JULY 13] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 881

N.Z. Chaplains Department

The Rev. G. A. D. Spence, M.C., Chaplain, 3rd Class (temp. Chaplain, 2nd Class), to be Chaplain, 2nd Class. Dated 30th April, 1944.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

2nd Lieutenant I. E. Richardson to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th May, 1944.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) G. W. H. Fraser to be Lieutenant. Dated 14th May, 1944.

GRANTS OF TEMPORARY RANK

N.Z. Armoured Corps

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :—

L. B. Clapham. Dated 8th March, 1944.

P. J. C. Burns. Dated 29th April, 1944.

Lieutenant W. S. Jordan, M.B.E., to be temp. Major. Dated 25th April, 1944.

Lieutenant W. C. Sutherland to be temp. Captain. Dated 29th April, 1944.

N.Z. Artillery

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :—

R. A. C. Hollis. Dated 26th April, 1944.

R. H. Dyson. M. Widdup. W. N. Carson, M.C. Dated 1st May, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

G. J. D’Auvergne. F. H. Mullins. C. H. Francis.

L. A. Hughan. N. D. Russell. L. H. Robinson.

G. F. L. Dillon. C. P. Richmond. G. T. Rapley.

J. E. Caughley.

Dated 1st May, 1944.

N.Z. Engineers

Captain P. H. G. Hamilton to be temp. Major. Dated 14th May, 1944.

Lieutenant F. K. Roberts to be temp. Captain. Dated 22nd April, 1944.

N.Z. Signals

Captain S. J. K. Hislop to be temp. Major. Dated 27th April, 1944.

Lieutenant J. W. Bateman, M.M., to be temp. Captain. Dated 26th April, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Captains to be temp. Majors :—

W. M. Awaru. Dated 8th March, 1944.

K. H. MacDonald. Dated 21st April, 1944.

P. W. Robertshaw, M.C. Dated 28th April, 1944.

G. E. Cairns, M.C. Dated 5th May, 1944.

L. E. Judd. Dated 8th May, 1944.

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

A. Stuart. G. G. Turbott. R. A. Marshall-Inman. Dated 21st April, 1944.

W. Brown-Bayliss. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

R. S. Duncan. Dated 4th May, 1944.

2nd Lieutenant M. Raureti to be temp. Lieutenant. Dated 5th May, 1944.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

The undermentioned Lieutenants to be temp. Captains :—

D. J. Aitken. D. R. Plumtree, M.M. K. I. Richards.

B. J. Williams. G. S. Kensington. A. R. Delley.

R. G. Sloan. Dated 18th April, 1944.

N.Z. Medical Corps

Major G. W. Hayward to be temp. Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 5th May, 1944.

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) W. G. Bear to be temp. Captain. Dated 8th May, 1944.

N.Z. Chaplains Department

The undermentioned Chaplains, 3rd Class, to be temp. Chaplains, 2nd Class :—

Rev. L. P. Spring. Rev. F. O. Dawson, M.C. Dated 30th April, 1944.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Captain M. C. Astley to be temp. Major. Dated 17th May, 1944.

N.Z. Army Pay Corps

Captain R. B. Whitehead to be temp. Major. Dated 1st May, 1944.

TEMPORARY RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Engineers

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) N. J. H. Harris relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 8th May, 1944.

N.Z. Infantry

Major (temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) C. C. Marsack relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 4th May, 1944.

The undermentioned Captains (temp. Majors) relinquish the temporary rank of Major :—

R. B. Abbott, M.C. Dated 17th April, 1944.

H. P. te Punga. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

2nd Lieutenant (temp. Lieutenant) W. R. O’Brien relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant. Dated 21st April, 1944.

N.Z. Army Service Corps

Captain (temp. Major) W. A. G. Washbourn relinquishes the temporary rank of Major. Dated 7th May, 1944.

N.Z. Ordnance Corps

Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. A. Barwick relinquishes the temporary rank of Captain. Dated 26th April, 1944.

ACTING RANK RELINQUISHED

N.Z. Infantry

The undermentioned Lieutenants (Acting-Captains) relinquish the acting rank of Captain :—

E. V. Hayward. W. H. Dalton. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) G. D. Pollock, M.B.E., relinquishes the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Dated 3rd May, 1944.

APPOINTMENTS TO COMMISSIONS

The undermentioned to be Honorary Lieutenant :—

62427 Horace Leonard Heatley, N.Z. Inf. Dated 4th May, 1944.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Subalterns :—

72030 Miss Shona Jacqueline Robertson, N.Z.W.A.A.C. (Med. Div.). Dated 16th April, 1944.

817054 Miss Dorothy Pauline Lamason, N.Z.W.A.A.C. (Gen. Div.). Dated 3rd May, 1944.

The undermentioned to be 2nd Lieutenants :—

8028 John Denvir, D.C.M., N.Z. Inf. Dated 12th April, 1944.

6309 Arthur Dennis Gattrell, N.Z.A.P.C. Dated 28th April, 1944.

65558 Richard John Healey, N.Z.A. Dated 1st May, 1944.

032316 Arthur Robert Carr Littlejohn, N.Z.A.

106068 Eric Frank Furlonger, N.Z.A.

282299 Alan Mervyn Smith, N.Z.A.

458916 Raymond James Cranch, N.Z.A.

471974 Charles Stephen Reeves, N.Z.A.

66258 Patrick Webb, N.Z.A.

50642 Lawrence George Petrie, N.Z.A.

290765 Brian Kissin, N.Z.A.

480003 Keith Colebrook Stewart, N.Z.A.

491488 Henry William McElroy, N.Z.A.

461419 Henry George Carpenter, N.Z.A. Dated 4th May, 1944.

62237 Haddon Millar Speakman, N.Z.A.C. Dated 6th May, 1944.

66181 Robert Cecil Kircher, N.Z.A.

66254 Tom Wagstaff, N.Z.A.

48124 Neville Prichard Webber, N.Z.A. Dated 7th May, 1944.

232080 Rupert Ashley Armstrong, N.Z.A.

553147 James William Broadley, N.Z.A. Dated 10th May, 1944.

442261 James Henry Broughton Wilding, N.Z.A.

516496 James Desmond Gerrie Neil, N.Z.A. Dated 11th May, 1944.

CORRIGENDUM

N.Z. Signals

The notice published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 42, dated 25th May, 1944 (vide List No. 140), relative to the promotion of Lieutenant C. R. Ambury, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted :—

“Lieutenant C. R. Ambury to be Captain, with seniority as from 21st October, 1942. Dated 21st February, 1944.”

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.