terminated
- Isaac Ernest Haxell (Warrant Shipwright), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- George William Wilcox (Acting Warrant Shipwright), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Arthur James Chinn (Temporary Acting Warrant Ordnance Officer), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Walter Leslie Tozer (Temporary Warrant Electrician), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- John Horace Edward Clarke (Warrant Engineer), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- J. F. Bliss (Acting Warrant Engineer), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- William Ralph Ellis (Temporary Acting Warrant Electrician), Confirmed in rank
- Edward Herbert Biggs (Temporary Acting Warrant Telegraphist), Confirmed in rank
- Henry Edward Pierce (Temporary Acting Warrant Writer), Confirmed in rank
- John Norman Richards (Temporary Acting Warrant Writer), Confirmed in rank
- Frank Edgar Walker (Chief Petty Officer), Promoted to Temporary Acting Boatswain
- James McHardy (Chief Petty Officer), Promoted to Temporary Acting Boatswain
- Michael Andrew George Linck (Temporary Midshipman), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- William Beattie Surtees (Temporary Midshipman), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Michael Younger (Temporary Midshipman), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Kenneth Cyril Etherington (Temporary Midshipman), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Edmund Joseph O’Keeffe (Temporary Midshipman), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Thomas Forret Fisher (Temporary Midshipman), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- William John Keane (Probationary Temporary Lieutenant-Commander), Confirmed in rank
- Cathel McLeod (Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander), Appointment and commission terminated
- Andrew Grenville Manners Christie (Temporary Lieutenant), Appointment and commission terminated
- James Rankine (Temporary Lieutenant), Appointment and commission terminated
- Alexander McMillan Whiteford (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Acting Lieutenant
- John Robert Percy Hopkins (Probationary Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank and promoted
- Edwin Havelock Willson (Temporary Lieutenant), Appointment and commission terminated
- William Boyd Douglas (Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E)), Appointment and commission terminated
- Donald James Paton (Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E)), Appointment and commission terminated
- Lewis James Lukins (Temporary Lieutenant (E)), Appointment and commission terminated
- Peter McLachlan (Temporary Lieutenant (E)), Promoted to Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E)
- Horace Alexander Bower (Temporary Lieutenant (E)), Appointment and commission terminated
- Victor Dundonald Duff (Temporary Lieutenant (E)), Promoted to Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (E)
- Kenneth William Staton (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (E)
- Keith James Richard Wylie (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)), Appointment and commission terminated
- Alfred Follett Clarke (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant (E)
- Alexander Robertson (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)), Appointment and commission terminated
- Philip Michael Moloney (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant (E)), Date of termination extended
- George Edward Brasell (Temporary Skipper), Appointment and warrant terminated
- Lawrence Samuel Bonner (Temporary Skipper), Appointment and warrant terminated
- James Forbes, Granted honorary rank of Temporary Lieutenant
- Thomas Seymour Horan (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Robert Weatherhead Stallybrass (Temporary Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Alan Atkinson Gray (Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- William Finlay Mackay (Temporary Paymaster Lieutenant), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Thomas Richards Parfitt (Reverend), Lent to Royal New Zealand Navy
- Phillip George Connolly (Lieutenant-Commander), Appointment terminated
- Alexander Cochrane Swanson (Lieutenant-Commander), Appointment terminated
- Roger Stannard Cameron (Lieutenant-Commander), Promoted to Commander
- John Everard Finch (Lieutenant-Commander), Granted status of Qualified Officer (Small Vessels)
- Douglas Sydney Smith (Lieutenant), Granted status of Qualified Officer (Small Vessels)
- Norman Huia Hope (Lieutenant), Granted status of Qualified Officer (Small Vessels)
- Raymond Ellsmore Pugh-Williams (Lieutenant), Granted status of Qualified Officer (Small Vessels)
- William James Connors (Probationary Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
- Harry Mannix Nees (Temporary Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander
- James Wilson Rainey (Temporary Lieutenant), Granted status of Qualified Officer (Small Vessels)
- Joseph Liston Wilson (Temporary Acting-Lieutenant), Seniority antedated and confirmed in rank
- Robert Strang Miller (Temporary Acting-Lieutenant), Confirmed in rank
- David Hamilton Graham (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant
- Tom Ronald Roydhouse (Temporary Sub-Lieutenant), Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant