MAY 4] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 419

The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain :—

G. E. Taylor. Dated 30th November, 1943.
J. A. T. Shand. Dated 13th January, 1944.
B. G. S. Jackson. Dated 22nd January, 1944.
A. V. McKenzie. Dated 3rd February, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) L. W. Thornton relinquishes
the temporary rank of Colonel. Dated 28th January, 1944.
Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) C. H. Sawyers, D.S.O.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and assumes
the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 5th February, 1944.
The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the
temporary rank of Major :-
F. M. Fisher, and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated
8th January, 1944.
R. de la Cour. Dated 15th January, 1944.

Corps of N.Z. Engineers

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the
temporary rank of Major :—
J. A. Goodsir, M.C. Dated 16th January, 1944.
D. B. Dallas, and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated
5th February, 1944.

N.Z. Railway Construction and Maintenance Group

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) W. F. Young relinquishes the
temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and assumes the acting rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 5th February, 1944.

N.Z. Corps of Signals

Captain (temp. Major) E. V. Fry relinquishes the temporary
rank of Major and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated 17th
January, 1944.
The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain and assume the acting rank of
Captain :—
T. H. Jory. D.K. Collett.
Dated 5th February, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenant-Colonels (temp. Colonels)
relinquish the temporary rank of Colonel :—
A. S. Muir, O.B.E., E.D. Dated 24th January, 1944.
R. W. Harding, D.S.O., M.M., and assumes the acting rank
of Colonel. Dated 5th February, 1944.
Captain (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) E. K. Norman, M.C.,
relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and assumes
the temporary rank of Major. Dated 4th February, 1944.
The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the
temporary rank of Major :—
B. R. Bullot. K.H. Hume.
Dated 26th December, 1943.
M. Handyside. Dated 28th December, 1943.
R. R. J. Jenkin. Dated 9th January, 1944.
I. C. Webster, and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated
19th February, 1944.
A. H. Ramsay. Dated 28th January, 1944.
S. G. Pearce. Dated lst February, 1944.
C. S. Wroth, and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated 5th
February, 1944.
The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain :—
J. R. D. Lewis. Dated 30th December, 1943.
G. B. C. Pleasant. Dated 4th January, 1944.
V. D. Kirk, D.C.M. Dated 12th January, 1944.
The undermentioned Lieutenants (temp. Captains) relinquish
the temporary rank of Captain and assume the acting rank of
Captain :—
P. Robertson, M.C. E. A. Riddiford. A. F. Cooper.
H. W. Chambers. J. W. Kinder. W. R. Lowther.
L. C. Friend.
Dated 5th February, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) J. B. Armstrong relinquishes
the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 19th January, 1944.
The undermentioned 2nd Lieutenants (temp. Lieutenants)
relinquish the temporary rank of Lieutenant and assume the acting
rank of Lieutenant :—
R. G. Gilbert. Dated 12th January, 1944.
J. E. Arbury. J. A. Bevan. J. E. Petric.
Dated 5th February, 1944.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Captain (temp. Major) A. D. Merson relinquishes the temporary
rank of Major and assumes the acting rank of Major. Dated 5th
February, 1944.

GRANTS OF ACTING RANK

N.Z. Infantry

Captain K. J. Frazer (formerly temp. Major) to be Acting-
Major. Dated 23rd September, 1943.
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. S. Robins, M.C., to be Acting-
Major. Dated lst February, 1944.
2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) F. C. Irving to be Acting-
Captain. Dated 7th January, 1944.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

2458 Thomas James Higginson, M.M., N.Z.E.
40556 Donald Forrester Brown, N.Z.E.
36381 Edward William Whiteacre, N.Z.E.
36408 John Howard Flood, N.Z.E.
40557 John Brown, D.C.M., N.Z.E.
243876 Daniel Linsay Studholme, N.Z.A.C.
48184 William Arthur Morgan, N.Z.A.C.
505320 Harry Maurice Bayley De Lautour, N.Z.A.C.
229473 Robert Morris Stewart, N.Z.A.C.
619070 Robert George Fitzhardinge Kingscote, N.Z.A.C.
48648 Walter Herbert Fowler, N.Z.A.C.
300546 Peter Greensfield Brown, N.Z.A.C.
48667 John Alexander McPhail, N.Z.A.C.
426425 Albert John Parsons, N.Z.A.C.
48197 Ewan John Davidson, N.Z.A.C.
590505 Ferdinand Henry Charles Batchelor, N.Z.A.C.
605957 William Ian Bunny, N.Z.A.C.
257362 Dudley Dixon West, N.Z.A.C.
525241 James Cuthbert Denham, N.Z.A.C.
236599 Herbert Cecil Ross, N.Z.A.C.
600553 Douglas Gordon McHardy, N.Z.A.C.
72686 Joseph Channon Studholme, N.Z.A.C.
271045 Alan Robert Monson, N.Z.A.C.
471132 William Hoare Reynolds, N.Z.A.C.
636621 James Luke Hazlett, N.Z.A.C.
265022 James Lawrence Falconer, N.Z.A.C.
031780 Harold Luxton Renall, N.Z.A.C.
460951 Mervyn Elston Kelly, N.Z.A.
555009 Noel Lyall Blanchfield, N.Z.A.
457352 Bruce Newlands Laws, N.Z.A.
269551 Bryan Temple Smith, N.Z.A.
489388 Gordon Ernest McGehan, N.Z.A.
373779 Keith Noel Ruxton Wilson, N.Z.A.
279154 Bruce Fairgray Harris, N.Z.A.
543522 Hubert William Tingey, N.Z.A.
4023 Robert William Robinson, N.Z.C.S.
490269 Frank Brewer, N.Z. Infantry.
241261 John Russell Williams, N.Z. Infantry.
508463 Donald Ara Schnauer, N.Z. Infantry.
438311 Peter Geary Gates, N.Z. Infantry.
042087 Raymond Francis Smith, N.Z. Infantry.
454968 James Bruce Williamson, N.Z. Infantry.
261086 Edward Willis Williams, N.Z. Infantry.
465224 George Wyatt MacKintosh, N.Z. Infantry.
455345 Maurice Hunter MacNeil, N.Z. Infantry.
529144 Noel Kingland Chapman, N.Z. Infantry.
485944 Henry Condie Thornhill Wilson, N.Z. Infantry.
262362 Jeffrey Arthur Roydhouse, N.Z. Infantry.
066895 Robert Gordon Stuckey, N.Z. Infantry.
618078 William Mitchell King, N.Z. Infantry.
602674 John Quentin McWilliam, N.Z. Infantry.
439556 Walter John Blackie, N.Z. Infantry.
467247 Ernest Clifford Hansen, N.Z. Infantry.
807445 Ronald Douglas O'Neill, N.Z. Infantry.
42486 Terrance Power McLean, N.Z. Infantry.
483064 Kenneth Jack Lowry, N.Z. Infantry.
502943 John Keith Burtt, N.Z. Infantry.
255131 Angus Kenneth Ross McInnes, N.Z. Infantry.
260197 Gordon Kingsley Brown, N.Z. Infantry.
497180 Bruce Ross Peterson, N.Z. Infantry.
434801 Alexander Steele, N.Z. Infantry.
582179 Douglas George Wilkinson Brown, N.Z. Infantry.
454278 Colin Victor Neale, N.Z. Infantry.
529703 Norman Seager Batchelor, N.Z. Infantry.
447418 Geoffrey Robert Hargest, N.Z. Infantry.
67548 Te Wharekiri Rogers, N.Z. Infantry.
19907 William Sutherland Laurence McRae, N.Z.
Infantry.
67555 Lawson Tunoa Crapp, N.Z. Infantry.
246799 William Braidwood Adair, N.Z. Infantry.
486695 John Frank Wade, N.Z. Infantry.
434840 Frank George Howe, N.Z. Infantry.
493117 Raymond Robert Boot, N.Z.E.M.E.
48653 Leslie Dilnot Wales, N.Z.E.M.E.
567126 Bernard James Albert Hipkins, N.Z.E.M.E.
509073 Phillip Robert Lee, N.Z.E.M.E.
Dated 24th December, 1943.
640031 Robert Southwell Gardner, N.Z.A.
63704 Thomas Arnaud McKellar, N.Z.A.
Dated 30th December, 1943.
14406 Charles Edward Brian Pattison, N.Z.A.C.
16783 Frederick Allan Hadfield, N.Z.A.C.
23996 Eldred James Farrelly, N.Z.A.C.
41679 Raymond John O'Callaghan, N.Z.A.C.
30139 Wallace Kitchener Brown, N.Z.A.C.
33861 Isaac George Bennett Gibbs, N.Z.A.C.
Dated 1st January, 1944.
5341 John Paul Lockie, N.Z.A.C.
30927 Russell Kelburn Whyte, N.Z.A.C.
Dated 2nd January, 1944.
66049 Graham Reid Brabant, N.Z.A.
48091 Jack Lever Naylor, N.Z.A.
28680 Howard Maurice Gray, N.Z.A.
36041 John Joseph O'Leary, N.Z.A.
Dated 15th January, 1944.
22763 Leslie Rexnold Musgrave, N.Z. Infantry.
Dated 28th January, 1944.